CUMULATIVE IMPACTS AND CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | 2013 Symposium
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A major limitation of current studies is that they mostly look for a limited set of chemicals that are already known to cause health effects. UCSF is developing new methods in analytic chemistry that can detect and identify some kinds of previously "unknown" contaminants in human biospecimens like blood. These include "time of flight" methods by Dr. Roy Gerona http://profiles.ucsf.edu/roy.gerona They will be applied to prenatal exposures.
CUMULATIVE IMPACTS takes into account the total burden of environmental contaminants and social stressors that affect individuals and communities. Methods that can identify and analyze all of the environmental factors and social stressors are important to fully assess cumulative impacts.
SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS
*Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment http://oehha.ca.gov/index.html
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CLPR Spring 2011 Speaker Series:
Understanding and Responding to the Disenfranchisement of Latino Males
Pedro Noguera
Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education
New York University
Aida Hurtado
Chair, Department of Chicana and Chicano Students
UCSB
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Temina Madon (CEGA) opened the symposium by highlighting the common questions to be explored in the ensuing presentations: Which mitigation and adaptation strategies actually work? And what are the barriers we face to good policy design?
Man Ann Bates (J-PAL) described J-PAL's and CEGA's approach: Identify the most critical gaps in our knowledge, fund rigorous impact evaluations to help answer these questions, disseminate the resulting policy lessons, and partner with policymakers to scale up policies that have been proven to be effective. A key strength of this approach is the requisite close collaboration with policymakers and practitioners who understand the issues on the ground, two of whom are presenting today (Veronica Irastorza and Hardik Shah).