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Speakers Abstracts




BIOMARKERS OF TOXIC EXPOSURES: GLUTATHIONE BIOSYNTHESIS AS A BIOMARKER OF CHEMICALS THAT INDUCE OXIDATIVE STRESS
Terrance J. Kavanagh
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (abstract)



CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING BASED REMEDIATION
C.T. Miller, J.A. Pedit, and D.N. Johnson
University of North Carolina (abstract)



GIS APPROACHES TO INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Keith Pezzoli¹, Ilya Zaslavsky², David Cleveland³, Scott Sheppard³
Urban Studies and Planning Program¹, San Diego Supercomputer Center², UC San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093; TELESIS, Inc.³, 409 Camino Del Rio S., Ste. 205 San Diego, CA 92108 (abstract)



INTERACTION OF PHTHALATE ESTERS WITH NUCLEAR RECEPTORS. CROSS-TALK WITH HORMONE-ACTIVATED SIGNALING PATHWAYS
David J. Waxman, Jonathan M. Shipley and Christopher H. Hurs.
Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston MA 02215 (abstract)



DERMAL BIOAVAILABILITY OF COMMON SOLVENTS FOUND AT SUPERFUND SITES
Karla D. Thrall
Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA (abstract)



INCOMPLETE BACTERIAL METABOLISM OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
Michael D. Aitken
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering School of Public Health University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (abstract)



MICROARRAYS WITH NATURAL POPULATIONS
Marjorie F. Oleksiak
Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N. C. 27695 (abstract)



MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY: LEAD, BONES, PLASMA, AND GENES
Howard Hu, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D.
Harvard School of Public Health (abstract)



CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., M.Sc.
Director, Mount Sinai Superfund Basic Research Program, Chair, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (abstract)



INTEGRATED RISK ASSESSMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Kevin G. Garrahan, Ph.D.
EPA National Center for Environmental Sciences (abstract)



MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT DURING THE GERMINATION AND GROWTH OF ATRIPLEX LENTIFORMIS IN THE KLONDYKE MINE TAILINGS
Monica O. Mendez, Edward P. Glenn, and Raina M. Maier
Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85711 (abstract)



EMERGING SCIENTIFIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPERFUND
William Glaze
Professor OGI School of Science & Engineering/OHSU, Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (abstract)



ARSENIC AS AN ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR: LOW-DOSE AFFECTS ON STEROID HORMONE RECEPTOR SIGNALING EXHIBITING COMPLEX DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
Joshua Hamilton, Jack Bodwell, Lauren Kingsley, Caryn Barnet, Jennifer Davey, Cavus Batki and Jean Lariviere
Center for Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover NH, 03755-3835 (abstract)



ARSENIC EXPOSURE AND SOMATIC GENETIC ALTERATIONS
Kelsey Karl T.
Harvard School of Public Health (abstract)



MECHANISMS FOR ARSENIC-INDUCED VASCULAR DISEASE
Aaron Barchowsky, Linda R. Klei, Deborah D. Mayka, Jennifer C. Davey, Joshua W. Hamilton, and Nicole V. Soucy
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School and Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh (abstract)



MITOCHONDRIAL DAMAGE MEDIATES GENOTOXICITY OF ARSENIC IN MAMMALIAN CELLS.
Tom K. Hei^1,2, Su-Xian Liu¹, Xiu-wei Tang³, Mohammad Athar³ and Mercy M. Davidson^{4 1}
Center for Radiological Research, ³Department of Dermatology, ³Department of Neurology, College of Physicians & Surgeons and, ²Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, Colombia University, New York, NY., 10032 (abstract)



COMMUNICATING SCIENCE: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
Nancy Serrell, Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Program, moderator; Robert K. McLellan MD, MPH, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center; David Tirrell-Wysocki, Associated Press Reporter; Cindy Cook, Adamant Accord, Facilitator for the Elizabeth Mine Community Advisory Group; Cameron P. Wake PhD, Climate Change Research Center, University of New Hampshire (abstract)



WORKSHOP II: SHARING AND INTEGRATION OF GENOMIC AND PROTEOMIC DATA
Carolyn J. Mattingly
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (abstract)


