Location: Pratt University - Higgins Hall North, Room 308, 61 St. James Place. Brooklyn, NY  

Lois Gibbs, founder of the Cneter for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), is coming to Pratt as part of a statewide speaking tour of NY colleges this April.

Learn about PVC, the most toxic plastic for our health and environment. Find out how the PVC industry is poisoning environmental justice communities in Louisiana, and where PVC may be hiding on your campus. Learn how chemicals such as phthalates and Dioxins are released by PVC and are linked to breast cancer, reproductive health problems, asthma, and learning disabilities.

Find out how you can kick PVC off your campus by starting a new PVC-Free Schools Campaign at your University and stand in solidarity with environmental justice communities impacted by PVC's toxic lifecycle.

Learn more bout the dangers of PVC in schools:  CHEJ's PVC-free schools campaign is encouraging schools to ditch the poison plastic in favor of safer alternatives. We need your help to make it a success!
http://www.besafenet.com/pvc/


Contact: Tyler Caruso at LEAP, tylercaruso@gmail.com or Mike Schade at CHEJ, mike@chej.org, 212-964-3680.