Scientific Symposium Primay Objectives

ADVISE  |  DISCUSS  |   RECOGNIZE

Participants will be able to discuss and advise parents regarding

• The unique vulnerability of infants and children to environmental toxicants.
• The role of indoor and outdoor air pollutants in causing respiratory and other diseases in infants and children.
• The role of water pollutants in causing diseases in infants and children.
• The role of pollutants and contaminants in the food chain in causing respiratory and other diseases in infants and children.

Participants will be able to discuss

• The current state of chronic disease surveillance as it relates to environmental exposure.
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Congressional mandate to address environmental health gaps and how it may impact physicians.
• The recent trends in the incidence of cancer as related to exposure to environmental toxicants in utero or during childhood.
• New systematic approaches to screening for developmental and learning disabilities in clinical settings, and for potential neurodevelopmental toxicants resulting from environmental exposures.
• The real and potential risks of exposure to environmental endocrine disrupters and their effects during infant and child development.

Participants will be able to recognize and respond to

• Potential environmental toxicants.
• Biological and chemical terrorism threats to children.
• A system that can document possible links between environmental hazards and chronic diseases the same way that infectious diseases are identified and tracked.