Follow the JHU Center for Water and Health on Twitter! Be sure to tune in Wednesday, October 28th at 9:35 A.M. to "The Environment in Focus" with Tom Pelton.
This interview will be on engineered nanoparticles in Chesapeake Bay water and in the oysters. The program will air on 88.1 FM in Baltimore (WYPR). Interested parties can listen to the interview live or on the website anytime after October 28th.
"The Environment in Focus is a twice-monthly perspective on the issues and people changing Maryland's natural world. There's a story behind every bend of the Chesapeake Bay's 11,684 miles of shoreline, in every abandoned coal mine in the Appalachian Mountains, in every exotic beetle menacing our forests and in every loophole snuck into pollution control laws in Annapolis."
Click here for more information about the program.
The Water Quality Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA Present:
Water Quality: Issues We Cannot Afford To Ignore
Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone
October 28th 2009
Click here to see the flier for the event. IT Sligo Plans Water Quality Workshop with Visiting Fulbright Specialist "IT Sligo hosted a visit from Fulbright Senior Specialist, Dr Thaddeus K. Graczyk, in late August. Associate Professor Graczyk, from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH), Baltimore, US is a leading international expert on Cryptosporidium, which is a continuing problem in Irish drinking water systems. His visit focussed primarily on plans for a joint international workshop entitled ‘Water Quality – Issues We Cannot Afford to Ignore.' This will be jointly hosted by IT Sligo and JHSPH, with sponsorship by the EPA, and will be held in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone on October 28. The chief focus of the meeting will be on current Cryptosporidium research in Ireland."
For more information, click here.
An International Workshop Co-hosted by the Institute of Technology, Sligo and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA and sponsored by the Irish EPA On October 28, a one-day international workshop entitled ‘Water Quality-Issues We Cannot Afford to Ignore’ will be held in Athlone, Ireland. This event will be co-hosted by the Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland and by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and it will be sponsored by the Irish EPA. Three workshop sessions will address three highly topical issues, considered to be environmental pressures on surface water quality impacting on public health, water abstraction and biodiversity. The first session will provide results of new research on environmental sources of Cryptosporidium; this waterborne parasite is responsible for numerous outbreaks of gastroenteritis each year, globally. The second session will deal with zebra mussel problems in drinking water plants and other abstractions, providing an overview of available control strategies for biofouling mussels in an industrial setting and also ways to determine potential impacts of biofouling mussels from intakes to discharges. The final session will be on aquatic invasive species, presenting research on a new shrimp invader to Ireland (Hemimysis anomala) and also various control methods (including biocontrol) for the African pondweed (Lagarosiphon major). Presentations will be provided by internationally recognised Irish, Canadian and American scientists.
Click here to open a .doc file with registration details. 7/07/2009 - Bay pollution called human peril
Bacteria, contaminants reported sickening people as well as fish. "In a report released today, the Annapolis-based environmental group said the incidents of infection and illness among people who swim and wade in the bay's waters warrant greater government action to protect the public from pollution." Click here to read the rest of the article on the Baltimore Sun website. Dr. Thaddeus Graczyk featured in CBF's Annual Health Report
Dr. Graczyk is featured in Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Health Report: "Bad Water 2009: The Impact on Human Health in the Chesapeake Bay Region." Click here to view the full report. "U.S. Department of State Releases Fourth Annual Report to Congress on Water and Sanitation Strategy in Developing Countries"
Click the link above for more information. Dr. Thaddeus Graczyk to Speak at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Press Conference
Dr. Thaddeus Graczyk, Associate Professor, is going to speak at a Chesapeake Bay Foundation press conference called to release a new report on the Chesapeake Bay and human health. The engagement will take place on July 7th in Annapolis, MD. For more information, visit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's website.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009: "Bridging Water With Policy, Engineering, and Public Health"
JHU water experts spoke at SAIS on Wednesday, April 8 at this panel discussion.
Click here for the video of the event.
Press release from Dean Jessica Einhorn about the Year of the Water and why the theme was selected.
Latest Year of Water Events at SAIS, and the electronic version of SAISphere magazine, dedicated to the subject.
JHU Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering's Seminar Series.
Don't miss this upcoming series, beginning again in the fall. For more information, click here. Call for Presenters for the 2009 Virginia Tech Water Research Conference:Water Resources in Changing Climates
Trani Center for Life Sciences
October 15-16, 2009
Monroe Park Campus
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
"We invite you to submit an abstract for inclusion in this upcoming conference. Basic and applied research papers are solicited in all areas related to science, policy, and socio-economic issues of understanding and managing water resources. Researchers from colleges and universities (faculty, graduate and undergraduate students), federal and state agencies, local governments, organizations, consulting firms, and others are invited to present papers." For more information visit: http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/2009conference.html
APHA's Annual Meeting & Exposition: Water and Public Health
137th Annual Meeting & Exposition
Philadelphia, PA
November 7-11, 2009
"The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health specialists. APHA's meeting program addresses current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health." 2009 Water Quality Technology Conference and Exposition (WQTC)
Seattle, Washington
November 15-19, 2009
"The AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference® and Exposition (WQTC) keeps thousands of water quality professionals from across the globe up-to-date with the latest research, regulations, and technological advances for keeping drinking water safe." |
