Out of Harm's Way: Preventing Toxic Threats to Child Development in Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Rackham Graduate School

On November 3, 2005 AAIDD collaborated with Greater Boston Physician's for Social Responsibility, the Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Ecology Center to host a conference that focused on the intersection between exposure to common environmental chemicals and childhood development, and clinical interventions to reduce neurotoxic threats throughout the lifecycle. Special emphasis was placed on heavy metals and their effects, persistent organic compounds such as pesticides, and how children are uniquely different from adults in terms of toxicity. The conference can be duplicated in your area and is relevant to physicians, nurses, developmental disabilities specialists, midwives, educators, psychologists, pharmacists, health care providers, public health professionals, resident physicians, & students.