2/24/2010 5:30pm - 8:30pm

The potential for health effects resulting from the accumulation of more than 40 years of environmental pollution by some contaminants draws our attention to the unintended consequences - to our health and the environment -  resulting from the synthetic materials we use every day.  This series of Healthy Choices Workshops will look at the science and provide you with better options for making healthier decisions in your selection of personal care products, performing home and garden maintenance, reducing contaminants in your food and water.  Knowledge is power.  Becoming better informed about the products you purchase will help to bring safer products to the marketplace.

The first of our FREE Healthy Choices Workshops is entitled We Are What We Eat

Our expert speakers include:
Maryann Donovan, Ph.D., MPH, Director, Center for Environmental Oncology-UPCI
Judith Focareta RN, MEd, Coordinator Environmental Health Initiatives, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Patricia DeMarco, Ph.D., Executive Director, Rachel Carson Homestead Association
Moderator: Bill Couzens, advisor to the Center for Environmental Oncology; Founder of Less Cancer Campaign and Next Generation Choices Foundation

Audience Q&A is a very important part of this program.
 
We'll also be showing FRESH, the movie produced and directed by ana Sofia joanes.  FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.

Parking is available at the Carnegie Science Center.

Light snacks will be served.  Although this is a FREE event, registration is required.

The Healthy Choices Workshop series consists of  four events planned for 2010 through a collaboration between the Rachel Carson Homestead Association, Center for Environmental Oncology-UPCI and Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

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