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    Armenian Environmental Network
    1543 N. Falkland Lane #120
    Silver Spring, MD 20910
    Web: www.armenvironment.net

    Contact: Serda Ozbenian
    Tel: (443) 850-0146
    Email: [email protected]

    PRESS RELEASE
    January 31, 2008

    AEN to Host Policy Discussion at World Bank on the Environment and
    Public Health in Armenia

    WASHINGTON, DC--The Armenian Environmental Network (AEN) is hosting a
    policy discussion on `Current Challenges to Environment and Public
    Health in Armenia: A Policy Discussion' on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
    at the World Bank in Washington.

    The main speakers will be Dr. George Jakab and Dr. Charles Dunlap, who
    will discuss recent research on emerging environmental health threats
    in Armenia, and threats to public health in Armenia from lead
    pollution and pathogens in public swimming waters.

    `AEN's mission is to present to the diasporan community urgent
    environmental issues that are impacting the Armenian nation,' said AEN
    Director Ursula Kazarian. `We are proud to be one of the first groups
    in the Armenian Diaspora to present original environmental research as
    a live event for public review and discussion. We hope the community
    will take advantage of the participation of these knowledgeable
    experts and bring questions of science as well as of policy.'

    George Jakab is a professor in the Department of Environmental Health
    Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He is a
    respiratory toxicologist who teaches and researches environmental
    health at Johns Hopkins as well in Armenia and Pakistan. Dr. Jakab is
    experienced in environmental health problems in transitional societies
    and will present data from recent research by his public health
    masters students in Yerevan.

    Charles Dunlap is a senior program manager at the US Civilian Research
    and Development Foundation. He was an assistant professor at American
    University of Armenia from 1999-2004 and director of AUA's
    Environmental Conservation and Research Center. Dr. Dunlap's research
    includes the use of lead isotope analysis to trace the origin and
    movement of lead contamination, and he currently oversees
    international science programs at the US Civilian Research and
    Development Foundation.

    This is the second in a series of environmental discussions hosted by
    AEN in Washington. The first, `Deforestation in Armenia and the Path
    to Recovery,' was held at the World Bank on April 9, 2007. Panelists
    included Frauke Jungbluth, senior rural development economist at the
    World Bank, Jeffrey Tufenkian, president of Armenian Forests NGO, and
    Jeff Masarjian, executive director of Armenia Tree Project.

    The February 6 event is open to the public and it will be held from
    6:30 to 8:00 pm at the World Bank, Building J (across 18th Street from
    the main building), Room J-1-050 (Info Shop), in Washington. For more
    information and to RSVP for the event, contact AEN Assistant Director
    Serda Ozbenian at (443) 850-0146 or [email protected].
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