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Budget day, pollutants and health
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March 2, 2010
Budgets are being unveiled today in B.C. and Thursday in Ottawa. SFU experts available for comment include (updated):
Doug McArthur, public policy, 604.786.0016 (cell); doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
Jon Kesselman, public policy, 604.264.9812; kesselman@sfu.ca
Richard Harris, economics, 778.782.3975; 604.961.0590 (cell); rharris@sfu.ca
Daniel Shapiro, dean, business, 778.782.5155/4183, 604.805.2441 (cell); dshapiro@sfu.ca
Aidan Vining, business, 778.782.5249; aidan_vining@sfu.ca
Andrey Pavlov, business, 778.782.5835, 604.763.3696 (cell); andrey_pavlov@sfu.ca
Mark Moore, business, 778.782.7713; mark_moore@sfu.ca
The second coming of the Sanitarians
While efforts to control or conquer infectious agents led to a dramatic infant mortality decline and a rise in life expectancy in the past century, chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease and psychopathology emerged in their wake. SFU health sciences professor Bruce Lanphear, who researches the prevention of common diseases and disabilities in children, including asthma and ADHD, says such shifts in mortality and life expectancy are often invoked to justify more investment in biomedical research, even though such gains were largely due to pollution controls instigated by “the Sanitarians.” Explains Lanphear: “Despite compelling evidence that industrial pollutants and environmental agents are risk factors for chronic disease, they are largely ignored in our quest to discover new drugs or mechanisms of disease.” Lanphear gives a talk on the subject at the President’s Faculty lecture on Thursday, Mar. 4 at 4:30 p.m. at the Halpern Centre, Burnaby campus.
Bruce Lanphear, 778.782.8650; Bruce.Lanphear@cchmc.org
Doug McArthur, public policy, 604.786.0016 (cell); doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
Jon Kesselman, public policy, 604.264.9812; kesselman@sfu.ca
Richard Harris, economics, 778.782.3975; 604.961.0590 (cell); rharris@sfu.ca
Daniel Shapiro, dean, business, 778.782.5155/4183, 604.805.2441 (cell); dshapiro@sfu.ca
Aidan Vining, business, 778.782.5249; aidan_vining@sfu.ca
Andrey Pavlov, business, 778.782.5835, 604.763.3696 (cell); andrey_pavlov@sfu.ca
Mark Moore, business, 778.782.7713; mark_moore@sfu.ca
The second coming of the Sanitarians
While efforts to control or conquer infectious agents led to a dramatic infant mortality decline and a rise in life expectancy in the past century, chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease and psychopathology emerged in their wake. SFU health sciences professor Bruce Lanphear, who researches the prevention of common diseases and disabilities in children, including asthma and ADHD, says such shifts in mortality and life expectancy are often invoked to justify more investment in biomedical research, even though such gains were largely due to pollution controls instigated by “the Sanitarians.” Explains Lanphear: “Despite compelling evidence that industrial pollutants and environmental agents are risk factors for chronic disease, they are largely ignored in our quest to discover new drugs or mechanisms of disease.” Lanphear gives a talk on the subject at the President’s Faculty lecture on Thursday, Mar. 4 at 4:30 p.m. at the Halpern Centre, Burnaby campus.
Bruce Lanphear, 778.782.8650; Bruce.Lanphear@cchmc.org