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Sponsored by the Cancer Prevention Coalition
Learn more about this controversial health issue from industry,
government officials, independent scientific experts, and consumer
advocates.
The Symposium will include sessions on:
- Irradiation Technologies
- Regulatory History
- Toxicology and Nutrition
- Is Food Irradiation Necessary?
- Public Policy
June 15, 2001
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Pharmacy
833 S. Wood Street
Room 36 (Lower Level)
To register, call (312) 670-2800
SYMPOSIUM ON FOOD IRRADIATION
LOCATION: UIC COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
833 S. WOOD STREET, ROOM 36 (LOWER LEVEL)
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION: 9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
PANEL 1: 9:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Irradiation Technologies
- Michelle Marcotte, Consultant for IBA
Marcotte Consulting, Inc.
31 Shadetree Cr., Ottawa Canada K2E7R3
(613) 727-1469 email: marcotte@magi.com
- Dr. Donal Day
University of Virginia Department of Physics
382 McCormick Rd., P.O. Box 400714, Charlottesville, VA 22904
(804) 924-6566 email: dbd@virginia.edu
- Questions from audience
BREAK - 10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
PANEL 2: 11:00 - 12:00 noon
Regulatory History
- George Pauli
Director, Division of Product Policy, FDA Office of Premarket Approval
200 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20204
(202) 418-3090 email: gpauli@cfsan.fda.gov
- Peter Jenkins, J.D.
Attorney/Policy Analyst
Center for Food Safety
666 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Suite 302, Washington, DC 20002
(202) 547-9359 email: jenkinsbiopolicy@msn.com
- Questions from audience
LUNCH - 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
PANEL 3: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Risks of Irradiated Food: Toxicology and Nutrition
- Dr. Donald Thayer
USDA-Agriculture Research Service
Eastern Regional Research Center
600 East Mermaid Lane
Wyndmoor, PA 19038
(215) 233-6582 email: dthayer@arserrc.gov
- Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
emeritus Professor environmental and occupational medicine
University of Illinois School of Public Health
2121 W. Taylor Street, MC 922, Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 996-2297 email: epstein@uic.edu
- Dr. Vijayalaxmi
University of Texas Health Science Center
7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78284
(210) 567-5576 email: vijay@uthscsa.edu
PANEL 4: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Is Food Irradiation Necessary?
- Jim Bernon, National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals
American Federation of Government Employees
59 Tiny Kingdom Road, Remlap, Alabama 35133
(205) 680-5549
- Dr. Robert Elder
USDA-Agriculture Research Service
Southern Plains Area Research Center
2881 F & B Road, College Station, TX
(979) 260-3755 email: elder@ffsru.tamu.edu
- Questions from audience
PANEL 5: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Public Policy: Moderator Quentin Young, M.D.
- Senator Richard Durbin (response pending)
SD-332 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2152 email: dick@durbin.senate.gov
- Thomas Gauza
Director of Constituent Services and Legal Counsel
Senator Peter Fitzgerald
230 S. Dearborn, #3900
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 886-3506
- Wenonah Hauter
Director, Public Citizen's Energy and Environment Program
215 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20036
(202) 454-5150 email: whauter@citizen.org
- George Pauli
FDA
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