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LEAD IN THE AMERICAS: A call for action
APPENDIX E
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Lead in the Americas: Strategies for Disease Prevention
National Institute of Public Health–Institute of Medicine
Av. Universidad No. 655, Col. Sta. María Ahuacatitlán
C.P. 62508 Cuernavaca, Morelos México
8–10 May 1995
Monday, 8 May
Plenary session
8:00 a.m.
Registration, National Institute of Public Health Auditorium Lobby
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
... Juan Ramon de la Fuente, M.D. (to be confirmed)
Secretary of Health, Mexico
... Hugo Aréchiga, M.D.
President, National Academy of Medicine, Mexico
... Kenneth Shine, M.D.
President, Institute of Medicine, USA
... Jaime Sepúlveda, M.D., Dr.Sc.
Director, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
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LEAD IN THE AMERICAS: A call for action
APPENDIX E
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Lead in the Americas: Strategies for Disease Prevention
National Institute of Public Health–Institute of Medicine
Av. Universidad No. 655, Col. Sta. María Ahuacatitlán
C.P. 62508 Cuernavaca, Morelos México
8–10 May 1995
Monday, 8 May
Plenary session
8:00 a.m.
Registration, National Institute of Public Health Auditorium Lobby
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
... Juan Ramon de la Fuente, M.D. (to be confirmed)
Secretary of Health, Mexico
... Hugo Aréchiga, M.D.
President, National Academy of Medicine, Mexico
... Kenneth Shine, M.D.
President, Institute of Medicine, USA
... Jaime Sepúlveda, M.D., Dr.Sc.
Director, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
9:40 a.m.
Keynote Address
... Jorma Rantanen, M.D.
Director General
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Finland
10:15 a.m.
Break
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Session I.
Health Effects Of Lead
Moderator: Howard Frumkin, M.D.
Chair, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
Rollins School of Public Health, USA
10:45 a.m.
Effect of Lead on Children's Health
... Eduardo Palazuelos-Rendón, M.D.
Federal District Department
Minister of the Environment, Mexico City, Mexico
11:10 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:15 a.m.
Effects of Lead on Adult Health
... Julieta Rodríguez de Villamil, M.D.
Assistant Secretary of Occupational Health
Ministry of Health, Colombia
11:40 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:45 a.m.
Discussion
12:15 p.m.
Break
... Poster Session Presentations (See Attachment A)
Session II.
Case Studies Of Interventions
Moderator: David Rall, M.D., Ph.D.
Committee Chairman
Committee to Reduce Lead Exposure in the Americas, IOM
12:45 p.m.
Introduction
... David Rall, M.D., Ph.D.
1:00 p.m.
Voluntary Industry Initiative: Removal of Lead Solder from Cans
... Alfonso de León
Director General
National Chamber for Metalic Containers, Mexico
1:25 p.m.
Questions and Answers
1:30 p.m.
Government Regulation: U.S. Gasoline Lead Reduction
... Robert Scala, Ph.D. (presented by Len Ritter, Ph.D.)
Retired Scientist
Exxon Biomedical Sciences, Inc., USA
1:55 p.m.
Questions and Answers
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2:00 p.m.
Discussion
2:30 p.m.
Plenary Session Adjourned
2:30 p.m.
Lunch
... Poster Session Presentations (continued)
4:00–7:00 p.m.
Working group sessions (See Attachment B)
7:00 p.m.
Monday adjournment
Tuesday, 9 May
Workshop
8:00–9:30 a.m.
Analytical Methods for Blood Lead Measurements-Part I
... Robert Jones, Ph.D.
Research Chemist
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Plenary session
Session III.
Extent, Sources, and Pathways of Lead Exposure in the Hemisphere
Moderator: Carlos Santos Burgoa, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Professor, Senior Professor-Researcher
National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
9:30 a.m.
Historical Perspectives
... Jerome Nriagu, Ph.D.
Professor
National Water Research Institute, University of Michigan, USA
9:55 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:00 a.m.
Prevalence of Exposure and Data Quality
... Isabelle Romieu, M.D.
Pan American Center for Human Ecology and Health, Mexico
10:25 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:30 a.m.
Major Sources and Pathways of Lead Exposure
... Ellen Silbergeld, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, USA
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10:55 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:00 a.m.
Discussion
11:30 a.m.
30-Minute Break
... Poster Session Presentations (See Attachment A)
Session IV.
Case Studies of Interventions
Moderator: Len Ritter, Ph.D.
