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The Eugene Kenaga International DDT Conference on Environment and Health
The DDT Conference will feature professors and doctors from around the country and abroad as an open discussion of the Pros and Cons of DDT use. The conference will be held in Alma, MI. on March. 14 and is sponsored by Alma College and the Pine River CAG, an activism group from the Pine River Superfund Site in neighboring St. Louis, MI.
The one-day event will feature morning and evening panels, lunch and a short trip out to the Pine River site. Discussion will range from effects of DDT on humans and the environment, as well as its uses in combating Malaria and other insect-borne disease. Sign-up will be required, and there will be an online registration on the Official Alma DDT Conference Page by December.
Eugene Kenaga
The Conference will honor Eugene Kenaga, a long time member of the Pine River CAG who passed away recently. During World War II, Dr. Kenaga served as an officer in a malariology unit in the Pacific Theater, using DDT. For forty-two years he was a research scientists with the Dow Chemical Company, for many years in charge of their entomological research. In 1968 he served on a three-member blue ribbon pesticide advisory panel for Michigan Governor Geirge Romney, that restricted use of DDT in the state. After the formation of EPA, he served a a variety of EPA advisory panels. He was one of the founders of the International Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).
List of Accepted Participants
Riana Bornman, M.D., Ph.D.;
- Division Head, Department of Urology
- School of Medicine
- University of Pretoria
- Pretoria, South Africa
Professor Bornman's research focuses on male reproductive health and effects of "disruptive chemicals" such as DDT. She and professor de Jager will be flown to Michigan all the way from South Africa for the event by the Pine River CAG and Alma.
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Aimin Chen, M.D., Ph.D.;
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- School of Medicine
- Creighton University
- Omaha, NE
Professor Chen focuses on the health risks and benefits of chemicals such as DDT, and has studied the effects harmful material like lead, DDT and diseases like malaria have on infants.
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Barbara Cohn, Ph.D.;
- Director, Child Health and Development Studies
- Center for Research on Women's and Children's Health
- Public Health Institute
- University of California-Berkeley
- Berkeley, CA
Doctor Cohn studies the effects of DDT on developing fetuses and the link between DDT and breast cancer.
DDT and Breast Cancer Downloadable audio of Dr. Cohn's interview on Living on Earth - 10/05/07
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Amy Dailey, Ph.D.;
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- College of Public Health and Health Professions
- University of Florida
- Gainsville, FL
Amy is native of Alma, working her way from Alma College to the Yale school of law. She now lives and works in Florida. She has studied methods of social epidemiology and women's health.
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Tiaan de Jager, Ph.D.;
- Professor of Public Health
- School of Health Systems and Public Health
- School of Medicine
- University of Pretoria
- Pretoria, South Africa
"DDT is dangerous, warns expert" An article on professor de Jager's research revealing the effects DDT could have on the human reproductive system, including low sperm count in men. -Pretoria News, 3/04/04
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Brenda Eskenazi, Ph.D.;
- Professor of Maternal and Child Health
- Director of the Center for Children's Environmental Health Research
- School of Public Health
- University of California-Berkeley
- Berkeley, CA
Professor Eskenazi has studied effects of DDT exposure on the female uterus as well as the neurological effects of exposure. Her recent six-year study tracks brain development of children born to farm laborers in California's Monterey County who work with organophosphate pesticides, the most widely used pesticide today.
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Suzanne Snedeker, Ph.D.;
- Associate Director of Translational Research
- Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors
- Sprecher Institute for Comparative Cancer Research
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- Cornell University
- Ithaca, NY
Professor Snedeker has studied exposure impacts on both humans and animals.
- Long-Hidden Dangers? WaPo article featuring professor Snedeker and her concerns about DDT -[www.washingtonpost.com] 10/09/07
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-25.771528, 28.232975, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Riana Bornman and Tiaan de Jager
41.265641, -95.947992, Creighton University Aimin Chen
37.872397, -122.26623, University of California Berkeley
Barbara Cohn and Brenda Eskenazi
29.647449, -82.339392, University of Florida
Amy Dailey
42.447576, -76.476089, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Suzanne Snedeker
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Map of the accepted participants
Official Alma DDT Conference Page
