Brayton Purcell Sponsors Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation Conference (October 6, 2004). The conference includes meetings for medical professionals as well as workshops geared specifically to mesothelioma patients and family members. In the United States, about 2,500 to 4,000 patients are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year. The figures are about 1,500 per year in the United Kingdom, and are expected to increase to 3,000 per year by 2020.

A virtual resource for environmental health and nursing. EnviR.N. is dedicated to supporting nursing professionals seeking accurate, timely and credible scientific information on environmental health and nursing. This interactive and dynamic resource seeks to foster the development of a "virtual nursing village" for the sharing of teaching strategies, practice guidance and consensus on future research needs for nursing and environmental health.

We inform the public, K-12 educators, and environmental health professionals about environmental health sciences and toxicology issues through workshops, online papers, and K-12 programs, in the classroom and online.

Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine and Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine. The Deptarment of Environmental Medicine is both a department in the NYU School of Medicine and an institute within NYU Medical Center. It has two major research and teaching facilities: one on the Medical Center's Manhattan campus, and the other in Tuxedo (Sterling Forest), New York, about 50 miles northwest of the city. Its faculty has expertise in a wide range of environmental problems.

The mission of the Center for Children's Health and the Environment (CCHE) of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is to protect children against environmental threats to health. Our Center is leading the effort nationally to protect children against environmental toxins. Our research is examining the health hazards of pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and air pollutants. We are developing strategies to prevent learning disabilities, asthma, obesity and cancer.

EnviroHealthAction.org - Children's Environmental Health Overview. EnviroHealthAction is an education and action center that provides an online community for health professionals and others interested in environmental health. It is designed to provide busy professionals with the opportunity to access important resources and deliver valuable input to policymakers. EnviroHealthAction is powered by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Mothers for Clean Air is a non-profit, membership organization concerned with air pollution in the Houston-Galveston area and its effects on children's health. Mothers for Clean Air serves as a collective voice to keep state and local government, industry and consumers focused on obtaining and maintaining cleaner air for our children.

The Children's Environmental Health Institute (CEHI) has been established to identify, validate, and develop solutions to address adverse health effects to children occurring as a consequence of exposure to hazardous environmental substances. The mission of the Children's Environmental Health Institute is to support initiatives to improve children's environmental health with an emphasis on their micro environment.

The Annual Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water, this year, October 16-19, 2006, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst has become the preeminent national conference in this important environmental area. The conference attracts 700-800 attendees annually which includes a wide variety of representation from state and federal agencies; military; a number of industries including railroad, petroleum, transportation, utilities; the environmental engineering and consulting community; and academia.

Children's environmental heath is an important concern to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). Our programs are increasing focus and attention on children to ensure that they are protected from exposures to harmful chemicals and other environmental health hazards. We have several activities and programs with links to information about children's environmental health.