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Poster Abstracts




IS THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ARSENIC EXPOSURE AND PREMALIGNANT SKIN LESIONS MODIFIED BY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IN BANGLADESHI MEN AND WOMEN?
Maria Argos¹, Habibul Ahsan1, Faruque Parvez², Yu Chen¹, AZM Iftikhar Hussain³, Hassina Momotaj³, Geoffrey Howe¹ and Joseph H. Graziano²
Department of Epidemiology¹, and Department of Environmental Health Sciences², Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, 10032; National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine³, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh (abstract)



SCIENCE SEMINARS ARE AN EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL TOOL TO INFORM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT NUTRITION-RELATED SUPERFUND ISSUES.
Sandra S. Bastin, Barbara Baumgardner and Lisa Gaetke.
Department of Nutrition and Food Science and Cooperative Extension Service, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546. (abstract)



THE EFFECTS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER ON PREGNANCY OUTCOME
Gertrud S. Berkowitz, Mary S. Wolff, Susan L. Teitelbaum, and Philip J. Landrigan
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 (abstract)



INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION AS A NOVEL TRACER FOR SOURCES AND PATHWAYS OF MERCURY IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
Joel D. Blum, Bjoern Klaue
Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (abstract)



BIOMONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL GENOTOXINS WITH MUTATION-REPORTING ARABIDOPSIS PLANTS
Stephanie R. Bollmann, Jeffrey M. Leonard, Adela Torres, and John B. Hays
Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-7301 (abtract)



ARSENITE INITIATES AH RECEPTOR-INDEPENDENT REPRESSION OF CYP1A1 INDUCTION BY TCDD
Jessica A. Bonzo¹, Alema Galijatovic1, Shujuan Chen¹, and Robert H. Tukey1,²
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology¹ and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry², University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (abstract)



ARSENIC CONTAMINATION CAUSED BY GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION
Benjamin C. Bostick, Carl E. Renshaw, Jamie L. deLemos, Stefan Stürup, and Xiahong Feng
Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 (abstract)



EFFECTS OF ARSENITE ON UROTSA CELLS: LOW-LEVEL ARSENITE CAUSES ACCUMULATION OF UBIQUITINATED PROTEINS WHICH IS PERPETUATED BY REDUCTION IN CELLULAR GLUTATHIONE LEVELS
Tiffany G. Bredfeldta, Micheal J. Kopplina, and A. Jay Gandolfia, b *
a Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA bCenter for Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA (abstract)



CHELATE-BASED MODIFIED FENTON REACTION FOR DESTRUCTION OF CHLORINATED ORGANIC COMPOUND NEAR NEUTRAL pH ENVIRONMENT
YongChao Li¹, Leonidas G. Bachas² and Dibakar Bhattacharyya1
Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering1, and Department of Chemistry², University of Kentucky, Lexington KY 40506-0046 (abstract)


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THE APPLICATION OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO IDENTIFY ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS TO HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Jiangang Chen, Francisco M Moran, Kala Natarajan, James W. Overstreet, Bill L. Lasley.
Center for Health and the Environment, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616 (abstract) 59s



THE ROLE OF THE AH RECEPTOR AND P38 IN BENZO[A]PYRENE-7,8-DIHYDRODIOL AND BENZO[A]PYRENE-7,8-DIHYDRODIOL-9,10-EPOXIDE INDUCED APOPTOSIS
Shujuan Chen¹, Nghia Nguyen¹, Kumiko Tamura², Michael Karin² and Robert H. Tukey¹
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Departments of Pharmacology, Chemistry & Biochemistry¹, and Laboratory of Gene Regulation, Department of Pharmacology², University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (abstract)



ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ARSENIC EXPOSURE FROM DRINKING WATER AND PREMALIGNANT SKIN LESIONS IN BANGLADESH
Yu Chen¹, Habibul Ahsan¹, Faruque Parvez^1,2, AZM Iftikhar Hussain³, Hassina Momotaj³, Geoffrey Howe¹, Joseph Graziano^2
1Department of Epidemiology, and ²Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY10032; ³National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh (abstract)



MODIFICATION OF RISK OF ARSENIC-INDUCED PREMALIGNANT SKIN LESIONS BY AGE, BODY MASS INDEX, AND SMOKING IN BANGLADESH
Yu Chen¹, Habibul Ahsan¹, Faruque Parvez^1,2, AZM Iftikhar Hussain³, Hassina Momotaj³, Geoffrey Howe¹, Joseph Graziano^2
1Department of Epidemiology, and ²Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY 10032; 3National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh (abstract)



