London to Host International Public Health Pesticides Workshop

LONDON – The International Public Health Pesticides Workshop, a joint effort organized by the U.S. EPA and The Chartered Institute of Environmental health will take place May 19-21, 2009, in London. The meeting will be held at the headquarters of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health located on London’s South Bank at 15 Hatfields with easy access to Waterloo station and the River Thames.

The genesis for the meeting is increasing pressures from pests that vector or cause diseases demand effective vector control measures that meet the needs of the public health community and ensure public and environmental safety. The organizers have jointly initiated the International Public Health Pesticides Workshop in consultation with stakeholders to improve the availability of products to control public health pests in industrialized and disease endemic nations.

For further information check for workshop updates at www.iphpw.org and www.cieh.org, or contact EPA’s Kevin Sweeney at sweeney.kevin@epa.gov  or Graham Jukes of CIEH at g.jukes@cieh.org, or Lois Rossi of EPA at rossi.lois@epa.gov.

This workshop is being organized by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and The Chartered Institute of Environmental health (CIEH) together with:

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Interregional-4 Project (IR-4 Project)
UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
US Armed Forces Pest Management Board (USAFPMB)
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS)