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2008 EMS Meeting in Puerto
Rico
Oct 18-22, 2008
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here for more Info!
GETA typically holds 3 meetings per year: a
dinner meeting in the winter, an all-day symposium in the spring/summer,
and a half-day symposium in the fall. Poster presentations are included
once per year either in the spring or fall meeting.
GETA
Late Spring / Early Summer Symposium
Thursday June 19,
2008
Registration:
1:00 to 1:30 pm
Symposium: 1:30 to 5:00 pm
Elihu M. Harris State of
California Office Building
Oakland, CA
"Chemicals...Chemicals...
Everywhere!
Evaluating
Potential Exposure to Chemicals
in Consumer Products"
Newspaper headlines appearing on practically
a daily basis are focusing ever greater attention on potential
exposure to chemicals in consumer products, particularly lead
and phthalates in childrens toys and child care products.
GETA is pleased to present this symposium on such a timely topic.
Five distinguished speakers will provide different perspectives
on evaluating potential exposure to chemicals in consumer products,
ranging from toxicology and exposure considerations, to enforcement,
to challenges associated with using science in a legal context.
Speakers:
"Reproductive Toxicity of
Phthalates: from Rodents to Men"
Ling-Hong Li, Ph.D., Staff
Toxicologist
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
"Considerations
for Estimating Exposure to Chemicals in Consumer Products"
Renee
Kalmes, MPSH, CIH
Senior Managing Scientist
Exponent
"Thermo
Scientific NITON Analyzers: Solving Problems with XRF"
Deblyn
Pallela
Geotechnical Services
(Bring in something from
your home or office to be tested for metals using NITONs
XRF analyzer!)
"Consumer
Protection: Toxics in Products"
Gale
Filter, J.D.
Deputy Director, Enforcement and Emergency Response Program
Department of Toxic Substances Control
"Does Science have a Role
in Proposition 65?
To Warn or Not to Warn: The Importance
of Regulatory Guidance"
Eileen Notolli, Ph.D., J.D.
Allen Matkins
Registration Fee
(including refreshments)**:
Full-time Registered Students/Post-Doc:
$15 (includes 1-yr membership)
Non-members: $35 (includes 1-yr membership)
**There is a $10 surcharge for same-day
registration w/o an RSVP
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: THURSDAY, JUNE
12, 2008!
How to register:
RSVP to the GETA Treasurer, Bob Baldwin
Send completed registration and check payable to GETA:
GETA
991-C La Mesa Terrace
Sunnyvale CA 94086-2416
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