Communicating Pesticide Food Safety Issues to the Public
Carl K. Winter, University of California, Davis
Metabolic Resistance to Herbicides: What we Know and Why it Matters
Todd Gaines, Colorado State University Weeds can evolve resistance to herbicides through enzymatic mechanisms to metabolize and detoxify herbicide molecules. Recent advances have revealed specific genes controlling metabolic resistance such as cytochrome P450s, glutathione-S-transferase, and others, primarily in grasses but…
Incorporating the Benefits of Vegetative Filter Strips into Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Pesticides
Co-Sponsored by Eurofins This webinar is a collection of selected plenary presentations from the recent Workshop on Innovation and Regulation in Agriculture held in Raleigh, North Carolina. Vegetative filter strips (VFS) are widely used by producers to mitigate runoff and…
Innovative Approaches to Exploit Host Plant Metabolites in Malaria Control
Baldwyn Torto, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, South Africa ThSeventeen percent of the global infectious diseases are vector-borne which results in more than 700,000 deaths annually. Malaria ranks highest among these diseases, causing over 400,000 deaths yearly,…
HESI’s Risk Assessment in the 21st Century (RISK21) Framework: Overview and Applications
Michelle R. Embry, Ph.D, Associate Director Environmental Science, Health and Environmental Science Institute The HESI Risk Assessment in the 21st Century (RISK21 project developed an integrated risk assessment framework to enhance efficiency and risk management. This framework is an problem…
Dicamba Off-Target Movement: A Current Update of Field and Lab Observations
Thomas C. Mueller, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Dicamba herbicide use has greatly increased due to the development and widespread adoption of dicamba-tolerant varieties in soybean and cotton in the US. In 2016 and 2017, significant off-target movement of dicamba occurred onto…
EPA Pollinator Protection Activities
Thomas Steeger, US EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, Troy Anderson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln This presentation includes a brief overviews of: Pollinator declines The National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and other Pollinators The EPA pollinator…
Exposure data quality in environmental epidemiology: 2,4-D as a case study
Judy LaKind, LaKind Associates, LLC, Cian O’Mahony, Crème Global & Carol Burns, Burns Consulting In general, evaluations of epidemiology studies focus on the consistency of positive (or negative) associations with a specific outcome (i.e. 2,4-D and non-Hodgkin lymphoma). Checklists and…
Mechanisms of synergism for increased insecticidal action
Jeff Bloomquist, University of Florida Winner of 2017 AGRO International Award for Research in Agrochemicals Dr. Bloomquist is the 2017 winner of the AGRO International Award for Research in Agrochemicals. Read more on his research. Dr. Bloomquist’s presentation will review…
Urbanization and climate change: a recipe for disaster for coastal ecosystem and human health
Geoff Scott, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina Dr. Geoff Scott is a Clinical Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. Results from…