ARSENIC REMOVAL BY ZERO-VALENT IRON: FIELD TESTS IN RURAL BANGLADESH AND AT THE VINELAND CHEMICAL, NJ, SUPERFUND SITE
Zhongqi Cheng¹, Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis², Alexander Van Geen¹, Richard C. Bailey³, and Matthew Westgate⁴
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964¹; Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete Polytechnioupolis, 73100 Chania, Crete, Greece²; Sevenson Environmental Services, 1405 N. Mill Road, Vineland, NJ 083603; US Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway, 19th floor, New York, NY 100074 (abstract)



DOES LIVING NEAR A SUPERFUND SITE LEAD TO HIGHER POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCB) EXPOSURE?
Anna L. Choi¹, Susan A. Korrick1,², Jonathan I. Levy¹, Louise M. Ryan³, and Douglas W. Dockery¹
Department of Environmental Health¹ , and Department of Biostatistics³, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA2 (abstract)



A RAPID COLORIMETRIC METHOD FOR MEASURING DISSOLVED INORGANIC ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS IN GROUNDWATER
Ratan K. Dhar^1,2,3, Yan Zheng^1,2, Jim Rubenstone ¹ and Alexander vanGeen¹
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University¹, Palisades, New York 10964, USA; Queens College², City University of New York, Flushing, New York 11367, USA; and Graduate School & University Center³, CUNY, NY, US (abstract)



A MASS BALANCE FIELD TRIAL OF CARBON TETRACHLORIDE PHYTOREMEDIATION USING POPLAR: PHYTODEGRADATION IS THE LIKELY FATE
Michael Dossett¹, and Xiaoping Wang², and Stuart E. Strand^3
1 Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, ² Hancock Biological Station, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, ³ College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (abstract)



CHEMICALLY INDUCED DAMAGE TO SPECIFIC REGIONS OF DNA DETECTED BY COMET-FISH
Patricia A. Escobar¹, Luoping Zhang¹, Martyn T. Smith ^1
1School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (abstract)



2,2’,4,6,6’-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB 104) INDUCES TRANSMIGRATION OF BREAST CANCER CELLS THROUGH THE DISRUPTION OF HUMAN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL INTEGRITY
Sung Yong Eum¹, Yong Woo Lee1, Bernhard Hennig², Michal Toborek^1
1Department of Surgery, ²College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536 (abstract)



BACTERIAL BIOSENSING SYSTEMS FOR ARSENIC DETECTION: FROM THE LABORATORY TO THE FIELD
Jessika Feliciano¹, Anna Rothert¹, Sapna Deo¹, Libby Puckett¹, Lori Millner¹, Jan Roelof Van der Meer², Marc Madou³, and Sylvia Daunert^1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-005 ²Department of Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Ecotoxicology, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), Duebendorf, Switzerland ³Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA (abstract)



NUTRITIONAL INFLUENCES ON ARSENIC METABOLISM.
Mary V. Gamble¹, Habibul Ahsan², Xinhua Liu³, Pam Factor-Litvak², Vesna Slavkovich¹, Faruque Parvez¹, Joseph H. Graziano^1,4
Department of Environmental Health Sciences¹, Department of Epidemiology², Department of Biostatistics³, Mailman School of Public Health1-³, Department of Pharmacology, College of Physicians and Surgeons⁴, Columbia University, New York, NY, 100321-⁴ (abstract)



ARSENIC METHYLATION BY SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA
E. Garcia-Dominguez, A. Liu and L. Y. Young
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Biotech Center for Agriculture and the Environment, New Brunswick, NJ 08901(abstract )



CAN PHYTOCHELATINS UNDERGO LONG DISTANCE ROOT TO SHOOT TRANSPORT IN PLANTS DURING HEAVY METAL DETOXIFICATION?
Ji-Ming Gong, Dave Lee, Alice Chen , Julian I Schroeder
Cell and Developmental Biology Section, Division of Biology and Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116, USA (abstract)



LONG TERM MULTIGENERATIONAL REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS AND ADAPTATIONS IN KILLIFISH (FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS) FROM THE NEW BEDFORD HARBOR (NBH) SUPERFUND SITE
Sarah R. Greytak and Gloria V. Callard
Biology Department, 5 Cummington Street, Boston University, Boston MA 02215 (abstract)



