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Re: June 14 New York Symposium On Depleted Uranium Controv



     I went to the STAR symp. a few years back.  That was enough for me.  

     At least, Otto Raabe was a speaker at that one.

     

     

     Matt Williamson





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Subject: June 14 New York Symposium On Depleted Uranium Controversy

Author:  loc (loc@icx.net) at Internet

Date:    6/11/03 2:23 PM





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

-- 

..................................................... 

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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