2021 Presentations & Videos

15th Annual Conference

The 15th Annual Conference will be virtual this year and held over zoom. It will consist of three, 1-3/4 hour sessions across 3 weeks.

Wednesday, November 10th 10:00 am – 11:45 am

  • Glyphosate Resistant Weeds and the Pesticide Treadmill: From Jog to Sprint
    Nathan Donley, PhD, Environmental Health Science Director, Center for Biological Diversity
  • Chesapeake Bay Program: Toxic Contaminant Workgroup Updates and Priorities
    Greg Allen, Ph.D., Senior Environmental Scientist, EPA Chesapeake Bay Program

Conference Materials and  Recordings

Tuesday, November 30th 10:00 am – 11:45 am

  • PFAS in Pesticides: Threat to Human Health and the Cheapeake Bay Environment
    Kyla Bennett, PhD, JD, Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Director, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
  • Emerging Concerns in Pesticides and their Effects – Metabolites, Degradates and Impurities (PFAS)
    Vicki Blazer, PhD, Research Fisheries Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Safer Disinfectants Tool
    Margie Roswell, Web Developer, Roswell Infographics

Conference Materials and  Recordings

Monday, December 6th 10:00 am – 11:45 am

  • Environmental Justice in Maryland: Update from the Office of the Attorney General
    Hannibal G. William II Kemerer, J.D., Chief Counsel, Legislative Affairs Unit, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland
  • Social Justice for Food and FarmWorkers: Health, COVID-19 and Beyond
    Amy K. Liebman, M.P.H, M.A., Director, Eastern Region Office/Environmental & Occupational Health, Migrant Clinicians Network, and
    Leila Borrero-Krouse, Maryland Organizer, Immigrant Specialist, CATA – The Farmworkers Support Committee

Conference Materials and  Recordings

For more information please contact Bonnie Raindrop, Project Director, at raindrop@mdpestnet.org or at 410-404-3808.

Thanks

to our conference sponsors