T45 Geology, Health, and Public Policy

Sunday, 22 October 2006
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  PATTERNS, PARALLELS, AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT: OBSERVATIONS ON COMMONALITIES IN RISK ASSESSMENT FROM TWO SISTER SCIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATIVE INTERACTION AND PROGRESS
  Monica E. Gowan, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and Jennifer L. St. Sauver, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and Debra J. Jacobson, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and Michaela E. McGree, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and Steven J. Jacobsen, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, CA
  111011 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  FROM ANOTHER PLANET: EXPLORING THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF MOON DUST AND THE CHALLENGES OF COMMUNICATING ACROSS DISCIPLINES
  Sarah K. Noble, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX and John F. Lindsay, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX
  111304 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  WEB-BASED RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEACHING AND LEARNING ABOUT GEOLOGY, HEALTH AND PUBLIC POLICY
  David Mogk, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Karin Kirk, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Jennifer Millner, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
  110022 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  EARTH SCIENCES AND PUBLIC HEALTH
  H. Catherine W. Skinner, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  112065 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  RADON FROM GROUND WATER TO INDOOR AIR: THE REAL AND REGULATORY PATHWAYS
  Peter F. Folger, Oakton, VA
  113387 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  TRANSFER OF RADON FROM GROUNDWATER INTO HOMES AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF SHOWERING TO INDOOR RADON: POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR UNREGULATED PRIVATE WELL OWNERS AT THE INTERSECTION OF GEOLOGY AND HEALTH IN THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUE RIDGE
  D.S. Vinson, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences, Durham, NC and T.R. Campbell, North Carolina Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources, Swannanoa, NC and R.W. Field, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA and A. Vengosh, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences, Durham, NC
  113395 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  ENTERIC VIRUSES IN DRINKING WATER WELLS: RELATING GEOSCIENCES TO HUMAN HEALTH
  Randall J. Hunt, US Geological Survey, Middleton, WI and Mark A. Borchardt, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI
  114064 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  MINE DRAINAGE AND ITS IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH: A CASE STUDY OF PIKE RUN WATERSHED, SW PENNSYLVANIA
  Lisa Horvath, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV and Jenni Joyce, California, PA and Daria Nikitina, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
  113548 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF A LARGE-SCALE TAILINGS SPILL ON MARINDUQUE ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES
  Christopher Wnuk, Constella Futures International, Washington, DC and Geoffrey Plumlee, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Terence Boyle, US Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO and Jose Centeno, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC and C.P. David, University of the Philippines, Manila, N/A and Herman Gibb, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC and Mark Logsdon, Geochimica, Aptos, CA and Jeffrey Longacre, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD and James Madson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Hugh Miller, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  114371 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  AND WE THOUGHT ALL MINERALS WERE NATURALLY OCCURRING: THE NEED FOR A RATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY DEALING WITH SO-CALLED NATURAL OCCURRING ASBESTOS
  M.E. Gunter, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID and R.J. Lee, R. J. Lee Group, Monroeville, PA
  110771 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  EARTH SCIENCE, DISASTERS, AND THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
  John J. Clague, Simon Fraser Univ, Burnaby, BC
  111542 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
  Frank T. Manheim, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
  110897 (Technical Sessions)