Director
University of Guelph-Center for Toxicology, Canada
12:00 p.m.
International Organized Labor
... John Repko, Ph.D.
Director of Health Effects
Carpenters Health and Safety Fund, USA
12:25 p.m.
Questions and Answers
12:30 p.m.
Community Activism and Education
... Cristina Von Glascoe, M.D., Ph.D.
Researcher
North Border College, Mexico
12:55 p.m.
Question and Answers
1:00 p.m.
Discussion
1:30 p.m.
Plenary Session Adjourned
1:30 p.m.
Lunch
... Poster Session Presentations (continued)
3:00–6:00 p.m
Working group session (See Attachment B)
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday adjournment
Wednesday, 10 May
Workshop
8:00–9:30 a.m.
Analytical Methods for Blood Lead Measurements – Part II
... Robert Jones, Ph.D.
Research Chemist
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Plenary session
Session V.
Closing plenary
9:30 a.m.
... Moderator: David Rall, M.D., Ph.D.
... Rapporteur Reports from the Working Group Sessions:
... Ellen Silbergeld, Ph.D.
... David Jacobs, C.I.H.
... Mauricio Hernández-Avila, M.D., Dr.Sc.
... Robert Scala, Ph.D.
... Tania Tavares, Ph.D.
... Howard Frumkin, M.D.
10:30 a.m.
30-Minute Break
11:00 a.m.
Plenary Discussion
... Identification of common strategies and action steps for reducing lead exposures
... Responsible parties: Ensuring that action steps for lead exposure reduction are met
12:30 p.m.
Summary and Identification of Action Plans
... Howard Frumkin, M.D.
1:00 p.m.
Technical Assistance and Support
... Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
... U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
... Environmental Defense Fund
... U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
... International Lead Management Center/International Lead Zinc Research Organization, Inc.
... International Development Research Centre
... U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health
... Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
... Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization
2:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
... Christopher Howson, Ph.D., Institute of Medicine, USA
... Mauricio Hernández-Avila, M.D., Dr.Sc., National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
2:15 p.m.
Meeting Adjournment
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Attachment A
Poster Sessions
Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (USA)
... Rebecca Carrillo and Dario Hunter
Community Health Outreach Workers
Oakland, CA, USA
Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning: International Action Plan for Preventing Lead Poisoning (USA)
... Maria Rapuano and K. W. James Rochow
Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
Washington, DC, USA
Blood Lead Levels According to Branch of Industrial Activity: September 1992-September 1994 (Dominican Republic)
... Dra. Carmen Yris Delgado Pantaleón
Pan American Health Organization
Dominican Republic
Blood Lead Levels in Trinidad, West Indies (West Indies)
... Ivan Chang-Yen, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Analytical Chemistry
Trinidad, West Indies
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow in the Far West (USA)
... L. Rex Ehling, M.D., M.P.H.
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch
California Department of Health Services, U.S.A.
Community Action and Reduction of Lead Exposure: The Trail, B.C. Experience (Canada)
... Terry Oke
Administrator
Trail Lead Program
Trail, B.C., Canada
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Cottage Industries and the Reduction of Lead Exposure: Battery Breaking (Jamaica)
... Peter Figueroa, M.B.B.S., D.P.H.
Principal Medical Officer Epidemiology
Jamaican Ministry of Health, Jamaica
Cottage Industries and the Reduction of Lead Exposure: Ceramicware (Mexico)
... Mario Covarrubias
Mexico
Development of A Statewide Database on Lead-Safe Housing and Identifying Communities with High Risk of Lead Poisoning (USA)
... Joan Luckhardt, Ph.D., and Robert Haug
Director, Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-SOM
Stratford, NJ, USA
Educational Interventions to Change Head Start Parents' Behavior to Prevent Lead Poisoning Among Young Children (USA)
... Cecile Dickey, M.A.
St. Peters College
Jersey City, NJ, USA
Effect of A Nutritional Intervention in Order to Reduce Lead Exposure in Infants (Mexico)
... Antrop. Sandra Treviño and Lic. Eugenia Fishbein
National Institute of Public Health
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Epidemiological Analysis of Lead Exposure in Four Different Sources of Occupational Exposure (Colombia)
... Nancy Patiño Reyes, M.D.
District Secretary of Health
Bogotá, Colombia
Families Exposed to Lead: A Public Health Problem (Colombia)
... Nancy Patiño Reyes, M.D.
