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The Hidden Cost Of Plastic To Human Health – Brookline Responds

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The Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services is co-sponsoring “The Hidden Cost of Plastic to Human Health – Brookline Responds.”

The event will take place on Thursday, January 16, 2025, from 06:30 p.m. to 08:30 p.m., at Hunneman Hall, The Public Library of Brookline, 361 Washington Street, Brookline, MA 02445.

Speakers includes:

  • Dr. Philip Landrigan, pediatrician, epidemiologist and the Director of Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College;
  • Sasha Palmer, Director of Food Services, Public Schools of Brookline;
  • Miriam Gordon, a leader in the REFUSE movement and architect of innovative policy models;
  • Katie Weatherseed, Brookline’s Zero Waste Program Manager.

“The Hidden Cost of Plastic to Human Health – Brookline Responds” is an informative session on the dangers of plastics to human health, and what Brookline is doing toward capping the production of plastics to improve environmental and human health. Learn what you as community members can do to find solutions.

The event will begin with an interactive poster session offering opportunities to speak with experts and activists. Light refreshments will be served.

Dr. Philip Landrigan, pediatrician, epidemiologist and the Director of Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College, will present.

A panel comprised of Sasha Palmer, Public Schools of Brookline Director of Food Services, Miriam Gordon, a leader in the reuse movement and architect of innovative policy models, and Katie Weatherseed, Brookline’s Zero Waste Program Manager, will then explore community approaches to solutions. Louise Bowditch of Brookline Mothers Out Front will moderate.

The program is sponsored by the Brookline Departments of Public Works and Health and Human Services, Brookline Mothers Out Front, the Friends of Brookline Public Health, Brookline Rotary, Climate Action Brookline, Elder Climate Action – MA Chapter, and the Public Library of Brookline.

Those who are interested can register for the event by visiting here.