This event is part of our Gender & Climate series.
WTGGW9 confirmed that Toxics & Pollution is still very much a Cinderella issue (i.e. an issue consistently receiving limited funding). To date it has not connected as an issue with the public and funders alike. Why?
We know that chemicals, pollutants and toxics have a pernicious, long-lasting and often initially invisible impact on health, equality, climate, environment and biodiversity. Yet, the use of synthetic chemicals is widespread, we are exposed to them in almost every product we use or consume in our daily lives.
Significantly, these toxic chemicals have specific gendered and intersectional negative impacts due to a combination of biology and structural gender, racial and social inequality. Many women and people of colour are also disproportionately impacted by toxic chemicals due to workplace exposure with little or no PPE such as in hair and nail salons, and in cleaning and caring roles in the home and in the workplace.
Our speakers:
- Anna Turns, Environmental Journalist & Author of Go Toxic Free: Easy and Sustainable Ways to Reduce Chemical Pollution
- Karen Joash, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, NHS
- Kate Metcalf, Co-Director, WEN
- Helen Lynn, Environmenstrual Campaign Manager and Health Adviser, WEN
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