Registration is required by tomorrow. CAFO health issues to be aired November 16, Des Moines Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations have emerged as the central environmental health concern among rural residents in Iowa. The University of Iowa's Environmental Health Sciences Research Center and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences are sponsoring a town meeting, "Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: Airing the Environmental Health Issues," that will offer a slate of experts to address the scientific foundation of this topic. A panel of rural residents and pork producers will discuss community concerns, and there will be opportunity for audience questions and discussion. The meeting will be held at the Hotel Fort Des Moines 7:45 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and is free of charge, but all participants must pre-register by November 1. To register, visit <http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/townmeeting/> or call 319/335-4422. Submitted by Robin Ungar, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]