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Pesticides and the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Annual Meeting Presentations
The Pesticides & the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project holds one-day annual meetings each fall to provide cutting edge science and policy updates on key trends regarding pesticides and the Bay, as well as to enable Project stakeholders to share information on the progress of the Project's five working groups -- and to plan Project initiatives for the year ahead. Leading national science and policy experts on pesticide-related issues address the conference, while working group members later meet in small group sessions. The presentations and discussions are designed to catalyze progress on Bay-related pesticide problems. Those attending include federal, state and local agency scientists and engineers, public health officials, academic experts, watemen, waterkeepers, watershed association representatives and environmental advocates.
Presentations from the 10/17/11 Fifth Annual meeting of the Pesticides and the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project
- Chesapeake Bay Watershed Pesticide Use Declines But Toxicity Increases
Ian Hartwell, PhD, Senior Scientist in Aquatic Toxicology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. - Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc.
Russell Brinsfield, PhD, Executive Director of the Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology at the University of Maryland. - Pesticides and Cancer: Selected Overview and Review of Recent Literature
Richard L. Humphrey, M.D., Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and School of Public Health. - Human Health Effects
of Pesticides: A Pediatric Emphasis
Lorne Garrettson, M.D., Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. - Fish Health and Potential Associations with Pesticides
Vicki Blazer, PhD, Research Scientist, US Geological Survey National Fish Health Laboratory - Policy and Regulatory Update
Jay Feldman, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Beyond Pesticides. - The Project: 2010-11 Outcomes & Challenges
Robert SanGeorge, Project Director, Pesticides and The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project.
- Chesapeake Bay Watershed Pesticide Use Declines But Toxicity Increases
Presentations from the 9/22/10 Fourth Annual meeting of the Pesticides and the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project
- Chesapeake Bay Health and Agricultural Challenges:Reducing Risk & Improving Science
Cathleen Hapeman, PhD, Research Chemist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD - Intersex Incidence in Fishes: Understanding the Incidence, Severity and Causes
Donald Tillitt, PhD, Branch Chief, Biochemistry/Physiology, Columbia Environmental Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia, Missouri - US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs — Policy Update/Regulatory Issues
Bob McNally, Chief, Risk Management and Implementation Branch IV, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA - Update on Office of Water Activities and Perspectives
Diana Eignor, M.S., Biologist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Science and Technology, U.S. EPA - National and State Policy Perspective
Jay Feldman, M.A., Executive Director, Beyond Pesticides
- Chesapeake Bay Health and Agricultural Challenges:Reducing Risk & Improving Science
Presentations from the 9/9/09 Third Annual meeting of the Pesticides and the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project
- Fish Health Issues in the Chesapeake: Possible Associations with Pesticides
Vicki Blazer, U.S Geological Survey, National Fish Health Research Laboratory, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, WV - Chesapeake Bay Health and Agricultural Challenges: Choptank River Watershed
Cathleen J. Hapeman, Research Environmental Chemist, Agricultural Research Service
- Fish Health Issues in the Chesapeake: Possible Associations with Pesticides
Presentations from the 6/11/08 Second Annual meeting of the Pesticides and the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project
- Video: Keynote
Frank Dawson III, M.S., Assistant Secretary for Aquatic Resources, MD Department of Natural Resources - The Precautionary Principle
Lorne Garrettson, M.D., American Academy of Pediatrics, MD Chapter - Impact of Pesticides on Public Health
Andrea Kidd-Taylor, Dr. P.H., Assistant Professor, Morgan State University Community Health and Policy Program - Organic Farming as a Best Management Practice
Luke R. Howard, Chair, MD State Agricultural Commission, and Erroll Mattox, Farm Management Specialist, UMD Extension Services - EQIP- Best Management Practices for Farmers
Tim Pilkowski, MD State Conservation Agronomist, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Services - Natural Lawn Care as a Best Management Practice
Phil Catron, President, NaturaLawn of America, Inc.
- Video: Keynote
Presentations from the 5/14/07 First Annual meeting of the Pesticides and the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project
- Presence of Pesticides in Chesapeake Waterways
Laura L. McConnell, PhD, Research Chemist, USD - Ecological Effects of Pesticides in Waterways: Atrazine
Tyrone B. Hayes, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley - Public Health Effects of Pesticide Exposure
Lynn R. Goldman, MD, MPH, Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health - Antimicrobial Agents in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Rolf U. Halden, PhD, PE, Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health - Framework: Assessing Existing Data & Policies
Toni M. Nunes, MA, MPH, Program Director, MD Pesticide Network - Perspectives on Policy Strengths and Weaknesses
Jay E. Feldman, MA, Executive Director, Beyond Pesticides - EPA's Regulatory Policies: Clean Water Act & Safe Drink Water Act
Octavia Conerly, MSPH, Research Scientist, Office of Water, US EPA
- Presence of Pesticides in Chesapeake Waterways