CONTROLLED STUDIES OF PHYTOREMEDIATION BY IRRIGATION WITH CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON POLLUTED GROUNDWATER: COMPARISON OF TRANSGENIC AND WILD-TYPE POPLAR
Chad D. Harris, Stuart E. Strand
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195 (abstract)



DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUTION OF ON-SITE ARSENIC SPECIATION TECHNIQUES FOR NATURAL WATER ANALYSIS
Yi He¹, Yan Zheng ^2,3 and David C. Locke¹
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry¹, and School of Earth and Environmental Science², Queens College and Graduate Center of CUNY, Flushing, NY 11367. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades³, NY 10964 (abstract)


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THE EFFECT OF DICHLOROACETATE (DCA) TREATMENT TIME AND DOSE ON THE LOSS OF ACTIVITY AND QUANTITY, AND RECOVERY OF HEPATIC GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE ZETA (GSTz) IN RATS
George N. Henderson¹, Xu Guo1, Vaishali Dixit², Margaret O. James², and Peter W.
Stacpoole ^{1, 3}
Departments of Medicine³ and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology³, College of Medicine and Department of Medicinal Chemistry², College of Pharmacy, Health Science Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 (abstract)



VARIABLE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO IN UTERO ARSENIC EXPOSURE IN FOLATE TRANSPORT DEFECTIVE MICE
Denise Hill¹, Ofer Spiegelstein¹, Amy Gould¹, Xiufen Lu², X. Chris Le² and Richard H. Finnell¹
Center for Environmental and Genetic Medicine1, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX; Department of Public Health Sciences², Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (abstract)



ENTEROCOCCI AS AN INDICATOR OF HUDSON RIVER RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY: A COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH STUDY
Astrid Huertas-Fernandez¹, Cathy Drew², Luz Claudio, PhD^3
1 Environmental Medicine Fellow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, ² Director, The River Project, ³ Director, Community Outreach and Education Program, Mount Sinai SBRP (abstract)



ARSENITE INDUCES APOPTOSIS IN HUMAN MELANOMAS VIA TNF? OR TRAIL-MEDIATED PATHWAYS
Vladimir N. Ivanov, Tom K. Hei
Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY10032 (abstract)



THE REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS IN SUPERFUND LEACHATE BY SORPTION OF MULCH
Am Jang, Young-Woo Seo, Paul L. Bishop
Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA (abstract)



RECOVERY OF DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID USING A BRINE BARRIER TECHNOLOGY TO CONTROL MOBILIZATION IN HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA.
Deona N. Johnson, Joseph A. Pedit, and Cass T. Miller
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (abstract)



EXAMINING SOURCES OF ARSENIC TO A CONTAMINATED STREAM.
Alison R. Keimowitz^1,2, Yan Zheng1,³, Steven N. Chillrud¹, Yi He⁴, Matthew Nanes¹, James Ross¹, Saugata Datta1,⁵, Farnosh Family¹, Martin Stute1,^2,5, and H. James Simpson1,²
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory¹, 61 Rt. 9W, Palisades, NY 10964; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences², Columbia University, New York, NY 10025; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences³ and Department of Chemistry⁴, Queens College CUNY, Flushing, NY 11367; Environmental Science Department⁵, Barnard College, New York, NY 10025 (abstract)



A TWO- COMPARTMENT PHARMACOKINETIC MODEL OF HUMAN DERMAL EXPOSURE TO JP-8
David Kim and Leena A. Nylander-French
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (abstract)



THE NEUROTOXIC AND MUTAGENIC PROPERTIES OF CHLOROACETALDEHYDE (CAA) DEPEND UPON EFFICENT DNA REPAIR
Glen E. Kisby¹, Hoa Lesselroth¹, Antoinette Olivas¹, Leona Samson², Mitchell Turker^1
1Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97239 and ²Biological Engineering Div, Ctr Environmental Health Sciences, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 (abstract)



POTENTIAL ENDOCRINE AND REPRODUCTIVE DISRUPTION BY XENOBIOTICS IN FRESHWATER TURTLES (CHRYSEMYS PICTA) FROM CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS
Noppadon Kitana, Seung Jae Won and Ian P. Callard
Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215 (abstract)



