June 14 New York Symposium On Depleted Uranium Controversy

[Susan L Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

I found this on another list.  Any RadSafers in NY planning to attend? 

If so, please do review the event for us.



--Susan Gawarecki



CONFERENCE INVITATION

Source:  Nuclear Policy Research Institute

1925 K Street NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20006  ph / 202-822-9800

fax/

202-822-9272



Contact: Christine Haenn  202/822-9800; Christine@nuclearpolicy.org



June 14 New York Symposium On Depleted Uranium Controversy



WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Nuclear Policy Research Institute (NPRI) will

sponsor a public  symposium on June 14, 2003 at the New York Academy of

Medicine on the Health Effects of Depleted Uranium Munitions.    The New

York Academy of Medicine is located on Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street in

Manhattan.  The symposium takes place from 8:45am through 5:15pm.  For

complete information and on-line registration, go to

www.nuclearpolicy.org.



The event will focus on the potential medical effects of depleted

uranium and the legal ramifications for its use,  especially with regard

to the controversy over clean up of munitions and tanks scattered across

Iraq in the wake of the recent war, in which  vastly more DU in more

populated areas was used than in the 1991 Gulf War.



The symposium gathers from around the world experts on all sides of the

issue, including those who have been quoted in recent media coverage of

the depleted uranium controversy and/or  have done important scientific

reserarch in this area.  Leading scientists and experts will help

refocus the DU debate on scientific and factual points, and present

their findings in an accessible way .   Policy recommendations will be

presented and questions will be taken from the audience.  Scheduled

speakers include:



Helen Caldicott, MD  -- President, NPRI; internationally known

expert/author on nuclear weapons, Nobel Peace Prize nominee



Steve Fetter, Ph.D. --  Professor of Public Policy, University of

Maryland



Robert Alvarez -- Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies; Senior

Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Energy from 1993 to 1999



Dan Fahey -- internationally known expert on depleted uranium



Jan Olaf Snihs  --Scientific Team Leader, Post Conflict Assessment Unit,

United Nations Environmental Program.



Dr. Avril McDonald -- Researcher, TMC Asser Institute for International

Law, The Hague



Hari Sharma, Ph. D. -- Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada



Donald Louria, M.D. -- Chairman Emeritus, Department of Preventive

Medicine & Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New

Jersey Medical School



Randall Parrish -- Research Professor of Isotope Geology, University of

Leicester; Head, Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, UK Natural Environment

Research Council



Thomas B. Cochran, Ph.D. -- Director, Nuclear Program, Natural Resources

Defense Council (NRDC)



George Woodwell, Ph.D. -- Founder, Woods Hole Research Center



David J. Brenner, Ph.D., D.Sc. -- Professor of Radiation Oncology and

Public Health and Director of Radiological Research Accelerator

Facility, College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.



Thomas M. Fasy, MD, Ph.D. -- Associate Professor of Pathology, Mount

Sinai School of Medicine



Concerned citizens, scientists and journalists are encouraged to attend.

For further media information, please call or email Christine Haenn

202/822-9800, Christine@nuclearpolicy.org. Public information also

available at www.nuclearpolicy.org

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Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director

Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee

102 Robertsville Road, Suite B, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Toll free 888-770-3073 ~ www.local-oversight.org

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