OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of the Conference are to:
- Share results from scientific studies on the health effects of air pollution on
children, the elderly, workers, and others;
- Provide an opportunity for community members and workers to voice
environmental health concerns about trade, ports and goods movement activities
- Share information on strategies for reducing exposure to diesel exhaust, ultrafine
particles and other air pollutants;
- Provide an opportunity to discuss the policy implications of increased
international trade and goods movement on community health and worker safety,
as well as on air quality, jobs, the economy, traffic, and community life;
- Develop a national communications network for sharing the latest scientific
findings, information on new goods movement infrastructure projects, and
environmental health solutions.
LONG-TERM GOALS:
The conference is part of a process to share information, with the long-term
goals of:
- Building momentum to deal with the environmental health challenges of goods
movement;
- Sharing local and regional concerns and solutions;
- Considering community and worker concerns when developing scientific research
agendas; and
- Having health and safety considerations become an integral component of goods
movement and transportation decisions.
TOPICS OF DISCUSSION:
Attendees will participate in discussions of:
- Relevant scientific findings on air pollution and health effects;
- Impacts of trade and goods movement on health and air quality, as well as on
traffic, jobs, the environment and the economy;
- Local and regional impacts from transporting, warehousing, and distributing
goods;
- Solutions to reduce diesel exhaust and other air pollutants and prevent hazardous
materials spills and other incidents; and
- Ways to share information in the future.
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