2011 Midwest Environmental Health Policy Summit
January 21-22, 2011
Chicago, Illinois
Meeting Purpose
The 2011 Midwest Environmental Health Policy Summit brought together legislators, regulators, and environmental health experts to discuss a wide-range of environmental health issues facing states in the Midwest. Topics that were examined include environmental health in schools, state public health laboratories, radon’s links to lung cancer, state implementation of a federal renovation and remodeling rule to reduce childhood lead poisoning, and indoor air environments.
Participants
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Legislators
- Representative Will Coursey, Kentucky
- Representative Robyn Gabel, Illinois
- Representative Brad Jacobsen, Michigan
- Senator Frank Lasee, Wisconsin
- Representative Kim Norton, Minnesota
- Representative Mara Candelaria Reardon, Indiana
- Representative David Sater, Missouri
- Senator Heather Steans, Illinois
NCSL Staff
- Doug Farquhar, National Conference of State Legislatures
- Scott Hendrick, National Conference of State Legislatures
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Others
- Vivian J. Anderson, Illinois Deptartment of Public Health
- William J. Angell, University of Minnesota
- Patrick Atagi, American Chemistry Council
- Joanne M. Bartkus, Minnesota Department of Health
- Lisa Bruemmer, Minnesota Department of Health
- Eric Cohen, U.S. EPA Region 5
- David W. Culp, Illinois Department of Public Health
- Ed Chu, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Patrick I. Daniels, Illinois Emergency Management Agency
- Maria J. Doa, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- R. William Field, University of Iowa College of Public Health
- Teresa Garate, Illinois Department of Public Health
- Stephanie Mayfield Gibson, Kentucky Department for Public Health
- Ken McCann, Illinois Department of Public Health
- Susan Hedman, U.S. EPA Region 5
- Bernard (Tom) Johnson, Illinois Department of Public Health
- Phil King, U.S. EPA Region 5
- Mardi Klevs, U.S. EPA Region 5
- Cindy Ladage, Illinois Emergency Management Agency
- Megan Weil Latshaw, Association of Public Health Laboratories, Inc.
- Gloria Linnertz, Cancer Survivors Against Radon
- Judith C. Lovchik, Indiana State Department of Health
- Calvin Murphy, American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists - AARST
- Mike Murphy, U.S. EPA Region 5
- David Osterberg, University of Iowa College of Public Health
- Dr. Bonita G Taffe, Michigan Department of Community Health
- James M. Taylor, The Heartland Institute
- Angela Tin, American Lung Association Illinois
- Harold Wimmer, American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest
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Meeting Summary
Friday, January 21, 2011
Welcome, Opening Plenary
Harold Wimmer, American Lung Association
Susan Hedman, EPA Region 5 Administrator (Download Presentation .pdf)
Ed Chu, U.S. EPA Indoor Environments Division Director
Radon in the Midwest
Bill Angell, University of Minnesota Download Presentation .pdf
EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule
Maria Doa, EPA Washington Download Presentation .pdf
Mardi Klevs, EPA Region 5 Download Presentation .pdf
Federal Regulatory Impact on States and Locals
James M. Taylor, Environment & Climate News
Eric Cohen, EPA Region 5
Facilitated Discussion: Federal-State Partnership on Environmental Health
Facilitator: Doug Farquhar, NCSL
Biomonitoring and State Public Health Laboratories
Megan Latshaw, Association of Public Health Laboratories Download Presentation .pdf
Bonita Taffe, Michigan Department of Community Health Download Presentation .pdf
Indoor Air Environments
Angela Tin, American Lung Association Download Presentation .pdf
Mike Murphy, EPA Region 5 Download Presentation .pdf
Phil King, EPA Region 5
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Environmental Health in Schools: PCBs, Radon, Asbestos, Green Cleaning Initiatives and Mold
David Osterberg, University of Iowa Download Presentation .pdf
Rep. Kim Norton, Minnesota
Pat Daniels, Illinois Emergency Management Agency Download Presentation .pdf
Mike Murphy, EPA Region 5
Facilitated Discussion: Meaning of Environmental Health for Midwest States and State Legislatures
Facilitator: Doug Farquhar, National Conference of State Legislatures
Closing Plenary: President’s Cancer Panel Report—Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk
Dr. Bill Field, University of Iowa
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