Children's Environmental Health
Regional Summit Presentations

The Children's Environmental Health Regional Summit was held on
October 7 & 8, 2004 at the City Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The following is a list of the presentations and related educational materials that were presented during the Summit. Presenters who used PowerPoint presentations are included in this listing.
*Note: The files on this page require the Adobe Acrobat reader, which can be downloaded here, if needed. Some of the presentation files are very large and are not recommended for users with slow internet connections.
Presentations are also available on CD by request. To request a CD of presentations, please send an email request to Alicia Aalto -EPA, Region 8 Children's Environmental Health Coordinator.
Day 1 (October 7th):
Day 2 (October 8th):
Day 1 (October 7th) Presentations:
Keynote Address 1:
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Concurrent Sessions:
Developing Partnerships to Protect Children’s Health:
- OCHP Efforts to Build Community Capacity in Children's Environmental Health Protection
(1.93 mb, opens in a new window) -Elizabeth H. Blackburn, RN, Team Leader, Outreach and Partnerships, Office of Children’s Health Protection, US EPA
- Creating a State-level Children’s Environmental Health Network and Strategy
(2.16 mb, opens in a new window) -Marjean H. Magraw, MPH, Environmental Public Health Tracking Project Coordinator, MT Department of Public Health and Human Services
- ECOS/ASTHO National Childhood Asthma Prevention Initiative
(318 kb, opens in a new window) -A. Christine Eppstein, LLB, LLM, Senior Project Manager and Legislative Analyst, Environmental Council Of States
- State Asthma Plans
(5.10 mb, opens in a new window) -Rebecca T. Giles, MPH, Asthma Program Manager, UT Department of Health
- Connecting State Smart Growth Initiatives and Children's Environmental Health Protection
(1.62 mb, opens in a new window) -Brett Vanakkeren, Development, Community and Environment Division, US EPA
- High Blood Lead Levels in Minority and Low Income Children -An EPA Region 8 Environmental Justice Initiative
(2.47 mb, opens in a new window) -Art Palomares, Environmental Justice Program Director, US EPA, Region 8
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Environmental Contaminants & Emerging Issues in Children’s Environmental Health:
- Mercury: Sources, Health Risks, and Exposure Evaluation
(358 kb, opens in a new window) -John F. Risher, PhD, Senior Science Advisor, ATSDR)
- Common and Not-So-Common Sources of Lead Poisonings
(1.39 mb, opens in a new window) -Mark Anderson, MD, Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit Director
- Health Effects of Molds and Implications for Childrens' Environmental Health
(2.52 mb, opens in a new window) -Eugene C. Cole, DrPH, Professor Environmental Health and Infectious Disease, Brigham Young University
- Radon: The Health Threat with a Simple Solution
(2.66 mb, opens in a new window) -Douglas L. Kladder, Director, NEHA Center for Environmental Health Research and Technology
- PM 2.5 and Ozone Implications for Children’s Health
(199 kb, opens in a new window) -Mark McDermott, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah
- Childhood Obesity -Environmental Factors
(5.31 mb, opens in a new window) -Julie M. Metos, MPH, RD, Clinical Nutrition Manager, Primary Children’s Medical Center
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School Environmental Health:
- Healthy School Environments Critical for Learning
(1.41 mb, opens in a new window) -Alicia Aalto, Children’s Environmental Health Coordinator, US EPA Region 8
- Tools for Schools
(1.30 mb, opens in a new window) -Frank D. DeRosso, MSPH, CIH, Rocky Mountain Environmental Consultants, L.L.C.
- Our Experience with EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools
(918 kb, opens in a new window) -Gregg Smith, PE, Director of Facility Services, Salt Lake City School District
- Integrated Pest Management in Schools
(312 kb, opens in a new window) -Marc L. Lame, PhD, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
- Assessing Health and Safety Conditions in LAUSD Schools
(2.90 mb, opens in a new window) -Angelo J. Bellomo, Director of Environmental Health and Safety, Los Angeles Unified School District - LAUSD
- Hazardous Material Removal from Schools
(18 kb, opens in a new window) -Bruce S. Hayes, Facilities and School Safety Consultant, Wyoming Department of Education
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Day 2 (October 8th) Presentations:
Keynote Address 3:
Developing Partnerships to Protect Children’s Health:
- The National Children’s Study
(405 kb, opens in a new window) -James J. Quackenboss, MS, Environmental Scientist, National Environmental Research Lab - LV, Interagency Coordinating Committee (ICC) of the National Children's Study, US EPA
- Lead Strategy for Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning by 2010
(866 kb, opens in a new window) -Amanda E. Hasty, Lead Based Paint Coordinator, US EPA, Region 8
- International Collaboration and Children’s Environmental Health
(1 mb, opens in a new window) -Martha P. Berger, Director, International Activities, Office of Children’s Health Protection, US EPA
Emerging Issues in Children’s Environmental Health:
- The Emerging Science of Endocrine Disruption
(1.18 mb, opens in a new window) -Suzanne Wuerthele, PhD, Regional Toxicologist, US EPA Region 8
- Clandestine Methamphetamine Drug Labs Panel
(1.24 mb, opens in a new window) -Dana Headapohl, MD, MPH, Occupational and Environmental Health Services, St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, MT
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Integrating Environmental Health into Health Care Provider Education and practice:
- EnviRN: A Virtual Resource for Environmental Health and Nursing
(1.23 mb, opens in a new window) -Brenda M. Afzal, RN, MS, EH Education Center, University of Maryland School of Nursing
- Health Care Provider Initiative: Integrating Environmental Health Into Pediatric Health Care
(357 kb, opens in a new window) -Leyla Erk McCurdy, MPhil, Senior Director Health & Environment Programs, NEETF
- Environmental History Taking: Guidelines and Case Histories
(2.52 mb, opens in a new window) -Mark Anderson, MD, Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit Director
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