Dear Friends,
I hope you can join me on November 3-5th at Children’s Health Defense Conference in Savannah, GA.
I will be speaking at the Conference as well — what’s more, the folks at CHD plan to honor me…
I hope to see you in Savannah, GA, Nov 3-5th.
Vera
You can get a sense of the program and register here:
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