Tenth
Annual Francis S. Sterrett Environmental Chemistry Symposium
"NPS Pollution - What's In Your Sump?"
Members of the committee:
Harold Berger Retired
NYSDEC Region 1 Director
Barbara Hillery
SUNY/Old Westbury (Chair)
Neil Jespersen
St. John’s University
Bruce Lister
Nassau County Board of Health
David Lloyd
Hofstra University
Frank Romano
Agilent Technologies
Tim Strout
Jericho High School
Lori Zaikowski
Dowling College
The Environmental Committee hosted the Tenth Annual Francis S. Sterrett
Environmental Chemistry Symposium on May 25, 2006, dedicated to presenting
the public with up-to-date, factual scientific information on environmental
topics. The committee met approximately monthly (from October
2005 to May 2006) to plan and organize the symposium. The event was
held at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY with the theme
NPS POLLUTION ? WHAT’S IN YOUR SUMP?
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SYMPOSIUM
John T. Tanacredi, Ph.D.
Dept. of Earth and Marine Sciences, Dowling
College, Oakdale, NY
"Challenges
of Ecosystem Restoration Practices in an Urban Estuary: Perpetuating
Myths of Degradation in Spite of the Facts."
Kimberly Rancourt
Program Implementation Specialist, South
Shore Estuary Reserve Office, Freeport, NY
"Non-point
Source Pollution in the South Shore Estuary Reserve."
Robert J. Turner, Ph.D.
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science,
Long Island University, Brookville, NY
"Investigations
of the Acute Effects of Mosquito Spraying on Water Quality, Fish,
and Shrimp in the Salt Marshes of Suffolk County, NY."
Bruce J. Brownawell and Mark J. Benotti
Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony
Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
"Occurrence and
Fate of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Impacted Environments."
David Ackman, M.D., M.P.H.
Nassau County Commissioner of Health Nassau
County Health Department, Mineola, NY
"Public Health and Pollution: Balancing Science, Costs, and Public Concerns to Create Policy."
By
all standards the event was successful. Speakers were excellent
and comments by attendees were universally positive. Approximately
70
people attended the environmental conference. Unlike most LIACS
events, there was a charge for attendance at the Sterrett Symposium, twenty-five
dollars for ACS members and thirty-five dollars for non-members, helping
to defray hospitality costs. In addition, an allocation from the
New York section helped to cover the mailing costs for this event.
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(Left Photo).....Dr. John Tanacredi leads off the day.
(Right Photo).....Symposium speakers included (from left to right): .....Dr. Bruce Brownawell, Dr. Robert Turner, Ms. Kimberly Rancourt, and Dr. David Ackman.