DRAFT Extended Agenda

Times

Monday

8:00 – 8:30

(Note: Abstract numbers precede all concurrent session presentations and all posters)

8:30 – 9:00

Registration

9:00 – 9:30

9:30 – 10:00

10:00 – 10:30

Welcome & Keynote speakers:

Perspectives from US and international organizations –

Moderator Ana Maria Osorio, EPA, Washington DC, USA

  • Christine Whitman, Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, USA (invited)
  • Rosemary Sokas, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington DC, USA
  • Richard Jackson, Director, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • Chris de Rosa, Director, Toxicology Division, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • Christopher Schoenwalder, Director, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA (invited)
  • Luiz Galvao, Environmental Health Program, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, Washington DC
  • Tim Meredith, Director, International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 11:30

11:00 – 12:00

12:00 – 12:30

Lunch on your own

12:30 – 1:00

1:00 – 1:30

1:30 – 2:00

Concurrent sessions:

Health Policy – Moderator TBA

  • Safe: Serving America's Farmworkers Everywhere, A model for community Involvement and Safety - Jacqueline DeCarlo
  • Need for a Coherent pesticide Policy in India - Tushar Kant Joshi
  • Reducing Pesticide Exposure and Adverse Effects on Workers' Health and the Environment: From Regulation and Pollution Prevention Toward Sustainable - Hugh Pilgrim

SENSOR – Moderator TBA

  • Pesticide Poisonings among Farmworkers in Washington State: An Analysis of Five Years of Pesticide Surveillance Data – Judy Bardin
  • Pesticide-Related Illness and Injury Surveillance: A How-to-Guide for State-Based Programs - Margo Barnett
  • Farmworker Exposure to Pesticides: What Two Case Investigations Reveal - Jennifer Sievert

Exposure Monitoring – Moderator TBA

  • Assessment of Relevant Working Conditions Affecting Dermal Exposure Levelsof Greenhouse Agricultural Workers - Francisco Egea
  • Comparison of Three Methods used for Determination of Blood Cholinesterase Activity - Jinxiang Huang
  • Developments in Exposure and Risk Assessment: Job Exposure Matrices (JEM) in the NHANES III Pesticide Epidemiology (PEPI) Study – Ruth Allen

2:00 – 2:30

2:30 – 3:00

3:00 – 3:30

Break

3:30 – 4:00

Concurrent sessions:

Children's Issues – Moderator TBA

  • Use of Time-MotionVideo Analysis to Establish Dermal Transfer Coefficients for Residential Microenvironments - Curtis Dary
  • Early Childhoood Determinants of Organochlorine Concentrations in School-Aged Children - Wilfried Karmaus
  • Childhood Growth and Exposure to Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethene and Polychlorinated Polychlorinated Biphenyls - Wilfried Karmaus

Reproductive Health – Moderator TBA

  • Risk of Low Birth Weight in Polish Women Engaged in Farming Who Reported Pesticide Exposure in Pregnancy - Wojciech Hanke
  • Is Pesticide-Related Feminization of Male Wildlife Also Occurring in Human Males? - Debdas Mukerjee
  • Reproductive History of Men Occupationally Exposed to DDT in Their Youth: Relationship with Current Serum DDE Concentration - Pierluigi Cocco
  • Pesticide Usage and Health Consequences for Women in Developing Countries: Out of Sight, Out of Mind - Leslie London

Tribal Repatriation – Moderator TBA

  • Report on the Symposium: Contaminated Cultural Collections - Preservation, Access and Use - Judith Bischoff
  • Exposure Assessment of Residual Pesticides on Museum Collections and Repatriated Sacred Objects - Kathryn A. Makos
  • Pesticides from the Past: Repatriation of Indian Cultural Artifacts May Place Museum Staff and Tribal Members at Risk - David F. Goldsmith
  • Pesticide Use in Museum Ethnographic Collections and International Efforts to Address the Issues Related to Pesticide Residues - Catherine Hawks

4:00 – 4:30

4:30 – 5:00

5:00 – 5:30

Dinner on your own

5:30 – 6:00

6:00 – 6:30

  

Times

Tuesday

8:00 – 8:30

Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00

Concurrent sessions:

Health Policy – Moderator TBA

  • Advocacy and Education Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Pesticide Exposure of Farmworkers - Shelley Davis
  • Influence of Selected National and International Agencies and Organizations on Global Pesticide Health and Safety Developments - Andrew Watterson
  • Policy for a Sustainable use of Pesticides in the European Union: Current Issues and Future Directions - Marco Maroni

