A free public forum on Kamloops pollution and public-health issues will be held at Thompson Rivers University on Thursday, Oct. 16.
The forum will be held in the Barber Centre from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Expert panelists will include:
• Dr. Michael Brauer, professor at UBC School of Population and Public Health;
• Dr. Sarah Henderson, environmental epidemiologist with the BC Centre for Disease Control;
• Greg Baytalan, air-quality specialist with the Interior Health Authority;
• Ralph Adams, air-quality meteorologist with the provincial Ministry of Environment; and
• Dr. Menn Biagtan, air-quality and health-programs manager with the BC Lung Association.
The forum will address the key sources of local pollutants, look at how the transportation system effects public health and discuss how individuals and communities can better manage local air quality.
Those with questions they would like the experts to tackle on the night of the forum can email their queries to info@bc.lung.ca.
The post The air out there focus of Oct. 16 forum appeared first on Kamloops This Week.