ARSENIC INTERFERES WITH SEAWATER ACCLIMATION IN KILLIFISH
Alexander Lankowski¹, Joseph R. Shaw², Katherine Karlson¹, Caitlin R. Stanton³, Renee Thibodeau⁴, Julia Curtis-Burnes⁵, Joshua W. Hamilton², and Bruce A. Stanton^1
1Department of Physiology and ²Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755; ³Brown University, Providence, RI 02912; ⁴Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362; ⁵Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481 (abstract)



INTEGRATING SOIL pH AS A RISK FACTOR IN THE SPATIAL MAPPING OF ARSENIC DISTRIBUTIONS IN NEW ENGLAND GROUNDWATER
Seung-Jae Lee, Marc L. Serre, and George Christakos
Center for the Advanced Study of the Environment (CASE), Dept. of Environmental Science & Engineering, School of Public Health, Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (abstract)



CYTOCHROME P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) IS INVOLVED IN THE PCB104-MEDIATED BARRIER DYSFUNCTION OF HUMAN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
Yong Woo Lee¹, SungYong Eum¹, Bernhard Hennig² and Michal Toborek1
Departments of Surgery¹ and Animal Sciences², University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536 (abstract)



COMMUNITY BASED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION: USING THE ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORAL MODEL TO CREATE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO HUDSON RIVER CONTAMINANTS
Amanda Levy¹, M.S, Laura Vural², Luz Claudio, PhD^3
1 Environmental Medicine Fellow Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Community and Preventative Medicine, ² Program Director of TRUCE, Harlem Children’s Zone, ³ Director, Community Outreach and Education Program, Mount Sinai SBRP (abstract)


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INHIBITION OF DNA REPAIR AS A MECHANISM OF AESENIC CARCINOGENESIS
Shengqin Liu, Elizabeth Kopras, Mario Medvedovic, Greg Oakley and Kathleen Dixon
School of Medicine University of Cincinnati, OH 45220 (abstract)



CHARACTERIZING DISSOLUTION DYNAMICS OF SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED IMMISCIBLE LIQUID
Justin C. Marble¹ and Mark L. Brusseau1,²
Department of Hydrology and Water Resources¹, Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science², The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721 (abstract)



ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE EXPOSURE: NEUROBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT OF LATINO ADULTS AND CHILDREN RESIDING IN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES
L A McCauley¹, D Rohlman¹, J Rothlein¹, S Weston², A Taumulinas¹, J Muniz¹, M Lasarev¹, and J Scherer^1
1Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Oregon Health & Science University, ² Institute for Global Health, University of California at San Francisco (abstract)



FISH CONSUMPTION AND BODY BURDEN OF POLLUTANTS IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY ANGLERS
Kimberly Morland, Alayne Gobeille, Anne Golden, James Godbold, Erin Moshier, Mary Wolff, Phillip Landrigan
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 (abstract)



COMBINING BIOMARKERS ACROSS DISCIPLINES TO ASSESS TOXICANT EFFECTS ON NEURAL DEVELOPMENT: THE VINYL CHLORIDE METABOLITE CHLOROACETALDEHYDE (CAA) AS A TEST CASE
Megan M. Murray¹, Karla D. Thrall³, Glen Kisby², Greg Higgins², Ginger S. Withers1,² and Christopher S. Wallace1,²
Whitman College1, Walla Walla WA, 99362, OHSU Superfund Basic Research Center2, Portland, OR 97201, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory³, Richland, WA 99352 (abstract )



ARSENIC TOXICITY IN HUMAN KERATINOCYTES.
Mai A. Ngo, Tim J. Patterson, Robert H. Rice
Department of Environmental Toxicology; University of California, Davis, CA, 95616 (abstract)



ROLE OF THE CALPAIN PATHWAY IN ARSENITE-MEDIATED DECREASES IN CYP3A IN CULTURED RAT HEPATOCYTES
Trisha L. Noreault ¹, Barney E. Dwyer ^2,3, Ralph C. Nichols ^2,4, Heidi W. Trask ⁵, Steven A. Wrighton ⁶, Judith M. Jacobs², Peter R.Sinclair ^1,2,5 and Jacqueline F.Sinclair ^1,2,5
Depts of Pharmacology/Toxicology¹, Neurology³, Microbiology/Immunology⁴, Biochemistry⁵, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, ²VA Medical Center, WRJ, VT 05009; ⁶Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN 46285 (abstract)



EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS INDUCES A NOVEL SPLICE VARIANT OF THE BRAIN FORM OF CYTOCHROME P450 AROMATASE IN ZEBRAFISH EMBRYOS
Apolonia Novillo, Mitsuyo Kishida, Mayra Toledo, Ian P. Callard and Gloria V. Callard
Department of Biology, 5 Cummington St., Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 (abstract)



PERTURBATIONS OF REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES BY CHLORINATED AND NON-CHLORINATED ORGANICS.
David M. Ozonoff, MD, MPH, Greg Howard, Madeleine Scammell
Boston University Superfund Basic Research Program (abstract)



GSTA IS A MAJOR GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE RESPONSIBLE FOR
4-HYDROXYNONENAL CONJUGATION IN LARGEMOUTH BASS LIVER
Robert T. Pham and Evan P. Gallagher
Department of Physiological Sciences and Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (abstract)



IN VITRO AND IN VIVO GENOTOXICITY OF ISOLATED FRACTIONS FROM PAH AND CHLOROPHENOL MIXTURES
Tracie D. Phillips², Annika M. Gillespie², Leslie Cizmas², Ling-Yu He², Guo-dong Zhou1,², Thomas J. McDonald¹, Yaorong Qian³, and Kirby C. Donnelly^1,2
Dept. Environmental & Occupational Health, Texas A&M University Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health College Station TX 77843¹; Dept. Veterinary Anatomy & Public Health, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine College Station TX 77843²; Geochemical & Environmental Research Group, Texas A&M University College of Geosciences College Station TX 77843³ (abstract)



DIETARY FAT INTERACTS WITH PCBs TO INDUCE CHANGES IN LIPID METABOLISM IN LDL RECEPTOR DEFICIENT MICE
Gudrun Reiterer^1,2, Michal Toborek³, Purushothaman Meerarani², Alan Daugherty⁴, Eric Smart^4,5, Larry Robertson⁶, Bernhard Hennig1,²
Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences¹, Molecular and Cell Nutrition Laboratory, College of Agriculture², Departments of Surgery³, Physiology⁴ and Pediatrics⁵, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546 and Department of Occupational and Environmental Health⁶, University of Iowa, IA 52242 (abstract)



DIETARY FLAVONOIDS MODULATE PCB-INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS, CYP 1A1 INDUCTION AND AhR-DNA BINDING ACTIVITY IN VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
Pachaikani Ramadass,¹ Purushothaman Meerarani, ¹ Michal Toborek,² Larry W. Robertson,³ and Bernhard Hennig,¹ (presented by Viswanathan Saraswathi¹)
¹Molecular and Cell Nutrition Laboratory, College of Agriculture, and ²Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, and ³Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 (abstract)



Dehalogenation of Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) in estuarine sediment enrichments: Characterization of the dechlorinating microbial community and the Effects of sulfate reduction inhibition
Jessi M. Satterberg¹, Russell P. Herwig², and John F. Ferguson¹
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering¹, and Aquatic and Fishery Sciences², University of Washington, Seattle WA 98105 (abstract)



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CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NURR1: A POTENTIAL MARKER OF NEUROTOXICITY IN ZEBRAFISH
Sherilyn J. Sawyer and Gloria V. Callard
Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington St. Boston, MA 02115 (abstract)



TRANSLATING SCIENCE: OUTREACH IN DARTMOUTH’S TOXIC METALS RESEARCH PROGRAM
Nancy Serrell, Carol Folt, Joshua Hamilton
Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Program, Dartmouth College (abstract)



ROLE OF DDT AND DDE ON MDR1 INDUCTION AND STABILITY
Arsalan Shabbir¹, Susan Distasio¹, Jiangbo Zhang², Christopher Cardozo² and Avrom J. Caplan^1
1Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY 10029, ² Rehabilitation and Research Development Center of Excellence for the Secondary Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury, VA Medical Center Bronx, NY (abstract)



PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENTISTS
Lloyd R. Sherman Center for Excellence in Youth Education, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (abstract)



THE MISMATCH REPAIR SYSTEM PROTECTS CELLS FROM GENOTOXIN-INDUCED CC?TT BASE PAIR SUBSTITUTIONS
Amy M. Skinner, Chi Y. Shin, Mitchell S. Turker
Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR 97239, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331(abstract)



