DSTRTuesday, 12 September 2006

1:00 PM-5:05 PM Moscone Center -- Room 300, Oral
Recovery from and Prevention of Natural Disasters
Characterizing Flood Waters and Flood Sediments Produced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Implications for the Environment, Human Health, and Cleanup
Organizers:Gregory Meeker
Geoffrey S. Plumlee
1:00 PMKatrina/Rita sediment-induced formation of hydroxyl radicals and degradation of RNA
Corey A. Cohn, Christopher Pedigo, Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Martin A. A. Schoonen
1:20 PMGeneration of reactive oxygen species in human airway cells by hurricane Katrina flood deposits
Sanford R. Simon, Elizabeth Roemer, Laurie J. Crawford, Anna Buskanets, Usuke Fukoda
1:50 PMLeachability study of sediments deposited in New Orleans by hurricane Katrina
Jessica L. Jeppson, James F. Ranville, Thomas Wildeman, Steven D. Machemer
2:20 PMImpacts of hurricane Katrina on Louisiana seafood
Chris M. Piehler
2:50 PMIntermission
3:05 PMLong-term natural recovery of heavy metal contamination and biogeochemical regimes of Mississippi Sound sediments post-Katrina
S. Erin O'Reilly, Yoko Furukawa, Jody Bruton
3:35 PMMicrobial community structure in New Orleans flood sediments deposited by hurricanes Katrina and Rita
JoAnn M. Holloway, Ana Lucía Córdova-Kreylos, Kate M. Scow
4:05 PMChemical and microbiological indicators of environmental impacts around New Orleans due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Herbert L Fredrickson, John S. Furey, Mark Dortch, Mansour Zakikhani, Chris Foote, Kim Sung-Chan, Margaret Richmond
4:35 PMPublic health interpretation of the water, sediment, and soil sampling results conducted after hurricane Katrina
Sven E Rodenbeck, Michael Allred

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The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006