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Session: Environmental Histories, Social Justice & Public Health
3151.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Environmental Histories, Social Justice & Public Health
This session will examine social movements that address the links between health and the environment and the interaction of these movements with public policies and private and government “cover-ups.” A variety of perspectives on the environment –“natural,” “built,” and “social”-- will be offered. A key theme for this session is the importance of these historical examples for contemporary debates regarding environmental health and environmental justice activism.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Describe historical examples involving social justice movements concerned about environmental health 2. Provide examples of "cover ups" that were exposed 3. Discuss the importance of these historical examples for contemporary debates regarding environmental health and environmental justice activism
Organizer(s):Luis Aviles
Moderator(s):Luis A. Aviles, PhD, MPH
10:30 AMIntroduction: On Airs, Waters, Places, and Justice
Luis A. Aviles, PhD, MPH
10:35 AMIndustrial development, pollution and public health: A historical examination of environmental struggles in Cataño, Puerto Rico
Carmen M. Concepción, PhD
10:55 AMEconomic survival vs. environmental health: Water pollution in Maine, 1908-1934
Martha A. Eastman, APRN, BC
11:15 AMSoil contamination in the Puget Sound Region: How did it happen? Who is responsible? A case study of the Asarco Tacoma smelter
Marianne Sullivan, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Spirit of 1848 Caucus
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA