WECF director speaks at Paris Appeal Cancer Congress, 9. November 2006, Paris

Health risks of hazardous chemicals for women and children

05.10.2006 |Sascha Gabizon

We are pleased to invite you to register for the Second International Congress of the Paris Appeal, “Environment and Sustainable Health: an International Assessment”, which is being organized by one of our members, the Association for Research and Treatments Against Cancer (ARTAC), in partnership with our organisation and the Collaborative on Health and the Environment on Thursday 9 November 2006.

The congress aims to highlight the some of the latest scientific evidence on the environment’s impact on our health, as well as provide a discussion forum on policy solutions needed to make progress in reducing these health effects. A Memorandum outlining recommendations from ARTAC’s scientific committees will also be presented during the Congress.

Two of HEAL members will be speaking in the panel sessions: Diana Ward, from UK Breast Cancer, and Sascha Gabizon from Women in Europe for a Common Future. HEAL Executive Director Genon Jensen will chair the session on Protecting Pregnancy and Children’s Health.

The programme and registration form can be downloaded here.

We believe the conference will be a great opportunity to hear from the scientific community and other stakeholders on how society might move towards a more sustainable chemicals policy, particularly as it will take place just prior to the EU Chemicals policy vote in the European Parliament on 14 November. It will also be a time for you to meet our colleagues from the Collaborative on Health and Environment, with whom we have recently agreed a strategic partnership. We would be glad to see many of you there and we encourage you to register as soon as possible.

The Health and Environment Alliance will have a stand at the conference, and will be able to display relevant materials from our membership.

LOGISTICS

Registration: You would need to register via ARTAC

Hotel: You would need to book your hotel. Please find below the contact details of some hotels in Paris in case you need a room:

Hotel du Parc Montsouris

4 rue du Parc Montsouris

75014 Paris

Tel : 0033 1 45 89 09 72

Website : www.hotel-parc-montsouris.com

Hotel du Midi

4 avenue René Coty

75014 Paris

Tel : 0033 1 43 27 23 25

Website : www.midi-hotel-paris.com

Or check: http://www.hotel-paris.net/

DISSEMINATION OF CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Please feel free to disseminate the conference programme to your contacts, and let us know if you need paper copies for distribution. We would be happy to send them to you.

For further information on the above issues, or to give feedback on your participation, please contact Monica Guarinoni at monica@env-health.org