Apologies for any cross-postings
Would it not be appropriate also to include a bit on WHY we are living
longer: what is contributing to this revolution, not just how to cope with
it?
The environmental NGOs and organic foodies keep telling us that exposure to
"toxic" chemicals is endangering our lives.
Yet chemicals production and use grew in parallel with the growth in life
expectancy in the 20th century. The Queen now sends 30-times the number of
centenarian messages that she sent at the start of her reign in 1952.
How can we reconcile these facts with the views of the environmental NGOs?
The biggest jump in life expectancy in the 20th century was in the decade
that included world war 1. Is there a connection?
The causes of increased life expectancy are under-explored and
under-explained. This is an opportunity for you.
John Boler
Chemical Industries Association
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Subject: Science and Public Affairs forum - The longevity Revolution:
tran sforming our future
Apologies for cross-postings
Science and Public Affairs forum
The longevity Revolution: transforming our future
Thursday 19 July 2001, 19.00 (doors open 18.30)
5th Floor, Waterstones, Piccadilly, London
The developed world is witnessing a longevity revolution. Increased
life-expectancy means we can now expect to live the equivalent of a
generation longer than we would have a hundred years ago. The time has now
come to take stock of our future needs and attitudes as a society and
economy. Key issues are money, health, family, leisure, work and education
transport & the built environment.
Baroness Sally Grossman, Chair of the International Longevity Centre-UK and
former Director General of Age Concern is joined by Roger Coleman, Director
of The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre at the Royal College of Art and
Professor Heinz Wolff founder of the Brunel Institute for Bioengineering to
discuss designing our future for a longevity revolution. The event will be
chaired by Clive Cookson, Science Editor of the Financial Times.
This event is organised by the BA in collaboration with the International
Longevity Centre-UK .
To reserve a place, please e-mail [log in to unmask] or call the BA on
020 7973 3052 - Admission is free
Sue Hordijenko
Manager, Science Communication
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