Session: Recovery from and Prevention of Natural Disasters


DSTR		Wednesday, 13 September 2006

8:30 AM-10:30 AM Moscone Center -- Room 300, Oral
Recovery from and Prevention of Natural Disasters
Chemical and Biological Concerns in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Organizer:	George P. Cobb III
Organizer, Presidings:	Geoff Scott John H. Pardue
8:30 AM	25	Chemical and microbiological characteristics of Katrina floodwater and sediment John H. Pardue, KT. Valsaraj, WM. Moe, Louis Thibodeaux
8:50 AM	26	Metal concentrations in soils and sediments following hurricanes Katrina and Rita Michael T. Abel
9:10 AM	27	Chemical quality of soil and sediment samples in post-Katrina New Orleans Jianmin Wang, Craig D. Adams, Emitt C. Witt III, David K. Shaver
9:30 AM	28	Potential for vector-borne diseases in post-Katrina New Orleans and surrounding area Steven M. Presley
9:50 AM	29	Impact of post-Katrina cleanup operations on air quality Raghunathan Ravikrishna, Stephen Mbuligwe, H-W. Lee, John H. Pardue, Kalliat T. Valsaraj
10:10 AM	30	Post-Katrina contaminant levels in sediments and oyster tissues of coastal Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama: A NOAA National Status and Trends program (NS&T) assessment and 20-year retrospective analysis of organochlorines, PAHs and trace elements Gunnar G. Lauenstein, Roger R. Fay, John D. Christensen, Robert A. Warner, Andrew K. Leight

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