Agricultural Work – Moderator TBA

  • Decreasing the Risk of Pesticide Exposure Through Education Programs in Agricultural Communities in the Andeas, Tocachi, Ecuador - Tania Barron
  • Farmworker Pesticide Exposure Perceptions and Beliefs: Using Cultural Knowledge to Improve Safety Education - Thomas Arcury
  • Paraquat: A Persisting Threat in Developing Countries - Wesseling

Risk Assessment – Moderator TBA

  • Screening of Agricultural and Lawn Care Pesticides for Developmental Toxicity Using the Mouse Embryo Assay - Anne R. Greenlee
  • Developing a Pesticide Job Exposure Matrix for an Epidemiologic Study - Patricia Stewart
  • New Methodology for Indentifying Pesticide Interactions: Implications for Risk Analysis – John Vogel

9:00 – 9:30

9:30 – 10

10 – 10:30

Break (Poster Display)

10:30 – 11

Stakeholder Panel:

Moderator – Lynn Goldman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

  • Larry Beasley, Duda Farms, Florida, USA (Large scale farming)
  • Martin Wilks, Toxicologist, Syngenta AC, Basel, Germany (Pesticide manufacturers)
  • Herb Needleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (Research community)
  • Ed Zuroweste, Migrant Health Clinic, Pennsylvania (Health care provider)

11 – 11:30

11 – 12:00

12 – 12:30

Lunch on your own

(Poster Display)

12:30 – 1

1:00 – 1:30

1:30 – 2:00

Concurrent sessions:

IPCS – Moderator – Nida Besbelli

Review of the activities of the WHO International Epidemiology of Pesticide Intoxications Work Group – Nida Besbelli

Chronic Disease – Moderator TBA

  • Role of Exposure to Organophosphate Insecticides in Aetiology of Suicide Amongst Farm Workers in South Africa - Leslie London
  • Association Between Hormone Like Pesticide Exposure and Hormone Dependent Organ Cancers Among Farmers in 24 States - Surasak Buranatrevedh
  • Integrative Assessment of Multiple Pesticide Exposures in Farming as Risk Factors for Non-Hodgekin's Lymphoma in Men - Anneclaire J. De Roos

Exposure Monitoring – Moderator TBA

  • Human Exposure to Pesticides via Drinking Water - The Missing Link - David Wangsness
  • Using Watershed Characteristics to Estimate Pesticide Concentrations in U.S. Streams - Charles G. Crawford
  • Comparison of Potential Dermal Exposure to Endosulfan in Carnation Greenhouses Using Patch and Whole Body Methods - Pedro Delgado

2:00 – 2:30

2:30 – 3:00

3:00 – 3:30

Break (Poster Display)

 3:30 - 5

Concurrent sessions:

Reproductive Health – Moderator TBA

  • The DDT metabolite DDE Appears to be a Reproductive Toxin in Humans - Matthew Longnecker
  • Maternal Exposure to Indoor Pesticides and Fetal Growth and Neurodevelopment - Gertrud Berkowitz
  • Human Reproductive Toxicity of Pesticides: Male Reproductive Hormones and Thyroid Function - Vincent Garry

Exposure Monitoring – Moderator TBA

  • Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure in Children of Migrant Farmworkers and Tree Fruit Growers - Rachelle Mann-Gaytan
  • Modelling Pesticide Exposure in Warm Climates- Richard Glass
  • Urinary Alkyl Phosphate Biomonitiroing Data: A Validation for Cumulative Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides - Charles Yarborough

Agricultural Work – Moderator TBA

  • Urinalysis of Atrazine Exposure in Farm Pesticide Applications - Melissa J. Perry
  • Pesticide Exposure of Ethnic Minority Among Farmers in North Thailand - Peter Kunstadter
  • Environmental Health Perceptions among Clinicians and Administrators Caring for Migrants - Amy K. Liebman

5:00 – 5:30

Conference Social Event (Poster Display)

Honor Sheldon Wagner, Leslie London and Vernon Houk Awardee – J. Routt Reigart, II MD

5:30 – 6:00

6:00 – 6:30

Poster Presentations

1

Evaluation of Parents’ and Staff’s Responses to Pre-Notification of Pesticide Application in a Public School System - Brown

2

Blood Plasma Cholinesterase Level by EQM Test Kit among Agricultural Workers in Amphur Muang Chonburi Province - Thiravirojana

