Upcoming Health Bytes- Farming for Public Health: Thinking Upstream

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Join us for Health Bytes with Region 3 on October 12, 2022 @10 am CST.  Please share with your members and partners!  This webinar has been approved for 1 hour of  CHES Continuing Education credit. Register here: https://nnlm.gov/training/class/farming-public-health-thinking-upstream

Farming for Public Health: Thinking Upstream

Presented by Audrey Tran Lam

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 10:00 am

Audrey Tran Lam

Environmental Health Program Manager

University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Energy & Environmental Education

Approximately 50 million pounds of pesticides are applied to corn and beans in Iowa annually.  As troubles of escalating pesticide use in Iowa and the Midwest are becoming more visible (weed resistance, pesticide drift, crop damage, etc.), there is a paucity of easily accessible informational resources for Iowans about the environmental and public health impacts of pesticides in our state. Furthermore, the system of agriculture that relies so heavily on synthetic chemical inputs has many other implications on ecological sustainability that ultimately impact human health. This presentation will help attendees think critically about the downstream implications of current agricultural practices in the Midwest and their impacts on human and environmental health.

Register here: https://nnlm.gov/training/class/farming-public-health-thinking-upstream