Lisa McKenzie, PhD
Evaluating the Implications of Chemicals in Oil & Gas Operations
Focus on Endocrine Disruption Chemicals, Teleconference, April 13, 2017
Join us on Thursday, April 13th at 12 pm Eastern to hear Dr. Lisa McKenzie present her recent paper on proximity to oil and gas development and risk for hematologic cancers in children 0-24 years old. She will also discuss the concept of proximity studies, levels of evidence, and future research needs in environmental health studies of oil and gas development.
Lisa McKenzie, PhD MPH, is an Assistant Research Professor at the Colorado School of Public Health on the University of Colorado Denver’s Anschutz Medical Campus. Her expertise is in exposure assessment and environmental epidemiology.
Dr. McKenzie’s research has contributed to the understanding of how air pollutants and other exposures resulting from the unconventional development of petroleum resources may affect the public’s health. Her studies investigating associations between adverse birth outcomes and childhood cancers and proximity to oil and gas development are among the first epidemiological studies on this topic to appear in the published literature.
Her sentinel human health risk assessment indicated the potential for respiratory, neurological, and developmental health outcomes resulting from exposure to air pollutants emitted during natural gas development.
She has testified before the United States Congress and the Denver Metropolitan Regional Air Quality Council on the public health implications of natural gas development.
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Blood and Bone Marrow Drive Planned for Young Girl with Leukemia
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. –
Little Riley Riter recently had a relapse and is battling leukemia for a second time.
This Saturday, a blood and bone marrow drive will be held at the Moundsville Volunteer Fire Department.
Riley has needed several blood transfusions, and a bone marrow transplant may be necessary in the future.
Even if you are not a match for Riley, you could still help thousands of people in need. If donating makes you nervous, Riley’s mom says to just think of how brave Riley has been.
“You take one look at her and you can’t help but smile. Children like her depend on people facing their fears and doing the donations. If it wasn’t for people coming up and doing their donations, my daughter wouldn’t be able to get the care she needs,” said Jennifer Riter.
Doors open at the Moundsville Volunteer Fire Department at 10:00 Saturday morning for early registration. Blood donation with Central Blood Bank and swabbing for bone marrow testing with Be the Match will be from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m..
You can make an appointment for blood donation ahead of time at http://www.CentralBloodBank.org.
Source: http://www.yourohiovalley.com/story/35080450/blood-and-bone-marrow-drive-planned-for-young-girl-with-leukemia
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