Press Release
Cancer & Pesticides Conference
When: October 1996
Where: Patuxent National Wildlife Visitor Center, Laurel, Maryland
Sponsored by: Rachel Carson Council, Inc.
Each scientific article in the proceedings is accompanied by a short summary/explanation in non-technical terms.
This conference brought together scientists from various universities, the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and other organizations to discuss the associations between cancer and pesticides.
Topics presented:
- Keynote Address: Dr. David Pimentel
- Laboratory Methods of Carcinogenicity Determination: Dr. William Lijinsky
- Genetic Predisposition to Cancer: Dr. J. Carl Barrett
- Breast Cancer and Pesticides: Dr. Janette D. Sherman, M.D.
- Animals as Sentinels of Pesticide Carcinogenicity: Dr. John Reif
- Lunch Break Workshop: Dr. Muriel Lippman
- The New EPA Cancer Guidelines: Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
- Pesticide-related Tumors in Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates: Dr. John Harshberger
- Human Epidemiology - A Tool to Study the Relationship Between Pesticides and Cancer: Dr. Mary H. Ward
- Pesticide-related Occupational Cancers: Dr. Marion Moses
- Children, Cancer and Pesticides: Dr. James R. Davis
- Dioxin and its Carcinogenic Effects on Human Health: Dr. Beverly J. Paigen
- Closing Summary and Significance: Dr. Aaron Blair