ARSENIC INTERACTIONS WITH SMALL THIOL MOLECULES: MODEL REACTIONS FOR ARSENITE AND MONOMETHYLARSENITE BIOCHEMISTRY
Anne M. Spuches, Harriet G. Kruszyna, Anne M. Rich, and Dean E. Wilcox
Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 03755 (abstract)



HOW TO DETERMINE A FEW PICOGRAMS OF METHYLMERCURY IN ZOOPLANKTON OR ULTRA LOW LEVELS OF ARSENIC IN NAILS AND HAIR? – THE DARTMOUTH TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS CORE FACILITY
Stefan Sturup^1,2,3, Lorenzo Perna^1,2 and Angela Lacroix-Fralish¹
Dartmouth Trace Element Analysis Core Facility¹, Department of Chemistry² and Department of Earth Sciences³, Dartmouth College and Center of Environmental Health Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 (abstract)



TRANSLATING AIR POLLUTION RISKS TO THE PUBLIC
George D. Thurston and Lisa M. Schuetz
Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 57 Old Forge Rd., Tuxedo, NY 10987 (abstract)



HIF1? PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN ENDOTHELIAL CELL HYPOXIC RESPONSE
Nan Tang^1,2, and Randall Johnson¹
Molecular Biology Section, Division of Biological Sciences¹ and Molecular pathology program², University of California, San Diego (abstract)



PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF SERUM FROM WORKERS EXPOSED TO BENZENE
Roel Vermeulen¹, Qing Lan¹, Laura Gunn², Marielena McGuire³, Diane McCarthy³, Guilan Li⁴, Luoping Zhang², Nathaniel Rothman¹, Martyn T. Smith^2
1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD; ²University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ³Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc., Fremont, CA, and ⁴National Institute of Occupational Health and Disease Control, CDC, Beijing, China (abstract)



IDENTIFICATION BY STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING OF MICROBIAL SPECIES UTILIZING VINYL CHLORIDE AS THE SOLE ENERGY AND CARBON SOURCE
Christopher B. Walker, H. David Stensel and Stuart E. Strand
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (abstract)



PROPERTIES OF POLYCHLOROBIPHENYLOLS AS SUBSTRATES AND INHIBITORS OF UDP-GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE (UGT).
Li-Quan Wang¹, Kevin M. Kleinow², Ran Zheng¹, Youbo Zhang² and Margaret O. James^1
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and ²Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.(abstract)



IONIZING RADIATION MUTAGENESIS IN MOUSE CELLS NULL FOR THE MLH1 MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN
Qi Wang^1,2 and Mitchell S. Turker^1,2
Graduate Program in Environmental Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR 97331
Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239 (abstract)



MATRIX-IMMOBILIZED ORGANOCLAY FOR THE REMOVAL OF PAHS AND PENTACHLOROPHENOL FROM GROUNDWATER
Melinda C. Wiles¹, Bhagirathi Dash1, Henry J. Huebner¹, Thomas J. McDonald², Kirby C. Donnelly1,², and Timothy D. Phillips¹
Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health¹, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health², School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77840 (abstract)



DEVELOPMENT OF A WHOLE-CELL SENSING SYSTEM FOR PCBs DETECTION
Shifen Xu¹, Dhritiman Ghosh2, Jessika Feliciano², Sapna Deo2, Elisa D’Angelo1, Sylvia Daunert2
Soil and Water Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Department of Agronomy¹, and Department of Chemistry ², University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA (abstract)



COMMUNITY HOLISTIC INTERACTIVE MAPPING ENVIRONMENT (CHIME) FOR ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF REGIONAL SUPERFUND TOXICANTS DATA
Ilya Zaslavsky¹ and Keith Pezzoli²
San Diego Supercomputer Center¹ and Urban Studies and Planning Program², University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (abstract)



SCREENING AND ANALYSIS OF NOVEL FLAVONE LIGANDS FOR THE Ah RECEPTOR
Bin Zhao¹, Dalho Han¹, Mike Nantz², Mark Kurth², Mark Springsteel² and Michael S. Denison¹
Department of Environmental Toxicology¹, and Department of Chemistry², University of California, Davis, CA 95616 (abstract)

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