UPCOMING
EVENTS
The Sustainability Institute at Molloy College
invites you to attend the kick off presentation
of Sustainable Film Series
Wednesday August 11, 2010

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First Annual Golf Outing
Honoring Beth Gilman, HBCAC board member
June 17, 2010

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Toxins in Consumer Products
Monday, June 28, 2010
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
H. Lee Dennison Building, Hauppauge
Guest Speaker :
Kate Winnebeck, Environmental Health and Safety Specialist
Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies and New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, in associated with Rochester Institute of Technology.
Topic:
- Why are phthalates, Bisphenol-A (BPA), and heavy metals used in consumer products?
- What are the potential human health and environmental effects of the use of these products?
- What can be done to avoid them?
- How does the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, regarding chemicals in children’s articles and toys, affect consumers?
- What consumer products have been tested and contain toxic chemicals?
Space is limited to SC Employees – Lunch & Learn
Office of Cancer Awareness & Environmental Assessment
Suffolk County Department of Environment & Energy
Phone: 631-853-5919

PAST EVENTS
5th Annual Bag Ladies Benefit
Thursday, May 6, 2010
The Hamlet Golf & Country Club, Commack

Honoring
Joan and Lauren Kulchinsky
Mayfair Jewelers
For sponsorship opportunities, donations & tickets,
contact HBCAC at (631) 547-1518
www.hbcac.org

Organic Turf Show
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
At Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY
Visit www.organicturfshow.org for further details.

The Mount Sinai Department of Preventive Medicine
and the
Children’s Environmental Health Center in partnership with the NIEHS/NCI
Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Center invite you to a lecture:
Breast Cancer, Endocrine Disruptors,
& Early Puberty
Monday, November 30, 2009
What are the Connections? Why are so many young
Women developing Breast Cancer?
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here for further details. (pdf)

Premiere of Breast Cancer Documentary
Film
“
No Family History”
Monday, October 19th, 6:30pm-8:30pm
H Lee Dennison Building
100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge
• A reception with the filmmaker will take place at 6:30pm
• Movie Premier begins at 7:30pm
• Information and resource material on Cancer Awareness and Prevention
will be available
• Discussion to follow film
This event is free but space is limited.
Please pre-register by emailing michele.crosby@suffolkcountyny.gov
For questions, please contact the Suffolk County Department of Environment
and Energy at 631-853-5919.
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here for more information (pdf)

Launch Date For
Children's Environmental Health Center, Huntington
Thursday, October 15, 10:30 am
Are you concerned about:
IndoorAir Pollution? Pesticides, Tobacco Smoke, CarbonMonoxide, Mold, Asbestos.
Outdoor Pollutants?Diesel Exhaust,Water & Soil Contaminants, Sun Exposure,Waste
Sites.
HeavyMetals? Lead,Mercury, Arsenic.
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here for more information (pdf)

Think Pink 2009
Month of October
October is breast cancer awareness month,
and we ask you to join the Bohlsen Restaurant Group as we
help raise funds for this worthy cause.
For each dish and for each drink ordered
from the Think Pink Menu,
we will donate $1 to a local Breast Cancer Coalition.
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here for more information (pdf)

Educational Seminar at Cold
Spring Harbor
2009
Saturday,
June 20, 2009
This is a FREE event, but please register
ASAP to reserve your place
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here for more information.
Join us on June 20 to hear more about Natural Strategies
for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction/Prevention from
an Integrative perspective at the Cold Spring Harbor Library
and Environmental Center.
Speakers include Dr. Michael Schachter,
the Schachter Center for Complementary Medicine, Dr. Raymond
Goldsteen, head of Preventive Medicine at SUNY Stony Brook,
Ellen Kamhi, the Natural Nurse, Dr. Viana Muller, founder
of Whole World Botanicals, Dr. Magdalyna Go Pamesa, Asian
Medicine practitioner and Ann Fonfa, Advocate and founder,
The Annie Appleseed Project.
An Organic lunch will be served, we'll give out reusable
bags with goodies, and we'll hold a raffle for books, and
other items. Come listen, learn and have some fun too!
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here for more info (pdf)
or visit website at:
http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/nastforbrcar.html
4th Annual Bag Ladies Benefit held May 7, 2009
Honored community
member
Rhonda Weinman
and
highlighted recent legislation
passed in Suffolk County “Toxin Free Toddlers and
Babies Act”
County Executive Steve Levy and Legislator
Steve Stern
were recognized by HBCAC for spearheading the first
in the nation ban of baby bottles and sippy cups containing
Bisphenol-A (BPA).
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Past
Lecture
Plastics,
Chemicals and Early Puberty
December 9th 2008
9:30 am Registration
and Coffee
10:00 – 11:15 am Presentation, followed by Q&A
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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Laughter Is The Best Medicine
Comedy Night
Tuesday July 15, 2008

A hardy thank you to Comedians Joe
Devito, Rodney Laney, Carie Karavas and Pete Lee, as well
as over 200 friends who joined us
Also Special
Thank you to Sponsors

Sunday,
September 17th,
2:00-6:00pm
The Toxic Clouds of 9/11:
A Looming Health Disaster
A Film by Alison Johnson
Cinema
Arts Centre
423 Park Avenue - Huntington, NY
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