Dr. Phil Landrigan is a nationally renowned expert on the environment and children’s health. He directs the Mount Sinai Center for Children’s Health and the Environment and is co-author of “Raising Healthy Children in a Toxic World” http://www.healthykids-toxicworld.com/
Highlights of the workshop: A painter’s perspective on best practices, Key chemicals of concern and exposures, HVLP spray gun tips and techniques, Breathing easy in the paint mixing room, A written respiratory program for collision repair , The right protective equipment for the job, Managing health and safety.
Presented by a certified industrial hygienist, an experienced painter and the EPA Design for the Environment Program
CEI hosted its 4th Annual picnic with an evening filled with good food, good fun and great company. CEI staff, members, Board, friends and family were all there!
This innovative workshop focused on practical details about making alternative fuels work well for your fleet, and helping fleets and fuel providers find the right match and start working with each other.
This event was sponsored by CARE to educate residents about reducing mobile air toxins with South East Area Coalition. For a copy of the event flyer click here.
This informative workshop took place at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and was presented by the Rochester CARE program in conjunction with the Center for Environmental Information, RIT's School of Print Media & E. Philip Saunders College of Business, the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association, and the Printing and Imaging Association of NYS.
These workshops, on common indoor air quality problems and toxics risks in your home, are reaching and helping real people with real health problems. The attendees are making real changes where it counts - at their homes. At many workshops, people have requested in-home visits, and ABC has arranged for that to happen, and has even helped residents with severe asthma quickly find a way out of the mold exposure they've endured.
Kevin’s engaging presentation allowed viewers to climb with him to elevations above 20,000 feet and find out what a mountaineering expedition is all about. Kevin Flynn is an experienced mountain climber who has climbed the highest peaks in seven continents. He shared his adventures with slides, video clips and exciting stories.
The CARE Air Toxics Research Group has been studying area air toxics with the goal of reducing mobile sources of air toxics countywide. At the meeting Margit Brazda Poirier, CARE Program Manager, reported the findings of the study "Inventory and Literature Review of Mobile Source Air Toxics in the Rochester Metropolitan Statistical Area" (Appendix), as well as the group's recommendations for the most important program initiatives and policy changes.
Green Building Training and Expo sponsored by Center for Environmental Information and U.S. Green Building Council, New York Upstate Chapter.