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[Manshi Low]

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>New England Zero Mercury Campaign Announcement
>- Please Forward -
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>Protecting Consumers from Mercury in Fish:
>The New England Fish Advisory Forum
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>May 10, 2004
>10:00am - 4:00pm
>Curry Student Center Room 346
>Northeastern University, Boston
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>This region-wide forum will bring together health professionals, 
>researchers, students, and health-affected constituencies, along with 
>agency staff and policymakers from all six states New England states to 
>discuss strategies to protect the public from mercury exposure from fish 
>consumption.
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>Speakers will highlight the most recent science, effective fish 
>consumption advisories and communication strategies, and successful models 
>for protecting public health. Dr. Philippe Grandjean will deliver the 
>keynote address.
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>The forum will focus on hearing and discussing cutting edge approaches to 
>understanding the issues, and addressing how to best raise public 
>awareness and reduce methylmercury exposure from fish consumption across 
>New England.
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>For a map and directions, see www.campusmap.neu.edu. The building is #50 
>on the map.
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>Registration Form
>Please register by May 5, 2004.
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>Name
>Organization
>Address
>Phone/Email
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>The Forum is free and open to the public. Lunch will not be provided but 
>will be available for purchase on site.
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>For more information or to register, contact:
>Sheila Dormody, NEZMC Coordinator
>Clean Water Action
>741 Westminster Street
>Providence, RI 02903
>ph: (401) 331-6972  fax: (401) 331-7072
><mailto:sdormody at cleanwater.org>sdormody at cleanwater.org
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>The New England Zero Mercury Campaign includes public interest 
>organizations in all six states working to eliminate mercury emissions in 
>the region by 2010 and to promote protective and effective health warnings 
>to prevent mercury exposure. Partners and the states they are active in 
>include Clean Water Fund of New England (CT, MA, NH, RI), Environmental 
>Health Strategy Center (ME and nationwide), Natural Resources Council of 
>Maine (ME), Mercury Policy Project (VT, nationwide, internationally), 
>Health Care Without Harm (MA, region wide), Sierra Club (CT, RI), Toxics 
>Action Center (CT), and the National Wildlife Federation (VT, 
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