ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION & HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH COORDINATE TO PROMOTE A SYMPOSIUM ON THE IMPACT OF MOLD ON HUMAN HEALTH

Washington, DC & Boston, MA - May 21st, 2004 - The Environmental Education Foundation (EEF) has announced today their acceptance of the Harvard School of Public Health Symposium: The Impact of Mold on Human Health as meeting the organization’s continuing education requirements.

Troy E. Johnson, Executive Director of the EEF said, “We are honored to add the Harvard School of Public Health to our growing list of higher education institutions we work with. The quality of the presenters and timeliness of the topic are of the caliber the EEF looks for when approving and recommending educational opportunities to our members and partners”

The Symposium, scheduled for June 7-8, 2004 at the Harvard School of Public Health’s Kresge Building, Snyder Auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts has assembled key faculty in the areas of Environmental Physiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Environmental Biology, Environmental Health and Human Habitation as well as other international experts to provide an executive briefing that provides a scientific and balanced view on this controversial topic.

Dr. Joseph Brain, Program Director for the Impact of Mold on Human Health Symposium at the Harvard School of Public Health added, “We are pleased that the EEF is helping to market this important event and we thank them for their cooperation in endorsing our symposium for continuing education credit.”
Attendees to the event are expected to walk away with the ability to analyze the available animal and clinical data on the effects of mold on health; explore the biology of molds; assess the insurance liability and legal ramifications of mold remediation; determine best practices for measuring mold exposure and identify strategies for prevention and remediation of mold in homes, offices, and schools. Details can be found at: http://www.enviro-ed.org/Plan/EEFHarvardmoldprogram.pdf. For more information or to register, visit http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/Mold.shtml or contact the Harvard School of Public Health at (617) 384-8692.