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2004
Biennial Scientific Symposium on Children's Health as Impacted
by Environmental Contaminants
September 24-25, 2004
The
Lower Colorado River Authority's Environmental Learning
Center
McKinney Roughs Nature Park
1884 State Highway 71 West
Cedar Creek, TX 78612
Agenda
Symposium
2004
Friday,
September 24, 2004
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| 9:00
- 10:00 |
Registration
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| 10:00
- 10:30 |
Welcome,
Announcements, and Introduction |
| 10:30
- 11:30 |
Keynote
Address: Global Overview of
Health and the Environment
David A. Wolf, BSEE, MD, NASA Astronaut |
| 11:30 |
Break
for Lunch |
| 12:00
- 1:00 |
Luncheon
Address Crossroads: The Environment
and Children's Health
Fernando Guerra, MD, MPH, FAAP, Director of Health,
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Michael L. Fischer, MCRP, Former Director of the Environment
Program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
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| 1:00
- 1:30 |
Free
Time - Exhibits Open |
| 1:30
- 2:30 |
How
Childhood Exposure to Environmental Toxicants Contribute
to Childhood Diseases and Other Health Effects
Martin Lorin, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College
of Medicine |
| 2:30
- 3:30 |
Transforming
Industry
Gail Vittori, Co-Director, Center for Maximum Potential
Building Systems |
| 3:30
- 4:00 |
Break |
| 4:00
- 5:00 |
Workshops
(3)
Nationwide
Health Tracking
W. Randolph Daley, DVM, MPH, Dipl. ACVPM, Environmental
Health Tracking Branch, National Center for Environmental
Health, CDC
Michelle Chuk, M.P.H. Public Health Program Director,
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Programs
for School and Childcare to Improve Indoor Air Quality:
Tools for Schools and A is for Asthma
Vince Torres, PE, CMRS, Associate Director, Texas
Institute for the Indoor Environment
Lynnette.J.Mazur, MD, MPH, FAAP, University of Texas
Medical School, Department of Pediatrics
Healthy
Spaces for Children to Learn, Live and Play
Mike Wells, AIA, Urban Planner for Children's Spaces,
Principal, ROFDW Architects, Dallas
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| 5:00
- 5:30 |
Exploring
the Texas Hill Country self exploration of surrounding
trails or "Yoga Break" for those interested. Participants
are asked to wear comfortable clothes and be prepared
to remove their shoes during practice. The class will
be a basic intro to yoga. |
| 5:30
- 7:30 |
Texas
Sunset BBQ by The Salt Lick, and Live Music by Gina
Lee and the Brisket Boys |
Saturday,
September 25, 2004
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| 7:30-8:00 |
Continental
Breakfast |
| 8:00
- 10:00 |
Current
and Future Federal Commitments to Children's Environmental
Health
Kenneth Olden, Ph.D., Sc.D., L.H.D. Director, National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Director,
National Toxicology Program
Donald R. Mattison, MD, Senior Advisor to the Directors
of NICHD and CRMC, National Institutes of Health, HHS |
| 10:00
- 10:15 |
Break |
| 10:15
- 11:15 |
Ethics
in Children's Environmental Health
Jim Wild, PhD, Professor Biochemistry, Genetics, and
Toxicology Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics Texas
A&M University |
| 11:15
- 12:15 |
Handbook
of Pediatric Environmental Health and Environmental
Toxicants and Cancer
Sophie J. Balk, MD, American Academy of Pediatrics,
Committee on Environmental Health |
| 12:15
-1:15 |
Luncheon
Roundtables: Open Discussion (Food and Nutrition, Pesticides,
Hazardous Sites, Metals, Children's Products and Toys) |
| 1:15
- 2:15 |
Developmental
Effects of Environmental Toxins
Richard H. Finnell, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Biosciences
and Technology, Texas A&M University Health Science
Center |
| 2:15
- 3:15 |
Endocrine
Disrupters: Who They are and What They Can Do
John McLachlan, Ph.D., Tulane and Xavier Universities |
| 3:15
- 4:15 |
Indoor and Outdoor Air and
Asthma and Other Respiratory Diseases
Sharon Petronella, Ph.D. University of Texas Medical
Branch, Galveston |
| 4:15
- 4:30 |
Closing
and Evaluation |
| 6:30 |
Light
of the Moon Float Trip on the Colorado River. (Optional
Activity) |
Sunday,
September 26, 2004
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| 12:00-3:00 |
Healthy
Environments Family Fun Day at McKinney Roughs Nature
Park. Free events for the public at McKinney
Roughs Nature Park including family hiking and presentations
on keeping your children safe from environmental toxins
in your home, schools and communities.
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