SPR News: Public Health

Health Forums
Spokane Public Radio wants to keep you posted on the latest research and information about health concerns and issues that face our region. Each year, the station hosts a public forum about a contemporary topic, then invites a panel of local doctors and experts to bring their findings and take questions from the audience.


2012 SPR HEALTH FORUM
NW WATER: YOUR HEALTH, YOUR LIFE
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - Free - 6:30-8:30pm
Spokane City Hall Council Chambers
808 West Spokane Falls Blvd #3324, Spokane, WA 99201




Event Donors: WSU-Spokane, American Leak Detection, Providence Health & Services
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KPBX and KSFC will present our annual Health Forum in cooperation with City Cable 5 on March 13, 2012.   Public TV and Radio Health moderator Steve Becker will host the program featuring a panel of state, regional and local experts (see below) and questions from our live audience.  In the past, we have presented forums on sleep disorders, alternative medicine, MS, aging issues and the family, breast cancer, autism, navigating the health care maze, teen issues and diabetes. This year we will focus on how the water quality in our region called: Northwest Water, your health, your life.  How does water affect the health and recreational lives of people in our area now and what’s the prognosis for the future? Do our water needs change as we go through our cycle of life?  What's the effect of chemicals in our drinking and recreational waters on our bodies? The forum will be held in the City Council Chambers from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. You're invited to join us to ask questions and make observations about Northwest Water: your health, your life.

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Panelists
BiJay Adams
Lake Protection Manager
Liberty Lake Sewer & Water District





Mike LaScuola
Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian
Spokane Regional Health District




Rob Lindsay
Water Resource Manager
Spokane Regional Health District

Dave McBride
Toxicologist
Washington State Department of Health





David Moore
Watershed Unit Supervisor
Washington State Dept. of Ecology





Rachael Pascal Osborne
Staff Attorney
Center for Environmental Law & Policy







SPR will broadcast the Health Forum on KPBX and KSFC in late March.  The forum will also be broadcast on City Cable 5 multiple times over the next year.  Panel Members will be announced at a later date online, on KPBX and KSFC  and on forum flyers.