District Secretary of Health
Bogotá, Colombia
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Fouling the Nest/Industrial and Occupational Contamination Brought Home (Brazil)
... Fernando Martin Carvalho
Professor
Universidade de Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Lead Content in Tropical Vegetables and Fruits Grown Around a Smelter, Bahia (Brazil)
... Tania Tavares, Ph.D.
Instituto de Quimica
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
National Lead Information Center (USA)
... Janet Phoenix, M.D., M.P.H.
Manager, Public Health Programs
National Lead Information Center
Occupational Blood Lead Trends in Manitoba, 1979–1994: Assessing the Effectiveness of Regulation and Surveillance (Canada)
... Annalee Yassi, M.D.
Director, Occupational and Environmental Health Unit & Associate Professor
University of Manitoba, Canada
Occupational Exposure to Lead According to Altitude (Bolivia)
... René Córdova Cardozo, M.D.
Chief of Labor Medicine, Bolivia
Protection Against Lead During Pregnancy Through the Consumption of Milk and Orange Juice: The Case of Mexico City (Mexico)
... Luz. Helena Sanín A.
National Institute of Public Health
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Reducing Sources of Lead Through Community Education (USA)
... Joan Cook Luckhardt, Ph.D., and Stacey Kenyon, M.A.
Director, Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–SOM
Stratford, NJ, USA
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Regulation and Reduction of Lead Exposure: California and Proposition 65 (USA)
... David Roe, Ph.D.
Environmental Defense Fund
Oakland, CA, USA
Regulation and the Reduction of Lead Exposure: Gasoline (USA)
... Judy MacGregor, Ph.D.
Private Consultant, Toxicology Consulting Services
Danville, CA, USA
Relationship Between Blood Lead Levels in Children and Lead Mining Activities
... Ana Maria Murgueytio, M.D., M.P.H.
St. Louis University School of Public Health
St. Louis, MO, USA
Risk Factors Associated with High Lead Blood Levels in Mexico City Schoolchildren (Mexico)
... Dra. Rosalba Rojas Martínez
Director, Effects of Air Pollution on Health
Mexico City, Mexico
Substitution of Leadless Ceramic Glazes (USA)
... Michael McCann, Ph.D., C.I.H.
President
Center for Safety in the Arts, USA
Using Benefit-Cost Analysis to Build Alliances in Preventing Lead Poisoning: A Canadian Drinking Water Case Study (Canada)
... Jerry Spiegel, M.S.
Director, Pollution Prevention
Manitoba Environment, Canada
Voluntary Industry Initiative: Alco-Pacifico (US–Mexico)
... Ing. Francisco Bahamonde
Director General de Delegaciones Federales del Trabajo
Mexico
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Worker Training on Lead: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Experience (USA)
... Carlos Eduardo Siqueira, M.D., M.P.H.
Hazardous Waste Specialist
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, USA
Attachment B
Working Group Sessions
Working Group I: Gasoline
... Moderator
Jacobo Finkelman, Ph.D.
Pan American Health Organization, Guatemala
... Rapporteur
Ellen Silbergeld, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, USA
Working Group II: Paint
... Moderator
Kate Mahaffey, Ph.D.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
... Rapporteur
David Jacobs, C.I.H.
National Center for Lead Safe Housing, USA
Working Group III: Ceramicware Glazes
... Moderator
Gustavo Olaíz Fernández, M.D.
Salud Ambiental, SSA, Mexico
... Rapporteur
Mauricio Hernández-Avila, M.D., Sc.D.
National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
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Working Group IV: Industrial and Occupational Health
... Moderator
Robert McConnell, M.D.
Pan American Health Organization, Mexico
... Rapporteur
Robert Scala, Ph.D.
Exxon Biomedical Sciences, Inc., USA
Working Group V: Food, Water, and Waste Disposal
... Moderator
Len Ritter, Ph.D.
Canadian Network of Toxicology Centres, Canada
... Rapporteur
Tania Tavares, Ph.D.
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Working Group VI: Techniques for Improved Surveillance and Monitoring of Lead Exposure
... Moderator
Henry Falk, M.D.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
... Rapporteur
Howard Frumkin, M.D.
Rollins School of Public Health of the Emory School, USA
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The Institute of Medicine and the National Institute of Public Health wish to thank the following organizations for their support of the conference, Lead in the Americas: Strategies for Disease Prevention.
AETNA
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Environmental Defense Fund
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
International Lead Zinc Research Organization, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, Inc.
W. K. Kellogg Foundation Endowment Fund
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
U.S. National Research Council
World Bank
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