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“Enhancing Pollution
Prevention in School and Laboratory Facilities: Lessons
Learned from Mercury Reduction Programs”
Science Department Chairpersons,
Science Teachers, Resource Teachers, Curriculum Developers,
Principals, School Administrators, Facilities Managers,
and Pollution Prevention Professionals
Who:
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U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Headquarters and Region
3, in collaboration with
the National
Institutes of Health, US
Department of Health and Human Services;
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Waste Management
and Resource Center; Illinois
Department of Natural Resources;University
of Wisconsin Extension Program;
Maryland Children’s Environmental Health and
Protection Advisory Council; Maryland
Environmental Service; Maryland
State Department of Education
and Maryland
Department of the Environment. |
What:
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A web-based video-cast workshop.
The training will cover the risks associated
with mercury in schools, and the virtual elimination
of mercury from schools. The workshop will
also emphasize the use of sustainable science
when teaching different scientific concepts to students
while stressing to teachers the importance of minimizing
the impact to the environment from using certain
lab chemicals. The audience can submit questions
during conference to panel via email or call-in
number. |
When: |
November 17th
from 1 to 4PM Eastern Standard Time. Agenda |
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Cyber Location |
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Website
Access http://videocast.nih.gov
Do not use the WWW prefix!
The feed will be broadcast
at high speed and 56k bps so users can access
the workshop by dial-up modems or higher speed
connections such as cable. All viewers will need
to have player software to view workshop which
can be downloaded for free beforehand
from Real Networks http://www.real.com
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Physical Locations |
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- Main campus of the
National
Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland, in Room F1-F2 in the basement
level of the Natcher Conference Center.
Seating at the at the
main workshop location on the NIH Bethesda,
Maryland campus is currently limited to 80
persons. Participants intending to attend
the workshop at Bethesda location are requested
to reserve seating by calling Michelle
Coley at the NIH Division of Environmental
Protection at (301) 496-7775
or by e-mail coleym@mail.nih.gov.
Parking
spaces on campus are in extremely short
supply. Public transit is STRONGLY advise.
The Metro (subway system) has a station (Medical
Center on the Red Line), which is within a
short walk to the Natcher Center. Visitors
must have a photo ID card and register at
the guard station near at the main entrance
before entering the conference area of the
building.
- EPA NE Offices at 1 Congress
Street, Boston, MA on the 11th floor in Conference
Room No. 1100A, Connecticut. Participants interested
in attending at this location should contact
Jeri Weiss at (617)
918-1568 or send an email to weiss.jeri@epa.gov.
- Atlanta Federal Center, Atlanta,
Georgia. on the 9th floor in Video Conference
Room. The conference room at this location can
accommodate about 20 people. Participants interested
in attending at this location should contact
Wayne Garfinkel at garfinkel.wayne@epa.gov
- Archbishop Carroll High School
at 4300 Harewood Road, NE, Washington, DC 20017
will be offering the conference in an auditorium
that can house 600. Please contact Mayme
Jiles at (202) 529-0900 x216
or mjiles@archbishopcarroll.org
if you plan to attend at this location.
- EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA, 4th floor, Shenandoah Conference
Room. Participants interested in attending at
this location must contact Donna Mooney
by e-mail, mooney.donna@epa.gov.
Please plan to arrive at 12:30 p.m. for the
1:00 p.m. workshop.
- Metropolitan Square 655 15th
Street, NW up about two blocks. This location
seats 30 people. Contacts to call to minimize
security slowdowns at the door are David
Duda 741-4369 and Robert Irving
741-4364. If you don't call in advance
that's still ok you just have to sign in and
get the guard to call upstairs to the 5th floor.
The workshop will be recorded and
can be accessed indefinitely after the live broadcast
11/17/03. The recorded session will be available
in the archive section of the same NIH website
for viewing at any time. |
| Requisites for
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and CPDUs: |
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Proper Advance
Registration and Verification of participation
on 11/17/03 via an email submitted
via http://videocast.nih.gov/livefeedback.asp |
| General Information
and Registration: |
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http://www.mercuryinschools.uwex.edu
Videocast: http://videocast.nih.gov
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| Contact Information: |
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CEU and General Information
John D. Wilkins
Environmental Protection Specialist
U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
National Program Chemicals Division,
Lead Heavy Metals and Inorganics Branch
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (7404T) Washington,
DC 20460
(202) 566-0477
(202) 566-0470 (Fax)
Wilkins.John@epamail.epa.gov
For Seating Reservations
at NIH in Bethesda, MD
Michelle Coley
Environmental Protection Division, ORF
DHHS-National Institutes of Health
13 South Drive, Room 2W64
Bethesda, MD 20892-5746
(301) 496-7775
(301) 480-8056 (Fax)
coleym@mail.nih.gov
For Seating Reservations at EPA
NE Office in Boston, MA
Jeri Weiss
(617) 918-1568
weiss.jeri@epa.gov
For Seating Reservations at Atlanta
Federal Center in Atlanta, GA
Wayne Garfinkel
garfinkel.wayne@epa.gov
For Seating Reservations
at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington,
DC
Mayme Jiles
(202) 529-0900 x216
mjiles@archbishopcarroll.org
For Seating Reservations at EPA
Region 3 in Philadelphia, PA
Donna Mooney
mooney.donna@epa.gov
Technical
Issues
Scott Collins
(301) 594-1961
sc@nih.gov
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UW-Extension