12th Pesticides & the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project Conference

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM 

Pearlstone Conference Center, 5425 Mt. Gilead Rd., Reisterstown, MD 21136

Please plan to join us for our 12th Annual Conference when we will bring together project participants and people committed to Chesapeake Bay watershed restoration.

Our meeting will focus on cutting-edge research about the impacts of organophosphate pesticides on children and the Bay watershed, the relationship between pesticides and climate change, and pesticide impacts on pollinators.

Presenters:

Keynote: Learning from the Struggles of Science Policy to Protect Public Health

Devon Payne-Sturgis, DrPH, is an Assistant Professor of Applied Environmental Health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Her expertise is in children’s environmental health, risk assessment and environmental health policy. She previously was with US EPA, managing a portfolio that included research on the effects of organophosphate pesticides, such as chlorpyrifos, on children’s health. 

Pesticides and Climate Change

Robert Musil, PhD, MPH, is President and CEO of the Rachel Carson Council, and from 1992-2004 was the longest-serving executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility. He will speak on pesticides and climate change, which is a focus of the Council. 

Impact of Pesticides on the Bay Watershed

Doug Myers is Maryland Senior Scientist for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. He will discuss the state of pesticides and the Bay watershed. He holds an MS in Environmental Science.

Impacts of Pesticides on Pollinators

Josephine Johnson, PhD, is a honeybee research scientist and teaches various environmental science courses at Stevenson University and Maryland Institute College of Art. She will discuss the impacts of pesticides on pollinators.

Greg Allen, PhD, Environmental Scientist for the EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP), will be our moderator for the day and will update us on the Chesapeake Bay Program.

Registration:

Discount by 9/25: $25

After 9/25: $35

Registration closes October 9

Due to increasing per person costs for this day-long conference, we are instituting a registration fee to help defray our per person costs. 

An organic breakfast, lunch & snacks will be served at no additional charge. (Pearlstone Conference Center does not allow outside food and drink to be brought inside).

Refer a Colleague

You are invited to forward your invitation to a colleague who may want to attend.

Questions?

Call Robert SanGeorge, project director, 240-994-3082 or mdpestnet@aol.com

Reserve your place at the conference today!

Seating is limited — there has been a waiting list for the last few years.

 $25 by 9/25; $35 after 9/25

includes organic breakfast, lunch and snacks

Contact

Ruth Berlin
Maryland Pesticide Education Network
410-849-3909
mdpestnet@aol.com

TO REGISTER