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MEDIA CONTACT: Anna Barnes (585) 274-0515 or Sharon Dickman (585) 275-4128
November 13, 2002
A week of programs focusing on the environmental dangers of toxins to human health will be presented Nov. 18 to 22 at the University of Rochester. Grassroots Students for the Environment, Students for Social Justice, and the campus chapter of Amnesty International are sponsoring the events. All events are free and will be held on the University's River Campus.
Maria Maybee of Great Lakes United will speak on environmental justice and the pollution of the Great Lakes at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in room 2110 of Dewey Hall. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, the students will host Thomas A. Gasiewicz, professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He will speak on the hazardous chemical dioxin and its effects on the body. The program will be held in the Delta Upsilon fraternity house.
The film Drumbeat for Mother Earth will be shown at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, in room 201 of Lattimore Hall. Produced by Greenpeace and the Indigenous Environmental Network, the film documents the social and environmental effects of industrial chemicals on Native American people and their lands. The film has won several awards since it was released in 1999.
All events are open to the public. For more information, contact Grassroots Co-Presidents Anna Barnes at (585) 274-0515 or Audrey Stewart at (585) 274-2840.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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