[vc_row][vc_column][mk_fancy_title color=”#003262″ size=”18″ font_family=”none”]2020 Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Cancer Webinar: Environmental Contributors to Childhood Cancers[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column border_color=”#888888″ width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1460485654432{background-color: #eeeeee !important;}”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/DHZrssdxYGY”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][mk_fancy_title color=”#003262″ size=”18″ font_weight=”bold” margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]Catherine Metayer, M.D., Ph.D.[/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_title color=”#c4820e” size=”18″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]Environmental and Dietary Factors Contributing to the Rise of Childhood Leukemia.[/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1591295624609{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Dr. Catherine Metayer presents results on children’s and parents’ exposures to carcinogens such as those found in paints, solvents, pesticides, air pollution, and tobacco smoke and the risk of childhood leukemia. Dr. Metayer also discusses maternal diet during pregnancy and prenatal folate/vitamin supplementation and the reduced risk of childhood leukemia. Watch this video to learn more about harmful environmental exposures and their link to cancer. Please also visit the CHE Cancer Webinar page for more information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_fancy_title color=”#003262″ size=”18″ font_family=”none”]2019 Disrupting Cancer: Systemic Problems, Systemic Solutions Webinar[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column border_color=”#888888″ width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1460485654432{background-color: #eeeeee !important;}”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/cwTF2G9t4gg”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][mk_fancy_title color=”#003262″ size=”18″ font_weight=”bold” margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]Todd Whitehead, Ph.D.[/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_title color=”#c4820e” size=”18″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]Cancer Risk and Prevention Strategies, from Population to Individual Level[/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1581467533278{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Dr. Todd Whitehead provides an example of environmental contributors to cancer. Highlighting examples from “Stephen’s Story,” a chapter in the award-winning A Story of Health eBook and continuing education course.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_fancy_title color=”#003262″ size=”18″ font_family=”none”]2018 Cancer in Children and Young People International Scientific and Medical Conference, UK, September 12-14, 2018.[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column border_color=”#888888″ width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1460485654432{background-color: #eeeeee !important;}”][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoL2vMk9X7o&feature=youtu.be”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][mk_fancy_title color=”#003262″ size=”18″ font_weight=”bold” margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]Catherine Metayer, M.D., Ph.D.[/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_title color=”#c4820e” size=”18″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]Causes, Treatment and Prevention of Childhood and Young Adult Cancer[/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1560538294163{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Dr. Metayer provides an overview of CLIC and discusses the associations between maternal supplementation with folic acid and other vitamins and risk of leukemia in offspring.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”60″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column border_color=”#888888″ width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1460485654432{background-color: #eeeeee !important;}”][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hds0jbQZldo&feature=youtu.be”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][mk_fancy_title color=”#c4820e” size=”18″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]Risk Factors of Childhood Leukemia[/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1560539357597{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Dr. Metayer presents findings on risk factors of childhood leukemia. Her population-based studies examine the association between occupational exposures to pesticides, home use of paints, maternal smoking during pregnancy, prenatal paternal smoking and children exposure to tobacco smoking and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”120″][/vc_column][/vc_row]