Beauty Inside Out Community Briefing – January 2019
On January 16th, 2019, we hosted a free community briefing at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture about the hazards of personal care products. Below is the program booklet for the event along with the presentations given by our staff and guest speakers. We have also included a video of the entire event.
WE ACT Beauty Inside Out Event Program Booklet (link to PDF)
Environmental Justice and Beauty Products (link to PDF)
Milagros de Hoz, Environmental Health Programs Manager, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
The Environmental Injustice of Beauty: Understanding the links between Beauty Products and Health Among Women of Color (link to PDF)
Dr. Ami Zota, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health
Hair Product Use and the Age at Menarche (link to PDF)
Dr. Jasmine A. McDonald, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Exposure X 2: Use and Safety of Personal Care Products During Pregnancy (link to PDF)
Dr. Miranda Spratlen, Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
A Public Health Approach to Addressing Metals in Cosmetic and Personal Care Products (link to PDF)
Dr. Paromita Hore, the Deputy Director of the Environmental Risk Assessment Unit within the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention
Left to Right: New York State Assemblymember Carmen De La Rosa; WE ACT Director of Environmental Health Lubna Ahmed; WE ACT Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark; WE ACT Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard; Dr. Ami Zota, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health; Dr. Miranda Spratlen, Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Dr. Paromita Hore, the Deputy Director of the Environmental Risk Assessment Unit within the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention; Dr. Jasmine A. McDonald, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; WE ACT Environmental Health Programs Manager Milagros de Hoz; and Diana Hernández, Director, Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan at the Beauty Inside Out community briefing on Personal Care Products on January 16th, 2019 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York.
The January 16th, 2019 community briefing was also streamed live on Facebook and is now available on our YouTube channel.