Flame Retardant Dilemma: 30 January, 2009

Speakers:
Arlene Blum, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley;
Flame Retardant Dilemma Review

Rachael A. Baker, Environmental Supply Chain Manager, and Tom Cooper, Environmental Design and Research, Kaiser Permanente.
How Kaiser is using supplier engagement and environmental disclosure practices to drive the market for safer materials

Russ Batson, VP, Government Affairs, American home Furnishing Alliance
Manufactures caught in the crossfire: achieving fire, health, and environmental safety

Laura A. Geer, PhD, MHS, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
How to measure human exposure to persistent halogenated

Lauren Heine, Alexandra McPherson, Clean Production Action Moving to Safer Alternatives
Moving to Safer Alternatives

Sarah Janssen, PhD, MD, MPH, Natural Resources Defense Council
Halogenated Fire Retardants

Jerker Ligthart, International Chemical Secretariat (ChemSec), Sweden
ChemSec, the SIN (Substitute It Now) List and how to eliminate hazardous substances including brominated and chlorinated fire retardants

Tom Webster, D.Sc., Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Exposure to PBDEs: From Product to Person