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Wednesday, May 29, 2002 |
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| 8:00 -9:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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Welcome and overview of the conference Joshua W. Hamilton, Ph.D. - Conference Co-Chair Director, Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Dartmouth College |
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9:10 a.m.
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Welcoming remarks William Suk, Ph.D., M.P.H. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
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Scientific Platform Session: Geology and Geochemistry of Arsenic |
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Introduction and overview Joseph Ayotte - Conference Co-Chair USGS New Hampshire |
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9:25 a.m.
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National
to local scale cycling of arsenic in ground water |
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9:50 a.m.
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Spatial
associations between arsenic in groundwater, sediments, bedrock and agricultural land use in New England Gilpin R. Robinson, Jr. , Ph.D. USGS Virginia |
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10:15-10:35 a.m.
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Coffee Break |
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10:35 a.m.
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Arsenic
in ground water wells in Maine |
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11:00 a.m.
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Arsenic
in ground water in eastern New England and implications for human health |
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11:25 a.m.
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Predicting
arsenic in water from aquifers in eastern New England
Sarah Ryker USGS Colorado |
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Scientific Platform Session: Local arsenic issues - controls and mechanisms |
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Session Chair David Wunsch, Ph.D. State Geologist and Director- New Hampshire Geological Survey |
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1:35 p.m.
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Arsenic
processes: Examples from New Hampshire |
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2:00 p.m.
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Arsenic
geochemistry in bedrock aquifer, Northport, Maine |
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2:25 p.m.
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Sources
and pathways in the overburden of Central Massachusetts Rudolph Hon, Ph.D Boston College |
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2:50 - 3:10 p.m.
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Coffee break |
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3:10 p.m.
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Natural
arsenic release related to landfill practices |
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3:35 p.m.
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Arsenic
geochemical behavior during ground water-surface water interactions |
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4:05 p.m.
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Coffee break |
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4:30 p.m. |
Keynote Address - Dr. Kenneth Cantor |
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Thursday, May 30, 2002 |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 am - Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
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Scientific Platform Session: Biology and Epidemiology of Arsenic Session Chair: Margaret Karagas, Ph.D. (Dartmouth College) |
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9:15 a.m.
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The
Metabolic basis of arsenic toxicity |
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9:50 a.m.
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Cellular
mechanisms for the cardiovascular effects of arsenic Aaron Barchowsky, Ph.D. Dartmouth College/ Center for Environmental Health Sciences |
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10:25 - 10:45 p.m.
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Coffee break |
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10:45 a.m.
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Effects
of arsenic on expression of DNA repair genes |
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11:20 a.m.
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Arsenic
as an endocrine disruptor: role in cancer, vascular disease and diabetes |
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| 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Luncheon | |
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Afternoon Session: Epidemiology of environmental arsenic exposure Session Chair: Aaron Barchowsky, Ph.D. , Center for Environmental Health Sciences(Dartmouth College) |
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2:00 p.m.
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Arsenic
exposure and reproductive effects |
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2:35 p.m.
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Everything
but the kitchen sink -- Exposure to arsenic from bathing and other indirect
water pathways |
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3:10 - 3:30 p.m.
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Coffee break |
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3:30 p.m.
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Health
effects of arsenic exposure in Bangladesh: Progress and preliminary findings
from a cohort study |
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4:05 p.m.
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An
interdisciplinary study of arsenic exposure and cancer risk in New Hampshire |
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Friday, May 31, 2002 |
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Scientific
Platform Session: Remediation and Regulation of Arsenic
Session Chair: Pat Hamilin USEPA, Region 1 |
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8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
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Continental Breakfast |
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Introduction and overview Joshua Hamilton, Ph.D., Conference CO-Chair Dartmouth College/ Center for Environmental Health Sciences |
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9:15 a.m.
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Arsenic: Moving
toward a regulation |
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9:50 a.m.
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Remediation
strategies for public and private water supplies - overview |
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10:25 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
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Coffee break |
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New
technologies for arsenic contaminated drinking water remediation |
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11:20 a.m.
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Panel Discussion
- synthesis of information, discussion of future directions and data gaps
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11:55 a.m.
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Concluding
Remarks and Close of Meeting |