CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Session No. 93
Monday, 10 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room M100BC (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T199. A Healthy Society, Geosciences, and Natural Resources I

GSA Geology and Health Division; Society of Economic Geologists

 

H. Catherine Skinner and Eric Cheney, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:15 AM
CAN WE TALK? HOW GEOSCIENTISTS CAN DELIVER UNPOPULAR MESSAGES
RUBIN, Jeffrey, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, 11945 SW 70th Ave, Tigard, OR 97223, jeff.rubin@tvfr.com, jeff.rubin@tvfr.com
2
8:30 AM
EDUARD SUESS' FORAY INTO ‘GEOLOGY & HEALTH'
DORSCH, Joachim, Physical Sciences, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, 11333 Big Bend Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63122-5799, jdorsch@stlcc.edu, jdorsch@stlcc.edu
3
8:45 AM
ASBESTOS – WHAT'S IN A NAME?
VAN ORDEN, Drew R., RJ Lee Group, Inc, 350 Hochberg Road, Monroeville, PA 15146 and SANCHEZ, M.S., R.J. Lee Group Inc, 350 Hochberg Road, Monroeville, PA 15146, drew@rjlg.com, drew@rjlg.com
4
9:00 AM
AMPHIBOLES FROM NEW IDRIA, CALIFORNIA
VAN BAALEN, M.R.1, ARLAUCKAS, S.M.2 and SANCHEZ, M.S.2, (1)Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)R.J. Lee Group Inc, 350 Hochberg Road, Monroeville, PA 15146, mvb@harvard.edu, mvb@harvard.edu
5
9:15 AM
ASBESTOS AND THE PATHOGENESIS OF HUMAN CANCERS
HEINTZ, Nicholas H., Department of Pathology and Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont College of Medicine, 189 Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, Nicholas.Heintz@uvm.edu, Nicholas.Heintz@uvm.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
6
9:45 AM
IS GEOLOGY RISKY TO HUMAN HEALTH? HOW DO WE KNOW?
ROSE, Deborah, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 4127, Hyattsville, MD 20782, DROSE@CDC.GOV, DROSE@CDC.GOV
7
10:00 AM
GEOGUIDELINES FOR URBAN AREAS: THE NEED FOR CLEAN SOIL POLICIES TO PROTECT US CHILDREN LIVING IN URBANIZED AREAS
MIELKE, Howard W., Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave SL83, New Orleans, LA 70112, hmielke@tulane.edu, hmielke@tulane.edu
8
10:15 AM
ASSESSING THE ROLE OF HOUSING AGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD LEVELS AND CHILDREN'S LEAD EXPOSURE IN NORTH AMERICA'S OLDEST CITY
BELL, Trevor1, ALLISON, David2, DAVID, Jacinthe3, FOLEY, Robert4, PICKARD, Felicia4, STARES, Joanne5 and VALCOUR, James6, (1)Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X9, Canada, (2)Medical Officer of Health, Eastern Health, 760 Topsail Road, Mount Pearl, NF A1N 3J5, Canada, (3)Regulations Division, Health Canada, 269 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9, Canada, (4)Environmental Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X9, Canada, (5)Public Health Agency of Canada, Eastern Health, 760 Topsail Road, Mount Pearl, NF A1N 3J5, Canada, (6)Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X9, Canada, tbell@mun.ca, tbell@mun.ca
9
10:30 AM
ASSESSMENT OF PROVENANCE OF CONFLICT MINERALS USING LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS)
MCMANUS, Catherine E.1, LIKES, Tristan2, DOWE, James3, MCMILLAN, Nancy J.4, YETTER, Kristen4 and BUCKLEY, Steven G.5, (1)Materialytics, LLC, P.O. Box 10988, Killeen, TX 76547, (2)Materialytics, LLC, P.O. Box 10126, Killeen, TX 76547, (3)Analytical Data Services, 902 Mountain Lion Circle, Harker Heights, TX 76548, (4)Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, (5)Photon Machines, Inc, 15030 N.E. 95th St, Redmond, WA 98052, c.mcmanus@materialytics.com, c.mcmanus@materialytics.com
 
10:45 AM
Discussion
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