[Plantsci] FW: Reminder of today's SWES Colloquium

[Lambert, Georgina M - (glambert)]

From: swes_announcements-request at list.arizona.edu [mailto:swes_announcements-request at list.arizona.edu] On Behalf Of Haley, Wendy R - (wrhaley)
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Subject: [swes_announcements] Reminder of today's SWES Colloquium

[cid:image001.jpg at 01D06AC0.527BBB10]SWES Colloquium Series 2014-2015
Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science

"Linking Exposure & Translational Science: A Community-Engaged Project near a Legacy Mine"
Across the arid Southwest, there are thousands of inactive and abandoned mines, with approximately 80,000 sites in Arizona alone. Mine tailings and smelter ash at these sites can be resuspended by wind and blown for hundreds of miles, and may be an important source of metal exposure in rural communities. Located in Northern Arizona, the Iron King Mine and Humboldt Smelter Superfund Site has soil concentrations of arsenic and lead reaching 12,000 and 10,400 mg/kg respectively. The goal of the Metals Exposure Study in Homes was to assess exposures and potential exposure pathways in children living within 5 miles of the site, paving the way for follow-up epidemiological studies. Children in this community have higher arsenic exposures than the general US population, and these exposures are associated with arsenic concentrations in their yard soil, house dust, and tap water. Children in this community did not have elevated lead exposures. Study results were reported to participants using a tailored community-engagement process. Given the importance of early-life arsenic exposures on long-term adverse health outcomes, more studies are needed to understand the contributions of multiple exposure pathways so that more targeted interventions can be designed specifically for children.
Paloma Beamer, PhD
Associate Professor
Environmental Health Sciences
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
  Monday, March 30, 2015 -- 3:00pm

Marley 230
Refreshments at 2:45

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Wendy Haley [Description: cid:image001.gif at 01CA6DB7.EDA31090]
Administrative Associate
Department of Soil, Water & Environmental Science
Shantz 429 / 1177 E. Fourth Street
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ  85721-0038
520-621-7228

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