BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:WELLESLEY\, Mass.\, The Wellesley Cancer Prevention Project i nvites the public to a forum at the Wellesley Free Library&rsquo\;s Wake lin Room\, Tuesday May 8th\, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This free event \, co-sponsored by the Wellesley Free Library\, is open to the public an d includes informational resources. Coffee and dessert will be served.&n bsp\; \;\nDr. Michael Rich\, Mediatrician®\; and Director of the Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH) at Children&rsquo\;s Hospital Bo ston\, will offer insights and practical advice for how to optimize adol escent health in a media-saturated world. As a pediatrician\, researcher \, former filmmaker\, and father of four\, Dr. Rich is cognizant of how powerfully media affect child development\, health\, and behavior in bot h positive and negative ways.\nIn 2002\, Dr. Rich founded the Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH)\, an interdisciplinary center of excellenc e in research\, clinical interventions\, and education on the effects of media on the physical\, mental\, and social health of children and adol escents. CMCH is developing and evaluating interventions to help childre n protect themselves from negative aspects of media\, while still using and enjoying them.\nIn addition to conducting\, coordinating\, and compi ling scientific research on the health effects of media use on young peo ple\, CMCH provides resources for parents through Ask the Mediatrician&r eg\; This online Q&\;A blog offers research-based\, balanced\, action able answers to parents&rsquo\; questions. \;\nFollowing Dr. Rich&rs quo\;s presentation\, Sara Frost Azzam\, the President of Wellesley Canc er Prevention Project (WCPP)\, will address concerns and provide guidanc e regarding personal care products\, chemicals and teenage health. \ ; In Europe over 1100 chemicals are banned from cosmetics. \; In the United States only 11 are. \;\nBeauty may cost your teen more than you think. \; On any given day\, we may use as many as 25 cosmetics or personal care products that contain more than 200 chemicals. \; S ara&rsquo\;s presentation will help you learn about the safety of the pr oducts your teenager uses and how to find safer alternatives. \; Sar a Frost Azzam\, the mother of two teenage children herself\, teaches at the Wellesley Middle School and has become an expert on safe cosmetics\, lecturing most recently at Wellesley College.\nThe Wellesley Cancer Pre vention Project (WCPP) is a nonprofit\, nonpartisan group that studies t he relationship between illnesses and the environment with the goal of r educing health risk factors for residents of Wellesley and surrounding c ommunities. \; More information can be found about WCPP on http://ww w.wcpponline.org\n \;\n \; URL:http://concord.patch.com/events/the-media-and-the-mirror-how-media-be auty-products-impact-your-teens-health-b38170de SUMMARY:The Media and the Mirror: How Media &\; Beauty Products Impac t Your Teen’s Health LOCATION:530 Washington St\, Wellesley\, MA 02482: 530 Washington St\, We llesley\, MA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR