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Bibliographical information and resources is available regarding the risk to children's well-being from environmental contaminants.

Stakeholder Meetings

During the summer and fall of 2001, the UT YEAH Research Group conducted six stakeholder's meetings across the state of Tennessee. The purpose of the stakeholders' meetings was to discuss ways to reduce and balance the risks from pests, pesticides and other chemicals to children in Tennessee, with a focus on reducing risk in schools, childcare facilities and other facilities, such as group homes and homeless shelters, where children spend a considerable amount of time. A full report of these meetings with the evaluation and outcomes is available.

The following outline is a sample agenda along with handouts of the presentations.

Presenters

In addition to the UT YEAH Team Members, the research group is grateful to the following professionals who contributed their time and expertise:

  • Cheri Coldwaite, Environmental Termite & Pest Control (Knoxville)
  • Thomas Hatfield, Nashville Metro Schools (Nashville)
  • Jim Stevens, Cooks Pest Control (Jackson)
  • Joey Webb and Marcus Smith, Safeway (Jonesborough)
  • Dewey Scarborough, Foothills Pest Control (Chattanooga)
  • Bill Spitznas and Ed Thompson, Memphis City Schools (Memphis)
  • Dr. Cathy Hagmann, Asst. Professor, University of Tennessee College of Human Ecology Department of Health and Safety Science (Knoxville)

Agenda

Introduction

Part 1: Overview of the Issues

Break

Part 2: What's Next?

Adjourn

Funding

Funding for the stakeholder meetings was provided by the University of Tennessee Environment and Natural Resources Research Council (ENR-RC) and the University of Tennessee Waste Management Research and Education Institute, a Tennessee Center of Excellence and a division of the University of Tennessee Energy, Environment and Resources Center. Supplemental funding was provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Region 4 Children's Environmental Health Outreach and Education Initiative, through the partnership of U.S. EPA and the United States Department of Agriculture's Cooperative, State Research, Education and Extension Services.

In 2004, the USDA, Southern Region IPM Program (http://www.sripmc.org) awarded the UT YEAH team a two-year grant to further IPM outreach in child-serving facilities in Tennessee. Objectives were to (1) train school purchasing officers to understand IPM and develop their own bid specifications; (2) train Extension agents and Childcare Resource Center personnel to provide IPM workshops to childcare workers using the train-the-trainer method as is done with Master Gardeners; and (3) develop a state award/recognition system and IPM continuum to acknowledge child-serving facilities that reduce pesticide risks and to market IPM in such facilities.