Meeting of the Epidemiology & Public Health Section

Meeting of the Epidemiology & Public Health Section



Waste - a public health issue



Friday 16 November 2007



Max Rayne Lecture Theatre, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE



RSM contact:

Phil McShane

Academic Department, Royal Society of Medicine,

1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE

Tel: (+44) (0) 20 7290 3942 Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7290 2989

Email: epidemiology@rsm.ac.uk









Chair: Giovanni Leonardi

Council Member



9.30 am Registration, tea and coffee



10.00 am Public health management of waste

Jenny Griffiths, Consultant in Public Health



10.40 am The ecological footprint of waste

Ecological footprint studies in London/Liverpool

Speaker, tbc



11.20 am Tea and coffee



11.40 am Models of human exposure to chemicals and other hazards in the vicinity of landfills

Richard Mohan, Health Protection Agency



12.20 pm Epidemiological evidence of adverse health effects for populations near landfills

Lars Jarup, Imperial College



1.00 pm Lunch



2.00 pm Odours from waste sites and the implications for Public Health

Helen Smethurst, health Protection Agency



2.40 pm A decision analysis framework for minimising health hazards of urban pollution: the example of waste

Zaid Chalabi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine



3.20 pm Completion of evaluation forms



3.30 pm The NHS, the patient, procurement and sustainability

Paul Durrands, Senior Commercial Adviser, NHS south Central



4.10 pm Close of meeting



CPD: 5 credits



Non-Fellow: £45

Fellow: £20

Associate: £20

Trainee - Fellow: £10

Student: £10

Student Members: £5

Trainee: £15



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