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Please join us for this informative and free event.

Friday, October 31, 2008
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Westin Waterfront Hotel

425 Summer Street
Boston, MA

Confirmed Speakers Include:

Nena Baker, author of The Body Toxic

Stacy Malkan, author of Not Just a Pretty Face

Gary Cohen, Co-Executive Director of Healthcare Without Harm

Nancy Nichols, author of Lake Effect

National Conference on Women’s Health and the Environment 1996 – 2007

“The critics will argue that we’re panicking and there’s not enough hard scientific evidence on environmental harm to justify a significant shift in research priorities. But scientific evidence is a product of research, and we won’t have it until we look.”

— Teresa Heinz Kerry, 1996 Conference

A project of the Heinz Family Philanthropies, this conference series is based on Teresa Heinz Kerry’s belief that women deserve to have our health studied in our own right, with our distinct physical strengths and susceptibilities. The conference series has also focused on bridging the disciplines betweens women’s health and the environment. The Women’s Health and the Environment series encourages women to take an active and responsible role in decision-making about their health, lifestyle choices and economic futures.

“Since we face our own unique vulnerabilities from exposures, I believe that it’s natural that women lead the fight to change the system, and to discover what role our exposures to industrial chemicals play in the spread of diseases like breast cancer and diabetes. As women, we can no longer behave as victims. We can and we must change the debate.”

— Teresa Heinz Kerry, 2005 Conference