SSFL Public Health Initiative - Public Informational Meeting

	UCLA Collaborative Project Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) Public Health Initiative

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 30, 2006
Organization: UCLA School of Public Health

UCLA PRESENTS FINDINGS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH STUDIES REGARDING SANTA SUSANA FIELD LABORATORY TO THE COMMUNITY OF SIMI VALLEY

The UCLA School of Public Health is working with the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Workgroup to present an informational meeting for the community members of Simi Valley, CA, to discuss the findings of studies conducted by University of California, Los Angeles, and University of Michigan environmental and epidemiological researchers, respectively, as part of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) Public Health Initiative. The workgroup meeting will take place on Thursday, February 2, 2006, at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, Main Stage Theatre, 3050 Los Angeles Avenue, Simi Valley, from 6:30PM – 10:00PM.

The two researchers will address ongoing public health investigations of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the Simi Valley community:

Dr. Yoram Cohen is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the UCLA Center for Environmental Risk Reduction. He will present findings on his (environmental) exposure pathway study that investigated how contaminants might migrate from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory to nearby communities.
Dr. Hal Morgenstern is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan, School of Public Health. He will be presenting on the incidence of cancers in the residential population surrounding the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.

Other discussion topics for the SSFL Workgroup Meeting will be: (1) Internet access to SSFL environmental documents, presented by Soil Air Protection Enterprise, and (2) radioactivity in groundwater at SSFL, presented by the Committee to Bridge the Gap. All topics will include comments from Workgroup members and the public.