| WASHINGTON
- May 1 - News Advisory:
Physicians for Social Responsibility National Conference 2000
May 3-7, Crystal City Marriott, Arlington, Va.
Key Events
May 4 -- Congressional Reception, Capitol Room SC5, 5-7 p.m.
May 6 -- Reception/Awards Banquet honoring Ted Turner. PSR
Executive Director Robert K. Musil Ph.D. will present "Broad
Street Pump" Awards to PSR members who have made outstanding
contributions to promoting PSR issues.
Conference Plenary Speakers
May 5 -- Ben Cohen, CEO,Ben and Jerry's "Campaign to Cut Nukes
and Shift Priorities"
May 5 -- Deb Callahan, president, League of Conservation Voters,
"Voter Education and Elections 2000"
May 5 -- 2:45 p.m. - Linda Erwin, MD, - "Guns: The ER
Perspective"
May 6 -- 9:15 a.m. - Sen. Doug Roche (Canada) - "Preventing the
End of the Nonproliferation Treaty"
May 6 -- 1:30 p.m. - Shelley Hearne, Ph.D., - "Linking Medicine,
Public Health and the Environment"
May 7 -- 8:40 a.m. - Mary Wynne Ashford, MD, Ph.D. - "We said
No Nukes"
May 7 -- 9 a.m. - Johnathan Schell - "The Gift of Time: The Case
for Abolition"
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Selected Workshops
Environmental Health
-- Health Impacts of Climate Change
-- Drinking Water and Waterborne Illness in the United States
-- Reducing Human Exposure to PCBs
-- Air Pollution and Health
-- Modern Methods of Controlling Malaria
-- Emerging Implications of the Environment for Human Disease
Nuclear Security
-- The Health Consequences of Nuclear Alert Status
-- DOE Weapons Program and Blockage to Arms Reduction
-- National Missile Defense: A Failed Public Health Strategy
-- Radiation and Health: Communicating Health Risks from Nuclear
Weapons Production and Testing
-- After the CTBT Defeat: What Next?
-- Findings of Radiation Effects from Nuclear Reactors
-- The Nuclear Strategic Cities Initiative
Violence Prevention
-- Target Guns: Making Manufacturers Responsbile
-- Gun Injury Epidemiology
Media are invited to attend. Interviews and full agenda
available upon request.
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