Children's National to host conference on emerging environmental health issues

WASHINGTON - Aug. 11, 2014 - PRLog -- How do health professionals create sustainable outpatient medical offices, ensuring that our practice contributes to the health of future generations? How do school personnel create healthy buildings for children to learn, when most entered the 21^st century with aging infrastructure?  In 2014, the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment annual conference will focus on two emerging issues: greening the medical office and creating healthy school buildings.

The Mid-Atlantic Center, located at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC, will partner with the Educational Facilities Clearinghouse at the George Washington University to convene its 12^th annual conference on environmental health.

The day-long conference will occur on September 19^th, 2014, between 8:00am and 5:00pm, at the Pew Charitable Trusts, 901 E Street, NW, Washington, DC.  The conference is open to the public. Continuing education credits of 6.0 CME, 6.0 CNE and 0.6 CEUs are currently pending.  More information is available at: www.childrensnational.org/macche/conference and registration is open at: www.cvent.com/d/b4qx95