Northeastern Section (45th Annual) and Southeastern Section (59th Annual) Joint Meeting (13-16 March 2010)

Session No. 16
Sunday, 14 March 2010: 1:30 PM-4:15 PM
Carroll (Sheraton Baltimore City Center)

S3. Asbestos II: Past, Present, and Future

GSA Geology and Health Division; Mineralogical Society of America

 

Catherine Skinner and Mickey E. Gunter, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO NATURALLY OCCURRING ASBESTOS (NOA)
HARPER, Martin, HELD/EAB, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS3030, Morgantown, WV 26508, zzg7@cdc.gov, zzg7@cdc.gov
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1:55 PM
A REVIEW OF THE NIOSH ROADMAP FOR RESEARCH ON ASBESTOS FIBERS AND OTHER ELONGATE MINERAL PARTICLES
MEEKER, Gregory P., U. S. Geological Survey, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, gmeeker@usgs.gov, gmeeker@usgs.gov
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2:15 PM
MONITORING FOR MINERAL FIBERS IN AGGREGATE MINING
BAILEY, Kelly F., Vulcan Materials Company, Corporate Safety, Health and Environmental Department, 1200 Urban Center Drive, Birmingham, AL 35242, baileyk@vmcmail.com, baileyk@vmcmail.com
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2:35 PM
ASBESTOS: A LAND MANAGEMENT DILEMMA
VAN BAALEN, M.R., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, mvb@harvard.edu, mvb@harvard.edu
 
2:55 PM
Break
5
3:15 PM
THE EFFECTS OF A HEALTH DEPARTMENT STUDY ON A COMMUNITY LIVING NEAR A FORMER ASBESTOS MINE
WHITE, Leslie, 490 Baker Road, Eden, VT 05652, ldweden@yahoo.com, ldweden@yahoo.com
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3:35 PM
MINERAL PROPERTIES CONTROLLING BIOLOGICAL POTENTIAL
LANGER, Arthur M. and NOLAN, Robert P., Ph.D. Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018, artlanger@aol.com, artlanger@aol.com
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3:55 PM
ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION
GERAGHTY, Mark S., Los Angeles, CA 90071, mgeraghty@mckennalong.com, mgeraghty@mckennalong.com
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