Fourth National IPM Symposium


Fourth National IPM
Symposium/Workshop
2003



 Session: IPM Evaluation and Impact Assessment
Thursday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Organizer(s):
Esther Day
Thomas Greitens


The following presentations are in this session:

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Measuring the Public Health Risks of Pesticide Use David Pimentel
    More research is needed concerning the public health risks of pesticide use in pest management. During the past decade the number of non-fatal human pesticide poisonings in the United States increased from 67,000 to 110,000 with about 25 accidental deaths per year. The number of cases of cancer associated with pesticides are estimated to be about 10,000 cases per year. Worldwide the increased use of pesticides is now reported to result in 26 million cases of pesticide poisoning with an estimated 220,000 deaths per year. There are an estimated 750,000 cases of chronic illness reported every year.



1:20 PM - 1:40 PM Health Risks II Bob Krieger
    (Please note that this is not an abstract. Rather, this is a brief summary of notes taken during Bob’s presentation. We apologize for any inadvertent omissions or errors in meaning or attribution.)

    Bob identified several sources of information about pesticides that IPM practitioners can use to evaluate health risks from pesticide applications. These include pesticide use reports, worker health data and market based surveys. Because of the availability of data, IPM researchers can take a crop oriented look at health and collect health data along with pesticide use data. Overall, worker exposure to pesticides is much greater than consumer exposure. Despite this fact, consumer risk is often the focus of health assessments.




1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Health Risks III Paul Ruther
    (Please note that this is not an abstract. Rather, this is a brief summary of notes taken during Paul’s presentation. We apologize for any inadvertent omissions or errors in meaning or attribution.)

    Paul gave examples showing how IPM programs in schools reduce health risks. These stories reveal that without IPM programs in schools more school children would experience various illnesses from pesticide use. Paul stressed that more of these types of stories should collected and made available to the public. He stated that one report, Unthinkable Risks, is already available. This report examines the exposure of children to pesticides and the development of chemical sensitivities.




2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Health Risks Panel Discussion all speakers [Download Presentation/Summary ]


2:45 PM - 4:45 PM Roundtable Discussion Harold Coble and Eldon Ortman [Download Presentation/Summary ]


4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Conclusions and Wrap Up: Where We Were and Where We Need to Go Harold Coble