CDC Media Advisory

CDC and Consumer Product Safety Commission Warn of Winter Home Heating Hazards

WHAT:

CDC and Consumer Product Safety Commission Warn of Winter Home Heating Hazards

WHO:

Dr. Howard Frumkin, director, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
Julie Vallese, director, information & public affairs, Consumer Product Safety Commission
Glenn Hourahan, vice president for research & technology, Air Conditioning Contractors of America

WHEN:

Thursday, October 26, 2006
12 p.m. ET
Brief remarks followed by Q/A.

WHERE:

CDC
1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta
Building 19, enter via CDC Parkway

Parking is available in the Building 19 parking deck located on CDC Parkway. Media should arrive at the CDC by 11:30 a.m. Media must present photo ID for access.

Media who cannot attend in person can listen and ask questions by toll-free conference line. The briefing will begin promptly; media should dial in a few minutes before the start of the conference.

Dial-in: 1–888-795-0855

Passcode: CDC Media

Important Instructions:

If you would like to ask a question during the call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. To withdraw your question, press *2. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending.

BROADCAST ACCESS:

Call Tony Masciantonio at Crawford Communications at 678-421-6604 to make arrangements for broadcast feed.

LISTEN-ONLY AUDIO WEBCAST

This briefing will also be audio webcast. To listen LIVE online: http://www.cdc.gov/media

TRANSCRIPT

A full transcript of this teleconference will be available following the briefing at the CDC web site at http://www.cdc.gov/media.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES