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Human Health and the Environment
George C. Marshall Foundation, Library
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:00 pm Asthma & Environmental Triggers Moderator Peter C. Sherertz, MD, Program Development Advisor, Office of Environmental Health Services, VA Department of Health
Presenters Asthma Prevalence and Control in Virginia and Its future direction
Carol Stanley, MS, CPHQ,
Commonwealth of Virginia, Asthma Program Manager Prevalence and impact of asthma on Virginians; current and future strategies on how Virginia is aiming to reduce preventable complications from the condition
Asthma Pathophysiology
David DeBiasi, RN, AE-C;
Director of Community; Health and Tuberculosis Services; American Lung
Association of Virginia Underlying principles of immunology will be explained highlighting key pathophysiological features and their link to environmental causation
Asthma Triggers: What They Are and How to Reduce Exposure
Laura Burns, RN, MPH, AE-C,
Bon Secours Richmond; Health System CARMA Project, Community Asthma Services
Manager Most common asthma triggers and irritants, how asthmatics can be exposed to those triggers, and strategies to reduce triggers and exposure
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:30 – 3:00 pm Mercury Hot Spots: Recent Research and Implications for Human Health and the Environment This session will review recent research on toxic mercury, the effects on human health and on wildlife in ecosystems, and a discussion of possible regulatory responses.
Moderator Catharine Gilliam, Virginia Program Manager, National Parks Conservation Association
Presentations Mercury Hot Spots: Recent Research highlights the broad extent and serious effects of mercury across the landscape, the need to expand the view of the problem to include forest ecosystems, the occurrence of biological hotspots in sensitive environments, and the demand for enhanced mercury monitoring.
Dr. David C. Evers
specializes in research on avian toxicology and biological diversity. In 1994 he
founded BioDiversity Research Institute in Gorham, Maine and serves as its
executive director. He is the author of a recent widely discussed report on
mercury hotspots.
Poisoning Wildlife: The Reality of Mercury Pollution The human story of mercury pollution is truly devastating because of the many health impacts that result from harmful levels of mercury exposure—ranging from developmental and other neurological problems in children to cardiovascular impacts on adults. In contrast, the impacts of mercury on wildlife have received relatively little attention in the media, yet wildlife species are accumulating mercury at levels high enough to threaten their health.
Felice Stadler is a policy specialist and program director of the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C.
Eliminating Toxic Hot Spots Clean air regulations now being implemented by EPA will lead to a national cap on power plant mercury emissions. Pollution market trading systems work for many pollutants, but serious questions have been raised about whether trading is appropriate for a heavy metal like mercury. A review of litigation, legislation in many state legislatures and proposed federal legislation will lead to a discussion of policy options in addressing the impacts of mercury pollution.
Mark Wenzler is the Director of the Clean Air Program of National Parks Conservation Association.
3:30 – 5:00 pm Persistent Bio-accumulative Toxics in the Environment Scientists are finding previously undetected persistent and bioaccumulative compounds in the tissue of humans and wildlife. What are these compounds? Where are they found? What are the concerns? What can we learn from our experience with PCBs, Dioxin, and Mercury? Moderator Felice Stadler, Policy Specialist and Program Director, National Wildlife Federation Presenters Robert C. Hale, Ph.D., Professor of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences Susan West Marmagas, MPH, Director of Health Programs, Collaborative on Heath & the Environment Mark S. Castro, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:30 – 3:00 pm Emerging Contaminants in Surface Waters A revolution in science has revealed these contaminants in aquatic systems. What are they? Where are found? What is their source? What are the potential effects? What does the future hold?
Presenters
John Peterson Myers, Ph.D.,
CEO/Chief Scientist, Environmental Health Sciences Michael J Focazio, Hydrologist, US Geological Survey Identifying the Causes of Biological Effects Using CADDIS, the Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System Susan B. Norton, Ph. D., Senior Ecologist, National Center for Environmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency |
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