What’s In That Glass?

Sex, Gender, and the Water We Drink

A free panel discussion exploring the issue of pharmaceuticals and disinfectant by-products in our drinking water – the state of the research, what is and is not known about the impact on sex and gender, and alternative routes for managing this environmental hazard.

WHEN: Wednesday February 17, 2010
TIME: 7pm
WHERE: Spadina Room, Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 475 Yonge St. Toronto
SUBWAY: between Wellesley & College; parking behind hotel ($8/hour)

SPEAKERS:

Pam Eliason, Senior Associate Director, Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Prof. Deborah MacLatchy, Vice‐President Academic and Provost; Founding Fellow, Canadian Rivers Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University

Prof. Chris Metcalfe, Environmental and Resource Studies; Director, Institute for Watershed Science, Trent University

More info: nnewh1@yorku.ca

NNEWH websites: www.nnewh.org / www.womenandwater.ca

The Courtyard Marriott is a wheelchair accessible hotel.

Our Commitment

The National Network on Environments and Women’s Health (NNEWH) is focused on creating strategies for effective change through an understanding of relevant policy issues related to the health of all women in Canada.