22nd National
Pesticide Forum to be held April 2-4 at UC Berkeley, Details Online
(Beyond Pesticides, February 27, 2004)
The 22nd National Pesticide Forum, Unite for Change: New Approaches
to Pesticides and Environmental Health, will be held April 2-4 at the
University of California, Berkeley. Featured speakers include: Howard
Lyman, author of Mad Cowboy who was sued after an appearance
on the Oprah Winfrey Show; Sandra Steingraber, author of Living
Downstream and Having Faith; Tyrone Hayes, UC Berkeley
biologist that linked atrazine exposure to hermaphroditic frogs; Warren
Porter, University of Wisconsin zoologist currently studying the impact
of lawn chemicals on aggression and the immune system; and, Ignacio
Chapela, UC Berkeley microbial ecologist who discovered GE corn may
have contaminated the last reserve of biodiverse maize. Click
here for a growing list of speakers.
This national environmental conference, convened by Beyond Pesticides, Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR), Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Society and Environment Division of UC Berkeley’s Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, will be held at UC Berkeley’s Clark Kerr Conference Center.
Topics to be covered include: emerging pesticide science, successful grassroots campaigns, corporate accountability, genetic engineering, pesticides in schools, sustainable food systems, uniting labor and public campaigns, pesticides and asthma, West Nile virus, stopping pesticide drift, messaging, litigation for change, pesticide body burden monitoring, alternatives for the home and garden, international issues and much, much more. For more information visit the National Pesticide Forum webpage.
Register here by March 26th to avoid the $20 late fee.