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Environmental Chemicals and Health

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12 months

Format

Online Webinar

Duration

0.5 hours

Presenter

Dr. Nicole Bijlsma

According to the World Health Organisation, 23% of all global deaths are linked to the environment. That’s roughly 12.6 million deaths a year. Around two-thirds of those deaths caused by the environment are due to noncommunicable diseases, including stroke, ischemic heart disease, cancers, and respiratory diseases.

People are exposed to risk factors in their homes, workplaces and communities through air pollution, inadequate hygiene, chemicals, radiation, agricultural practices, and built-in environments.

Join building biologist, author and environmental chemical specialist Dr. Nicole Bijlsma in this on-demand webinar to understand the basics of how the environment impacts our health, including:
  • Toxicants – overview and sources
  • Health issues
  • Regulation is inadequate
  • Who is susceptible?
  • Toxicant exposure survey – what questions to ask
  • How to reduce your toxic load 

MEET YOUR PRESENTER

Dr. Nicole Bijlsma

PhD, ND, BHScAc(Hons), GradDip(OHS), Dip(BuildingBio), Certified Mould Remediator, Ct IV Feng Shui, Ct IV TAE
Nicole is a researcher, bestselling author (Healthy Home Healthy Family) and founder of the Healthy Home (Building Biology) movement in Australia. She established the Australian College of Environmental Studies in 1999 to educate people about the health hazards in the built environment. Nicole has lectured at tertiary institutions for over 30 years, has published in peer reviewed journals and is regularly consulted by the media to discuss mould, electromagnetic fields and toxic chemicals, and lectures in Australia and abroad about environmental health issues. Her PhD research explored the impact of environmental exposures on human health and their ramifications for general medical practice.