5

Effects of Varying Concentrations of Baythroid2 (Cyfluthrin) on Crassotrea Virginica and Cyprinodon Variegatus: Ecotoxicological and Chemical Changes in Food-Chain - Brown

6

Cancer Risk Assessment of Toxaphene – Buranatrevedh

7

Sprade – Read a Model of Ecosystem Health in Gail Installations – Sahoo

14

Study of Impact of Occupational Exposure to Pesticides among Bilharzial Infected Workers - Gazzar

20

Pesticides and National Strategies: Recognition, Management and Prevention of Pesticide-related Health Conditions in Communities - McCurdy

29

Pesticide Formulations and Pesticide Residues: Finding Solutions to Proper Usage of Pesticides in Nigeria - Momodu

41

Safety Practices, Neurological Symptoms, and Pesticide Exposures – Beseler

42

Studies on Pesticide Occupational Exposure in Venezuela (1995-2000) – Rojas

43

Review of Biological Data Available for the Development of Predictive Organophosphorus Pesticide QSAR and PBPK/PD Models for Human Risk Assessment - Knaak

51

Main Aspects of Occupational Pesticide Exposure in Yugoslavia - Bogoljub Perunicic

54

Residential Use of Pesticides and Brain Cancer in Children - Youn-Kyung Shim

59

Going Beyond the Health Sector in Seeking Solutions to Pesticide Problems - Misa Kishi

60

Infections and Atopic Disorders in Childhood and Organochlorine Exposure - Karmaus Wilfried

64

The PAN Pesticide Database: A Centralized Online Resource for pesticide Toxicity

Information – Stephan Orme

68

Pesticide Illness in US Migrant Farmworkers - Rupali Das

73

Performance of Pesticide Surveillance System using Multiple Data Sources - Judy Bardin

93

Ames, Pesticides, Cancer and Health Revisited - Elihu D. Richter

94

Pesticide Use in Vegetable Industry of the Philippines - Teresita T. Ong

95

Pesticide Intoxications in the Philippines - Makalinao

96

Review of Health Effects of Low-level Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides in Children and the Fetus - Hughes

97

Screening for Pesticide-related Disease in Albania - Spaho

100

Pesticide Exports from US Ports, 1997–2000 - Smith

102

Distribution of 2,4-D Inside Residences after Lawn Applications – Transport Mechanisms and Exposure Estimates for Young Children – Marcia Nishioka

103

Farmer Self-surveillance on Pesticide Poisoning: A 12-month Pilot in Northern Vietnam – Helen Murphy

104

Incorporating Human Health into Integrated Pest Management Farmer Field Schools – Helen Murphy

106

Poison Control Center Review for Pesticide Intoxications – Jerry Blondell

  

Times

Wednesday

8:00 – 8:30

Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00

Concurrent sessions:

Agricultural Work – Moderator TBA

  • Pesticide Safety Regulations: Farmworker Perspectives - Rupali Das
  • Contact Dermatitis by Pesticides Among Banana Plantation Workers in Panama - Homero Penagos
  • Exploratory Study of Agricultural Pesticide Poisonings in Rural Gujarat, India: Surveillance, Worker Practices and Environmental Levels - Preethi Rao

Exposure Monitoring – Moderator TBA

  • Evaluating Determinants of Exposure to Pesticides: Quantitative Application in Epidemiologic Studies - Claudine Samanic
  • Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Chlorpyrifos in the U.S. EPA Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Test House Following Crack and Crevice Type Applications – Daniel M. Stout II
  • Cholinesterase Basal Levels in Non-Exposed to Pesticides Workers, in Santafe De Bogota, Colombia - Marta Bernal

Health Policy – Moderator TBA

  • Hazard Communication for Pesticide Safety in Developing Countries - When is the Message Adequate? - Hanna-Andrea Rother
  • Field Worker Protection Initiative - Thuner
  • Pesticide Health Policy and Practice: A Review of the Role of Environmental Health Officers in South Africa - Hanna-Andrea Rother

9:00 – 9:30

9:30 – 10

10 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 11

Stakeholder Panel:

Moderator –

  • Jennifer Sass, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington DC, USA (General community representative)
  • Mark Robson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA (Small family farmer and researcher)
  • Carlos Marentes, Sin Fronteras, El Paso, Texas, USA (Representing agricultural workers)
  • Bob Rosenberg, American Pest Control Association, Washington DC, USA (Representing pest control professionals)

