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2005 Environmental Health: A Local Perspective
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The 10th Annual Conference on Childhood Lead
Poisoning Prevention
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The Environmental
Health and Look Out for Lead 2005 Conference was held on December 5 and 6,
2005, at the Monona Terrace Convention Center, in Madison,
Wisconsin. Download a copy of the conference brochure (PDF, 194KB).
The conference
attendance included sanitarians, physicians, building inspectors, physician
assistants, lead professionals, nurse practitioners, public health
educators, nurses,
rental property owners, environmental health specialists, health
officers, public health nurses, contractors, public health professionals,
and medical and nursing students.
There were over 40
breakout sessions, 2 panel sessions, and 3 keynote speakers.
Fortunately, a number of the speaker sessions were recorded and can be
accessed through the links below. The list is sorted by Session
Title. The following abbreviations may appear by the Session Title:
(P) = Panel Session, (K) = Keynote Speaker.
Session Title
Session Description |
Speaker Names, Organization |
Blood
Lead Testing of High Risk Population
An update on testing rates in high-risk populations, including refugees and other children targeted for blood lead testing. |
- Wendy Blumenthal, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Margie Coons, WI DPH
- Jeff Havlena, WI DPH
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Children's Health and the Environment - The Problem and the Solution
(K)
Dr. Landrigan presents research that focused on examining the health
hazards of pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals
and air pollutants. Children's Health and the Environment is
working to develop strategies to prevent environmentally associated
learning disabilities, asthma, obesity and cancer. |
- Dr. Phillip J. Landrigan, Department of Community
& Preventive Medicine and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
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Communicating
with the Public: Air Advisories and Outdoor Water Boilers
This session will cover: 1) A discussion with
the WI Department of natural Resources about current air monitoring
and advisory announcements, how and why they are issued, and how
local health departments can respond to protect the public, 2) A
discussion of the latest information on outdoor water boiler use and
ordinances in Wisconsin, including what has worked and what has not. |
- Anne Bogar, WI DNR
- Lori Shilts, Private Homeowner
- Dr. Robert Thiboldeaux, WI DPH
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Eliminating Lead Poisoning in Wisconsin by the Year 2010: Where do
we Stand in 2005? (K)
Dr. Slota-Varma will discuss the statewide committee to eliminate
childhood lead poisoning in WI, the Milwaukee approach to
eliminating lead, and the elimination on the federal level through
the Center for Disease Control and Preventions - National Childhood
Lead Poisoning Advisory Committee. |
- Dr. Catherine Slota-Varma, Shoreview
Pediatrics
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Environmental
Health Hazards in Wisconsin's Air, Water, and Soil - What Physicians
Should Know and What They Can Do
The speakers will discuss Wisconsin's health hazards in air,
water, and soil; and each will highlight another issue they find
important to discuss. |
- Dr. Henry A. Anderson, WI DPH
- Dr. Monica Vohmann, Group Health Cooperative
- Dr. Arjun Makhijani, Institute for
Energy and Environmental Research
- Dr. Leo Trasande, Mount Sinai Medical School
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Environmental Health
Through Smart Growth and the Built Environment
(P)
The panel discusses the influences environmental health can have on
design and urban planning to make everyone much healthier.
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- Brett Hulsey, Better Environmental
Solutions
- Kit Keller, Wisconsin Walks
- John Norquist, Congress for the New Urbanism
- Kevin Pomeroy, 1,000 Frends of Wisconsin
- Terrance Wall, T. Wall Properties
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Fish
Consumption Advice in Wisconsin and Other Great Lakes States
This session will include two discussions: 1) the results from
the WI DHFS mercury hair study and 2) work done by the Great Lakes
Protocol for Uniform Mercury Fish Advisories. |
- Dr. Lynda Knobeloch, WI DPH
- Candy Schrank, WI DNR
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GIS
Mapping to Monitor Environmental Health Risks in Wisconsin
Learn about a mapping project to identify properties and send
out information on programs for helping finance home improvements
and foster better citywide collaboration. The second part of
the session will present the latest radon maps for Wisconsin. |
-
Darryll Farmer, Eau Claire City/Cnty Health Department
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Michael Mudrey, Emeritus UW-Extension
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Conrad Weiffenbach, WI DPH
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Home
Pesticide Use: Hidden Dangers
The goal of this session is to inform clinicians and citizens
about the risks of commonly used household and landscape pesticides
and discuss ways to reduce use of these products. |
- Claire Gervais, UW Department of Family Medicine &
UW Health Meadowood Clinic
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Improving Environmental Public Health: The Roles of Advocacy,
Enforcement, Research & Patient Care (P)
The panel will discuss different approaches to a potential community
issue - water stoves.
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- Stan Gruszynski, UW Stevens Point
- Peggy Lautenschlager, WI Department of Justice
- Dr. Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
- Dr. Leo Trasande, Mt. Sinai Medical School
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Laboratory
Evaluation of Environmental Exposures Using Clinical Examples
Understand the factors that influence body burden and
biomonitoring of environmental hazards in order to make clinical
choices about laboratory evaluation of exposures. |
- Noel Stanton, WI State Lab of Hygiene
- Ernest Stremski, Children's Hospital of WI
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Lead
Program Area Module (PAM)
An introduction and demonstration of the online database to track and manage blood lead data (to replace STELLAR: Systematic Tracking of Elevated Lead Levels and Remediation). |
- Wendy Blumenthal, US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
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Update
on Childhood Cancer Tracking in Wisconsin
An update of the Environmental Health Public Tracking Program's
pilot tool to facilitate the automated transmission of childhood
cancer data, including methods to assess linkages to environmental
hazards. |
- Dr. Marni Bekkedal, WI DPH
- Dr. Kristen Malecki, WI DPH
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Why the Message About Lead Poisoning Needs to be Heard
(K)
A mother shares her family's experiences with lead poisoning, during the renovation of a 19th century building
that turned into their home. |
- Marnie Ficociello, parent of lead
poisoned child in Poniatowski, WI
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Welcome
and Opening Remarks - Day 1
Introduction to the 2005 Conference activities. |
- Reghan Walsh, WI DPH
- Dr. Henry Anderson, WI DPH
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Welcome
and Opening Remarks - Day 2
A description of the activities for the second day of the
conference. The Division of Public Health Administrator speaks
of the need to eliminate lead poisoning and the State's commitment
in this process.
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- Tom Sieger, WI DPH
- Dr. Sheri Johnson, WI DPH
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WI
Agriculture: Protecting Producers and Consumers from Environmental
Health Hazards
Understand the environmental impact of large farming operations,
the environmental hazards inherent in farming, and the health
effects of agricultural work. |
- Steven Kirkhorn, Marshfield Clinic, UMN
Medical School, and UW Medical School
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The
Environmental
Health and Look Out for Lead 2004 Conference sessions were also recorded and are available for viewing.
If
you would like to learn about the 2007 Conference or would like to get
involved, please email: walshro@dhfs.state.wi.us or evanse@dhfs.state.wi.us;
Call: 608/267-2488 or 608/266-3393.
The
2005 conference was hosted by the University of Wisconsin - Madison,
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and sponsored by the State of
Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Family
Services, the Wisconsin Environmental Health Network and the University of
Wisconsin Medical School.
Support for the conference has been provided by
Local health departments across Wisconsin, the Association of State and
Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO), National Association of County and
City Health Officials (NACCHO), National Association of Local Boards of
Health (NALBOH), U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, WI Academy of Family Physicians, WI Asthma
Coalition, WI Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, WI Department
of Natural Resources, WI Environmental Health Network, WI Poison Center,
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and the WI State Laboratory of
Hygiene.
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