Pesticides & Public Health

Draft Agenda

University of California, Davis

August 7-11, 2005

[updated 8/1/05]

Day One
Sunday, August 7, 2005

Agency Roles & the Big Picture

Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center, AGR Room (bus pick-up at hotel 8:00 a.m.)
8:15 a.m. Registration/Refreshments
8:30 Welcome and Course Overview
Course Goal: to strengthen the relationship between FIFRA regulators and their counterparts in public health.
John Ward, PREP coordinator, Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA;
Jim Smith, continuing education specialist, UC Davis Extension;
Jennifer Thompson, program representative, UC Davis Extension; and
Suzanne Forsyth, PREP program manager, UC Davis Extension.
9:00 Icebreaker & Introductory Exercise
 
10:00 Break
10:15 Roles of the Agencies
A. Pesticides 101
bulletPesticide statutes, EPA/SLA/tribe roles & responsibilities, product registration & testing, emerging pesticide issues
Susan Jennings, public health officer, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA
11:00 B. Public Health 101
bulletComponents of the public health system; mission; roles and responsibilities; emerging
issues
Chris Corwin, environmental health education and outreach specialist, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
11:45 Lunch on the Alumni Center Patio
12:30 p.m. Group Photo
12:45 Enforcing FIFRA-Related Public Health Issues
Carl Eichenwald, chief, Eastern Branch, Toxics and Pesticides Enforcement Division, U.S. EPA
1:45 Break
2:00 Question for the States/Tribes

Marylou Verder-Carlos & Robert Schlag, CA; James Baker & Chris Corwin, ID; Steven Antunes-Kenyon & Elaine Krueger, MA; Jim VandenBrook & Jessica Schumacher, WI; Lisa Gautreaux & Dianne Dugas, LA
3:45 NPDES Labeling Issues
Carl Eichenwald
4:00 Adjourn & bus pick-up

Day Two
Monday, August 8, 2005

Risk & Science

Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center, AGR Room (bus pick-up at hotel 8:00 a.m.)
8:30 a.m. Risk Communication and Public Involvement – Part 1
bulletIn this session we will explore what it takes to earn trust and how it is an important part of communicating risk. The concepts will sound familiar but the application is not in most cases. Learning these concepts will help you achieve a trusting reputation so that what you communicate and do will be believed or accepted.
Alvin Chun, director, National Center of Risk Communication and Public Involvement, U.S. EPA
10:00 Break
10:15 Question for the States/Tribes

Faye Golden & Julia Hayes, AL; Jane Boerboom, MN
11:00 Risk Communication Public Involvement – Part 2
Alvin Chun
12:00 n. Lunch on the Alumni Center Patio
1:00 p.m. Pesticides: Real Risks, Perceived Risks, and Informational Resources
Daniel Sudakin, assistant professor, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University Oregon State University
2:30 Break
2:45 Outreach and Literacy Levels
Chris Corwin
3:45 Water Quality and Pesticides and Public Health Issues
bulletParent compound and metabolite monitoring
Jim VandenBrook, chief, Water Quality section, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
4:30 Adjourn & bus pick-up

 

Day Three
Tuesday, August 9, 2005

Assessing Illness & Data

Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center, AGR Room (bus pick-up at hotel 8:00 a.m.)
8:30 a.m. Acute and Chronic Pesticide Illnesses
Matthew Keifer, Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences / Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
10:00 Break
10:15 Pesticide Surveillance in the U.S.
Geoffrey Calvert, technical advisor, SENSOR-Pesticides, National Institute of Health
11:45 Public Health Resources Website Demonstration
Susan Jennings
12:15 p.m. Lunch on the Alumni Center Patio

Field Trip
1:15   Load bus and depart for field trip to West Sacramento
   
1:45 Arrive at Bryt Bend Drinking Water Treatment Facility, West Sacramento
Drinking Water Treatment Considerations for Pesticides
Rudy Schnagl, senior coordinator, Agricultural Regulatory, Unit Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
TBA, Bryt Bend Drinking Water Treatment Facility
3:45 Load bus and return to Davis
4:30 Arrive at Hallmark Inn, Davis

 

Day Four
Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Exposure Issues & Disease

Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center, AGR Room (bus pick-up at hotel 8:00 a.m.)
8:30 a.m. Understanding Mold Problems in Buildings: Fact Versus Fiction
    George Tsongas, consulting engineer and professor emeritus, Portland State University
   
10:00 Break
10:15 Children’s Health
Kathy Seikel, communications coordinator, U.S. EPA
11:15 Question for the States/Tribes

Wayne Surles & Ram Tripathi, VA; Paul Rygiel & Rosanna Barrett, FL
12:00 Lunch on the Alumni Center Patio
1:00 p.m. Public Health Concerns for Cockroaches, Bedbugs, Fleas, Ticks, and Mites
Kable "Bo" Davis, Entomologist, Insecticide-Rodenticide Branch Registration Division, U.S. EPA
2:00 Break
2:15 Mosquito Vectored Diseases and Integrated Mosquito Management
Janet McAllister, senior service fellow and entomologist, Center for Disease Control
3:15 Question for the States/Tribes

Patricia Denke, MT; Kim Decker, WY; Michael Hare & Roy Burton, TX; Richard Bennett & Barkley Root, AZ (tribal)
4:30 Adjourn & bus pick-up
4:30-8:30 p.m.  On Your Own: Davis Farmers’ Market & Picnic in the Park Street Fair (located between 3rd & 5th Streets, and B & C Streets)

 

Day Five
Thursday, August 11, 2005

Exposure Scenarios

Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center, AGR Room (bus pick-up at hotel 8:00 a.m.)
8:30 a.m. Antimicrobial Division
bulletAntimicrobial efficacy and testing program
TBA, Dennis Edwards, Antimicrobial Division, U.S. EPA (joined via teleconference)
9:00 Question for the States/Tribes

Katherine Brown, NY (tribal); Bradford Robinson & Stewart Chute, CT
10:00 Breakouts on Exposure Scenarios
Facilitated by Amy Mysz, environmental health scientist, U.S. EPA, Region 5; and John Ward
11:30 Lunch on the Alumni Center Patio
12:30 Breakouts on Exposure Scenarios, continued
2:00 Break
2:15 Discussion about Exposure Scenarios and Related Issues
Facilitated by Amy Mysz and John Ward
3:30 Wrap-Up
Facilitated by John Ward
4:00 Adjourn & bus pick-up

6:15 Bus pick up at hotel for Graduation Dinner
6:30 Graduation Dinner at the International House, Davis
8:30 Load bus and return to hotel