11 – 11:30

11 – 12:00

12 – 12:30

Lunch on your own

12:30 – 1

1:00 – 1:30

1:30 – 2:00

Concurrent sessions:

GIS & Surveillance – Moderator TBA

  • Pesticide Poisoning in California - Louise Mehler
  • Community-Based Approach in Monitoring the Impact of Pesticides Use in a Banana Plantation on Indigenous People - Romeo Quijano
  • Developing a GIS Mapserver Application for Migrant Health Clinicians - Janet L. Heitgerd

Pesticide Trends & IPM – Moderator TBA

  • Pesticide Use Reporting: A Tool for Research, Regulatory Agencies and Communities – Stephen Orme
  • Pesticide Use Trends and Farm Worker Patterns in the U.S.- Susan Gabbard
  • Impact of Training in Integrated Pest Management Among Nicaraguan Maize Farmers: Increased net Returns and Reduced Health Risk - A.J. Hruska

Plagsalud – Moderator TBA

  • Evaluation of Acute Pesticide intoxications in Belize – Rony Maza
  • Knowledge and Practices of Pesticide Users in Chiriqui, Republic of Panama - Maria Ines Esquivel

2:00 – 2:30

2:30 – 3:00

3:00 – 3:30

Break

3:30 – 4:00

Concurrent sessions:

Agricultural Work – Moderator TBA

  • Risk Management and Biological Monitoring of Australian Agricultural Workers - Kelly Johnstone
  • Gardening and Pesticide Use in the Slovak Republic - Thomas Cook
  • Farm Family Exposure Study - Beth Baker

Chronic Disease – Moderator TBA

  • Prostate Cancer Risk in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort - Michael C. R. Alavanja
  • An Icon-Calendar-Based Form for Assessment of Parental Occupational Pesticide Exposure to Evaluate Cancer in the Offspring - Patricia Monge
  • Chronic liver morbidity of chlorinated hydrocarbon exposure – MM Amr

Risk Assessment – Moderator TBA

  • Role of Textile Materials in Pesticide Exposure and Risk Assessment Studies - Anugrah Shaw
  • Clinical Studies on Acute Combined Pesticides Poisoning - An Analysis of 271 Cases - Jinxiang Huang
  • Improving Current Human Dermal Risk Assessment - Howard Maibach

4:00 – 4:30

4:30 – 5:00

5:00 – 5:30

Dinner on your own

5:30 – 6:00

6:00 – 6:30

  

Times

Thursday

8:00 – 8:30

Breakfast & Registration

8:30 – 9:00

9:00 – 9:30

Welcome and Keynote Speakers

  • Lynn Goldman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Kevin Keaney, EPA, Washington DC, USA

9:30 – 10

10: – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 11

Invited Presentations:

  • Chip Carson, University of Texas, USA (Pulmonary disease)
  • TBA (Cardiac disease)

11 – 11:30

11:00 – 12

12 – 12:30

Lunch on your own

12:30- 1

1 – 1:30

1:30 – 2:00

Invited Presentations:

  • Howard Maibach, University of California at San Francisco, USA (Dermatologic disease)
  • TBA (Ocular disease)

2:00 – 2:30

2:30 – 3:00

3:00 – 3:30

Break

3:30 – 4:00

Invited Presentations:

  • Linda Frazier, University of Kansas, USA (Reproductive disease)
  • TBA (Gastrointestinal disease)

4:00 – 4:30

4:30 – 5:00

5:00 – 5:30

Dinner on your own

5:30 – 6:00

6:00 – 6:30

 

Times

Friday

8:00 – 8:30

Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00

Invited Presentations:

  • Mary Ward, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (Cancer)
    • TBA (Susceptible populations)

9:00 – 9:30

9:30 – 10:00

10:00 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 11:00

Invited Presentations:

  • Matthew Keifer, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA (Neurologic disease)
  • TBA (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity)

11:00 – 11:30

11:00 – 12:00

12 – 12:30

Lunch on your own

12:30 – 1

1:00 – 1:30

1:30 – 2:00

Invited Presentations:

  • TBA (Monitoring of Workers)
  • Ana Maria Osorio, EPA, Washington DC, USA (Surveillance and informational sources)

2:00 – 2:30

2:30 – 3:00

3:00 – 3:30

Break

3:30 – 4:00

Summary and Future Plans

  • Lynn Goldman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

4:00 – 4:30

4:30 – 5:00

5:00 – 5:30

Dinner on your own

5:30 – 6:00

6:00 – 6:30