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COURSE TITLE
Safer Alternatives for Pest Control in Agriculture -
Making the Public Health Case for Change
JOINT SPONSORS WITH COEH:
California Department of Public Health
Western Center for Agricultural Health and
Safety, University of California Davis
DESCRIPTION
Conference Agenda:
Morning Session: Includes 30 minute panel discussion
after each group of speakers
Objective 1. What Are Public Health Impacts of
Pesticide Use and Options for Safer Alternatives
8:45-10:15
- Rupali Das, MD, MPH, California Department of Public
Health, Occupational Health Branch
Impacts of Conventional Pesticide Use on Worker Health
- Kim Harley, PhD, UC Berkeley, CHAMACOS
Effects of Pesticides and Children's Neurodevelopment
- David C. Slaughter, PhD, UC Davis Department of Biological
and Agricultural Engineering
Alternative Weeding Strategies to Manual Weeding and
Conventional Pesticide-Based Weed control
Break (15 minutes)
10:30-12
- Martha Harnly, MPH, California Department of Public Health,
Environmental Health Investigations Branch
Pesticides in House Dust in an Agricultural Area
- Peter B. Goodell, PhD, University of California Integrated
Pest Management Program:
IPM Continuum: Moving toward Safer Alternatives
- Margaret Reeves, PhD, Pesticide Action Network North
America
Convergence of Sustainable Agriculture and Public Health
for a Safe & Healthy Food
Lunch (provided): 12-1:30 Speaker: Linda Rudolph, MD, Deputy Director,
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Afternoon Session:
Objective 2. What barriers constrain growers in their choice of
safer pest management alternatives?
1:30-2:30
- Elizabeth E. Grafton-Cardwell, PhD, Citrus Integrated Pest
Management
Managing Pests in a Real World System
- Robert I. Krieger, PhD, Cooperative Extension Toxicologist,
UC Riverside
Safe Pesticide Use in Agriculture--Critical
Time-Concentration Issues
- Clifford P. Ohmart, PhD, Lodi Winegroup Commission
Certification for Sustainable Farming Practice
Objective 3. Explore Safer Technologies
2:30-3:30
- Henry G Buckwalter, Compliance Services International
Industry Approach to Developing Environmentally Compatible
Pest Control Strategies and Products
- Manuel C. Lagunas-Solar, PhD, UC Davis Crocker Nuclear
Laboratory
Emerging Non-chemical Disinfection and Disinfestation
Processes for Food and Agriculture
- Pam Marrone, PhD, Marrone Organic Innovations, Inc.
Biopesticides as Environmentally Friendly Alternatives
Break 15 minutes
Speaker Panel: 3:45-4:15
- Where do we go from here: Breaking down the barriers -
defining needs to promote goals, improve outreach
(Das/Goodell)
- Summary and Wrap-up (CDPH-OHB)
COURSE DIRECTOR
Rupali Das, MD, MPH, California Department of Public Health,
Occupational Health Branch
OBJECTIVES
- Explore the public health impacts of pesticide use in
agriculture; assess the options for safer alternatives and
worker hazards associated with alternative practices
- Explore potential barriers to growers in choosing
to use reduced risk pesticides: Economic factors, incentives,
cultural practice
- Explore safer technologies and develop strategies to
promote the use of safer pest management alternatives in
agriculture
AUDIENCE
Users, Manufacturers and Regulators of Pesticides, County Agricultural
Commissioners, Industrial Hygienists, Safety Professionals,
Occupational Health Nurses, Occupational Health Physicians
CREDIT
-Approved for 6.0 Hours of CA Dept of Pesticide Regulation Continuing
Education
-Approved for 1.0 ABIH CM Point. Approval #09-1553
-Meets criteria for 0.50 BCSP COC point
-COEH Continuing Education is a California Board of Registered Nursing
approved provider BRN # 12983 / 7.2 contact hours.
-COEH is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California
Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education
for physicians. COEH takes responsibility for the content, quality &
scientific integrity of this CME activity. COEH designates this
educational activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.
This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing
Medical Education.
Check the Courses
page for additional forums in this series on October 13, 2009.
Course Schedule
Date |
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Location |
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May 28, 2009
Thursday
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8:30AM - 4:45PM
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UC Davis,
ARC Ballroom B,
One Shields Avenue,
Davis, CA 95616
Directions
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$25.00 (Registration Deadline May 20th) |
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