Symposium on environmental pollutants and brain development in children and newborns

Symposium on environmental pollutants and its impact on brain development in children and newborns will be moderated by: announcer and actor Dalik Velinitz.

Symposium Program:

16:30 – Mingling

17:00-17:10 – Preliminary greetings, Prof. Bertold Fridlender, President of Hadassah Academic College and Dr. Geula Sharf, Acting Head of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.

17:10-17:30 – "Environmental pollutants and their effects on pregnant women," Prof. Mati Berkovich, Head of the Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center

17:30-17:50 – "Prenatal environmental factors influencing developmental disorders and their effects on attention deficit hyperactivity disorders and autism spectrum disorders," Dr. Orna Diav-Citrin, Israeli Teratology Information Service, Ministry of Health

17:50-18:10 – "Exposure to environmental pollutants among the general population in Israel – results based on biological monitoring," Dr. Shay Reicher, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Ministry of Health.

18:10-18:30 – "Is there a correlation between air pollution and autism in children?" Dr. Raanan Raz, Hadassah Academic College and the Ministry of Health

18:30-19:30 – Discussion with audience participation

Admission is free, however seating is limited.

Registration until 20 April 2015 at this email.

Symposium invitation

Click here to view the Canadian Environmental Health Atlas clip on the exposure of children to toxic chemicals.