23 Characterization and Health Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Dust

Monday, 26 August 2013
2:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Washington II

Presentations

• 2:10 PM
  ANTICIPATING HEALTH RISKS FROM ATMOSPHERIC DUST THROUGH DETECTION OF SOURCES, COMPOSITIONS, AND TRANSPORT PATHS OF REGIONAL DUST
  Richard L. Reynolds, United States Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Harland L. Goldstein, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and George N. Breit, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Frank Urban, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Rian Bogle, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ and Suzette A. Morman, USGS, Denver, CO and Mark E. Miller, National Park Service, Moab, UT and John W. Whitney, United States Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Andrew J. Ghio, NHEERL, Chapel Hill, NC
  221056 (Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  ANALYSIS AND PROPERTIES OF INDIVIDUAL AIRBORNE MINERAL DUST PARTICLES
  Johann P. Engelbrecht, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
  221363 (Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  IS CRYSTALLINE SILICA BIOAVAILABILITY IN COAL DUST EXPLAINED BY COAL MINERALOGY?
  Claire Horwell, Durham University, Durham, N/A and Sophie Gordon, Durham University, Durham, N/A
  220837 (Sessions)
• 3:10 PM
  FACTORS AFFECTING THE RESPIRATORY TOXICITY OF DIATOMACEOUS EARTH: AN IN VITRO TOXICOLOGY AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL STUDY
  Claire Nattrass, Durham University, Durham, N/A and Claire Horwell, Durham University, Durham, N/A and Vicki Stone, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, N/A
  220955 (Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AFRICAN DUST AND PM10 CONCENTRATIONS AT CAYENNE, BARBADOS, AND GUADELOUPE: THE IMPLIED IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY IN THE CARIBBEAN BASIN AND NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA
  Joseph M. Prospero, University of Miami, Miami, FL and François-Xavier Collard, Cayenne, N/A and Jack Molinié, Campus de Fouillole, Pointe-a-Pitre, N/A and Alexis Jeannot, Cayenne, N/A
  220992 (Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  POTENTIALLY TOXIC PARTICULATES IN THE BREATHING ZONE ADJACENT TO A WASTE INCINERATOR – SOURCES AND HEALTH EFFECTS
  Alan M. Jacobs, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
  221021 (Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  AIR POLLUTION AND HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AND ADMISSIONS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
  Ilias Kavouras, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR and Marie-Cecile Chalbot, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR and Sophia Rodopoulou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, N/A and Evangelia Samoli, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, N/A and Dave DuBois, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV
  221186 (Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  CHARACTERIZATION OF LIBBY, MT AMPHIBOLE (LA) ELONGATED PARTICLES FOR TOXICOLOGY STUDIES: FIELD COLLECTION, SAMPLE PREPARATION, DOSE CHARACTERIZATION, AND PARTICLE COUNTING METHODS USING SEM/EDS
  Amy M. Bern, National Enforcement Investigations Center, Denver, CO and Heather Lowers, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Gregory Meeker, Denver, CO and Mary Goldade, Region 8, Denver, CO and Wendy O'Brien, Region 8, Denver, CO and Philip Cook, NHEERL, Duluth, MN
  221040 (Sessions)