Upcoming event: Pesticides and cancer presentation
| March 11, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Donna Ziegler from the Canadian Cancer Society will give a talk about the connection between pesticides and cancer at the next Saskatchewan Environmental Society presentation next month.
Pesticide exposure may increase your risk of developing cancer. Most of the research has focused on occupational (workplace) exposure to pesticides, linking them to non-Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia, as well as cancers of the prostate, kidney, brain, and lungs. But there is also evidence that children may be especially vulnerable to the harmful effects of these chemicals. These chemicals appear in a wide variety of places for a wide variety of reasons, ranging from pest controls designed to reduce the threat of disease and safeguard the food supply, as well as those aimed solely at ornamental lawn or garden use. Many of the latter pesticides have recently been banned in a number of Canadian municipalities. This presentation will give you the facts and advice for reducing your exposure risk.
Pesticides and cancer presentation (for the Saskatchewan Environmental Society)
When: Wednesday 11 March, 7pm
Where: Lower Auditorium, J S Wood Library, 1801 Lansdowne Avenue, Saskatoon, SK (Google map)
Admission: FREE
For more information: Saskatchewan Environmental Society, 665-1915
