janet wilson presentation: body burden environmental health reporting webinar
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Understanding the Body Burden:Using Human Testing
in Environmental and Health Storytelling
June 19, 2012
Maywood:
A Polluted Community
Nagging questions…
More deaths in state are linked to air pollution
As many as 24,000 deaths annually in California are linked to chronic exposure to fine particulate pollution, triple the previous official estimate of 8,200, according to state researchers….
May 22, 2008, Janet Wilson, Times Staff Writer
The Martin Family
Be Realistic
About Time And Money
What Should You Test For?
• Lead
• Manganese
• Mercury
• Arsenic
• What's in your community?
Think about Ethics
• Institutional Review Board or not?
• Language issues and consent forms
• Independent experts to deliver results and offer counseling
• Caution: no sure way to link pollutants to source
Expect the Unexpected
Translate for More Impact
Questions?
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