CONFERENCE - May 25, 1999 - Baltimore, Maryland LARGE-SCALE ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HUMAN HEALTH Co-sponsored by CLF, The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) Description The purpose of the colloquium is to promote the exchange of ideas about the multi-faceted, large-scale animal feeding and processing industry, with particular emphasis on issues of human, animal and environmental health impacts. The desired outcome is to determine current research and research needs in order to preserve environmental integrity, protect human and animal health and minimize occupational health risks. PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
Robert S. Lawrence, MD
Center for a Livable Future Professor and Director
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
THE CURRENT LARGE-SCALE ANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Explanation of the integrated system
Current policies and regulations HEALTH IMPACTS TO WORKERS
Working conditions
Injuries
Respiratory and skin diseases HEALTH IMPACTS TO THE PUBLIC
Antibiotics
Food safety pathogens
Diet DISCUSSION - PART I
Robert S. Lawrence, MD
PRESENTATIONS BY WORKERS IN THE LARGE-SCALE ANIMAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRY.
William C. Baker - Host
President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Delmarva Poultry Justice Alliance
IMPACTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Waterborne
Heavy metals
Nutrients John Groopman, PhD
Chair and Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Thaddeus Graczyk, PhD
Associate Professor, Molecular Microbiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
IMPACTS TO ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE
Animal health and large scale production ECONOMIC IMPACTS
Impact on family farm
Economic justice DISCUSSION AND NEXT STEPS - PART II
Robert S. Lawrence, MD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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