Feb. 19, Noon-1pm ET
Watch at ForumHSPH.org
The water crisis gripping Flint, Michigan, has exposed thousands of children to unsafe lead levels, triggering a federal emergency declaration and national conversation about basic public health protections. Lead can be toxic to the brain, and children can be particularly vulnerable. However, the Flint example is not unique; other American cities, including the nation’s capitol, have faced lead contamination in water supplies. And research has pointed more generally to an expanding list of chemicals, including certain pesticides, mercury and flame retardants, that may be linked to cognitive delays and health conditions in children. This Forum will examine those links and the implications for both children and adults, while exploring public policy successes and failures in safeguarding the public’s health against neurotoxicants.
Video will be posted on-demand after the event.
EXPERT PARTICIPANTS
Philippe Grandjean, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Marc Weisskopf, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jeffrey Griffiths, Professor of Public Health, and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Former Chair, US EPA Drinking Water Committee, Science Advisory Board
Kimberly Gray, Program Director, Children’s Environmental Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
MODERATOR
Peter Thomson, Environment Editor, PRI’s The World
Send our panelists questions in advance to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. The Forum will accommodate as many questions as we can during a limited Q&A.
Tweet us @ForumHSPH #neurotoxins
Presented in Collaboration with PRI’s The World & WGBH
Part of the Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies