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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 09:44 AM
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THK's 2010 Woman's health and environment conference you can view online if you register
Edited on Wed Apr-14-10 09:46 AM by karynnj

Inspired by the power and the success of the first Women's Health & The Environment conference in Boston 14 years ago, Teresa Heinz extended the program to Pittsburgh where it was immediately embraced.

This year marks Pittsburgh's third conference, a day that brings together more than 2,000 women and men for a informative and free program that features national speakers and the freshest research out there on health issues, environmental toxins and public policy.

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"The more good information we get and the more questions we ask, the more we can make informed choices and live healthier lives," says Heinz. "Here's why: Ignorance and indecision kill; knowledge and responsible action save lives. That is why the Pittsburgh conference is giving us direct access to some of this country's best experts on the connections between our health and our environment. That includes the two Obama administration officials who are at the forefront of issues affecting health and the environment."
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The conference is on April 21st beginning at 9 p.m. at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.For those who can't attend, the entire day will be streamed live for the first time, but you must register by April 18th!

http://www.popcitymedia.com/innovationnews/heinz0414.aspx

Website for the event - for those who want to sign up.

http://www.womenshealthpittsburgh.org/

Teresa Heinz Kerry's message is really good.


When I convened the first conference on Women's Health & the Environment in Boston fourteen years ago, I wanted to arm women with information about the relationship between the environment and their health.

Useful information was hard to come by then. There was a shocking lack of scientific research and policy discussion on the potential environmental causes of rising rates of various types of illness. It was almost as though no one wanted to consider the possibility that we might be poisoning ourselves through our environment.

But the 1,000 women who attended that first conference got the idea immediately. They were moms, sisters, daughters and caregivers, and no one needed to tell them what the stakes were. Everyone there had lost a friend or loved one to breast cancer or some other disease, or had seen a child suffer from asthma or autism. And everyone there had at least wondered at some time whether the environment might be connected somehow.

At the very least, they wanted to know more. And they wanted scientists and policymakers to have the courage to ask the question with them: How is our health being affected by the environment, and what can we do about it?
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 08:07 PM
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1. Thanks! nt
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 01:02 AM
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2. Kicking in case anyone is interested - toimmorow is the last day to register to get it online
I did - and hope to watch some of it and comment here if there is anything interesting.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 11:17 AM
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3. Here's an article speaking of the conference written before it started
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10111/1052038-114.stm

The main link - in the op - has links to the speeches from the last 2 years. I would assume they will have this years as well.

I listened to some of the talks this morning. THK's speech was extremely personal - and contained a lot of bad news. She spoke of both cancer and many injuries that she has had in the last slightly more than a year. These were quite serious, especially a concussion she had after falling on her way to her second surgeries. She spoke of still having memory, sight and hearing problems from that. She also had back problems that kept her in bed after radiation. Earlier, she spoke of breaking a rib on the trip she took with JK to Pakistan and the Sudan and breaking a wrist from a fall in China. Still, she made it positive about taking the time to take time for yourself. I assume this will be on their website when they put up their 2010 conference.

Sorry to post sad news. Teresa referred to it as a "terrible, no good, very bad year" (referencing the book Alexander's terrible, no good, very bad day.) Amazing that little of this showed last year considering how prominent they are.
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 12:26 PM
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4. Sorry to hear all these problems.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 10:50 PM
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5. Tiny video of tv coverage and write up
Edited on Wed Apr-21-10 10:53 PM by karynnj
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