New York Green Fest 2007
DESIGN SCIENCE SUMMER LAB
Document Actions
Addressing Threats to Human & Environmental Health in the Pacific Basin
The primary objectives of the conference are to: ► Present research related to characterization and sources of environmental pollutants, human exposure to pollutants, and the health effects of exposure; ► Describe the latest advances in reducing the generation of hazardous chemical pollutants, methods for destroying or capturing them, and technology for the remediation of contaminated soils, hazardous wastes and contaminated groundwater. ► Promote an understanding of the role of greenhouse gas emissions in causing climate change and periodic catastrophic events, methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with consideration of the health effects of global warming; ► Increase interdisciplinary and international cooperation in understanding and addressing threats to human and environmental health in the region, with a special emphasis on ensuring that lessons learned in the development process by industrialized countries are passed on to countries currently in the midst of rapid industrialization; ► Situate discussion of reducing risks to human and environmental health within a larger context which addresses issues of equity, poverty, development and sustainability ; ► Encourage student participation in interdisciplinary sciences that contribute to the protection of health and the environment; and, ► Offer training opportunities in areas related to protection of health and the environment to professionals in developing nations of the Pacific Basin.
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