Project Description

To mark Healthy Schools Day in Canada, ASEQ-EHAQ will host a conference called Toxic Food: Need for Change. The conference, on Thursday, April 22 at 6PM, will include  speakers Dr. Shiv Chopra, Dr. Jennifer Armstrong  and Denise Phaneuf who will discuss food and environmental health. 

Common foods bear toxic chemicals such as hormones, antibiotics, and pesticides. Also genetically modified foods will be a topic.

Both adult health and children’s health and futures in relation to the foods they consume will be a focus throughout the conference.

Talks will be available in English or French.

Chaired by Dr. Pierre Auger, Sante Public

Location:

HEC Amphitheatre

3000, Chemin de la Cote-Sainte-Catherine

Universite-de-Montreal

Sponsored by:

Association pour la santé environmentale du Quebec (ASEQ)

Environmental Health Association of Quebec (EHAQ)

And Association Vegetarienne du Montreal

For more information and French and English posters go to:

http://www.aeha-quebec.ca/