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 Boston\, will offer insights and practical advice for how to optimize adolescent health in a media-saturated world. As a pediatrician\, researcher\, form er filmmaker\, and father of four\, Dr. Rich is cognizant of how powerfu lly media affect child development\, health\, and behavior in both posit ive and negative ways.\nIn 2002\, Dr. Rich founded the Center on Media a nd Child Health (CMCH)\, an interdisciplinary center of excellence in re search\, clinical interventions\, and education on the effects of media on the physical\, mental\, and social health of children and adolescents . CMCH is developing and evaluating interventions to help children prote ct themselves from negative aspects of media\, while still using and enj oying them.\nIn addition to conducting\, coordinating\, and compiling sc ientific research on the health effects of media use on young people\, C MCH provides resources for parents through Ask the Mediatrician®\;. T his online Q&\;A blog offers research-based\, balanced\, actionable a nswers to parents&rsquo\; questions. \;\nFollowing Dr. Rich&rsquo\;s presentation\, Sara Frost Azzam\, the President of Wellesley Cancer Pre vention Project (WCPP)\, will address concerns and provide guidance rega rding personal care products\, chemicals and teenage health. \; In E urope over 1100 chemicals are banned from cosmetics. \; In the Unite d States only 11 are. \;\nBeauty may cost your teen more than you th ink. \; On any given day\, we may use as many as 25 cosmetics or per sonal care products that contain more than 200 chemicals. \; Sara&rs quo\;s presentation will help you learn about the safety of the products your teenager uses and how to find safer alternatives. \; Sara Fros t Azzam\, the mother of two teenage children herself\, teaches at the We llesley Middle School and has become an expert on safe cosmetics\, lectu ring most recently at Wellesley College. \;\nThe Wellesley Cancer Pr evention Project (WCPP) is a nonprofit\, nonpartisan group that studies the relationship between illness and the environment with the goal of re ducing health risk factors for residents of Wellesley and surrounding co mmunities. \; More information can be found about WCPP on http://www .wcpponline.org URL:http://natick.patch.com/events/the-media-and-the-mirror-how-media-bea uty-products-impact-your-teens-health-4f73878d 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