Agenda: 2nd Citizens' Conference on Fluoride

Conference Agenda:

2nd Citizens' Conference on Fluoride
St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York 13617
Friday, July 28 - Monday, August 1, 2006

Sponsored by
Fluoride Action Network

FRIDAY - July 28

1:00 - 11 pm Registration
new: Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm (Campus Parking Lot A)

5 - 7:30 pm Dinner

8 - 11 pm
Get Together
new: Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm (Campus Parking Lot A)

SATURDAY - July 29.
All presentations in Hepburn Auditorium, 3rd floor.

7:30 - 8:45 Breakfast

9 - 9:15 Conference Overview Paul Connett, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, St. Lawrence University

9:15 - 10:15 Fluoride and the Endocrine System Kathleen M. Thiessen, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Center for Risk Analysis
SENES Oak Ridge Inc.
Oak Ridge, Tenn.

10:15-11:15 Fluoride and the Brain: Part 1 Robert L. Isaacson, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology
State University of New York, Binghamton

11:15 - Noon Fluoride & Osteosarcoma:
The Bassin/Douglass Studies Chris Neurath,
FAN Researcher

Noon - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 Fluoride and the Brain: Part 2 Robert L. Isaacson, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology
State University of New York, Binghamton

2:15 - 3:00 Q & A Session:
Fluoride's Impact on Endocrine & Nervous Systems Kathleen M. Thiessen, Ph.D.
Jennifer Luke, DDS, Ph.D.
Robert L. Isaacson, Ph.D.

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00
Ending the Stalemate on Water Fluoridation?

Donald R. Taves, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

4:00 - 4:45
Why We're Opposed to Fluoridation:
Dentists Speak Out

David Kennedy DDS, Bill Osmunson DDS, Hardy Limeback DDS, PhD, Pentti Nupponen DMD

4:45 - 5:30
Strategies and Tools for Effective Advocacy and Safe Drinking Water Initiatives

Jeff Green,
Executive Director, Citizens for Safe Drinking Water

5:30 - 7:30 Dinner

8 - 9 pm
FAN Auction (Bring something memorable, funny, or otherwise interesting to help raise money for FAN. This was great fun at FAN's last conference.)
Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm

9 - 11pm Informal Discussion
Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm

SUNDAY - July 30.
All presentations in Hepburn Auditorium, 3rd floor.

7:30 - 8:45 Breakfast

9 - 9:15 Opening
Henry Lickers
Biologist and Director of the Akwesasne Environmental Task Force

9:15 - 10 How Fluoride in Drinking Water Damages Teeth of All Ages Hardy Limeback, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Head of Preventive Dentistry
University of Toronto

10 - 12
Review of the NRC Report and Relevance to Fluoridation

Panel discussion chaired by Paul Connett
Panelists: Burgstahler, M. Connett, Isaacson, Limeback, Neurath, Taves, Thiessen

Noon - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 The History of Fluoride Pollution at Akwesasne Henry Lickers
Biologist and Director of the Akwesasne Environmental Task Force

Update on fluoride emissions from a phosphate processing factory in Alberta, Canada Ella Haley, Ph.D.
Athabasca University, Canada

2:15 - 2:45 The Need for a Congressional Investigation of Water Fluoridation Bill Hirzy, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist,
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC

2:45 - 3:00 Break

3:00 - 4:00 Fluoride Exposure from Pesticides:
The Battle Against Sulfuryl Fluoride Michael Connett
Project Director, Fluoride Action Network

4 - 4:30
A review of a recent case of the poisoning of horses in Colorado by fluoridated drinking water

Cathy Justus, owner of poisoned horses, Colorado
Albert Burgstahler, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus and Editor, Fluoride

4:30 - 5 The Fluoride Toxicity Research Collaborative (FTRC):
Fluoride Illness Handbook Deborah Moore, PhD, Executive Dir., Second Look
Aliss Terpstra, RNCP, Research Coordinator, FTRC

5 - 7:30 Dinner

8 - 20 pm And now for something completely different by Dr. Albert Burgstahler ...
Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm

8:20 - 11 pm Informal Discussion
Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm

MONDAY - July 31

7:30 - 8:45 Breakfast

9 - 3:45
8:45 - 9: Bus pick-up: outside the Dana Dining Hall, on Park Street across from the University Book Store

We will depart campus for a day trip to Upper Canada Village in Morrrisburg, Ontario, Canada. This is a charming recreation of a 1860’s village located on the St. Lawrence River. Admission is $17 for an adult.

We will be crossing the border into Canada and a photo ID is necessary, either a drivers’s license or a passport. Lunch is buy-your-own. The reservation-only luncheon will be served at NOON at the Willard's Hotel.

3:45 - 5 Return to St. Lawrence University

5 - 7:30 Dinner

8 - 11 pm Informal Discussion
Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm

TUESDAY - August 1

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast

9 - 10
Depart campus

FRIDAY - July 28
1:00 - 11 pm	Registration new: Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm (Campus Parking Lot A)
5 - 7:30 pm	Dinner
8 - 11 pm	Get Together new: Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm (Campus Parking Lot A)

SATURDAY - July 29. All presentations in Hepburn Auditorium, 3rd floor.
7:30 - 8:45	Breakfast
9 - 9:15	Conference Overview	Paul Connett, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, St. Lawrence University
9:15 - 10:15	Fluoride and the Endocrine System	Kathleen M. Thiessen, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Center for Risk Analysis SENES Oak Ridge Inc. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
10:15-11:15	Fluoride and the Brain: Part 1	Robert L. Isaacson, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor Department of Psychology State University of New York, Binghamton
11:15 - Noon	Fluoride & Osteosarcoma: The Bassin/Douglass Studies	Chris Neurath, FAN Researcher
Noon - 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 2:15	Fluoride and the Brain: Part 2	Robert L. Isaacson, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor Department of Psychology State University of New York, Binghamton
2:15 - 3:00	Q & A Session: Fluoride's Impact on Endocrine & Nervous Systems	Kathleen M. Thiessen, Ph.D. Jennifer Luke, DDS, Ph.D. Robert L. Isaacson, Ph.D.
3:00 - 3:15	Break
3:15 - 4:00	Ending the Stalemate on Water Fluoridation?	Donald R. Taves, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
4:00 - 4:45	Why We're Opposed to Fluoridation: Dentists Speak Out	David Kennedy DDS, Bill Osmunson DDS, Hardy Limeback DDS, PhD, Pentti Nupponen DMD
4:45 - 5:30	Strategies and Tools for Effective Advocacy and Safe Drinking Water Initiatives	Jeff Green, Executive Director, Citizens for Safe Drinking Water
5:30 - 7:30	Dinner
8 - 9 pm	FAN Auction (Bring something memorable, funny, or otherwise interesting to help raise money for FAN. This was great fun at FAN's last conference.) Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm
9 - 11pm	Informal Discussion Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm

SUNDAY - July 30. All presentations in Hepburn Auditorium, 3rd floor.
7:30 - 8:45	Breakfast
9 - 9:15	Opening	Henry Lickers Biologist and Director of the Akwesasne Environmental Task Force
9:15 - 10	How Fluoride in Drinking Water Damages Teeth of All Ages	Hardy Limeback, D.D.S., Ph.D. Associate Professor and Head of Preventive Dentistry University of Toronto
10 - 12	Review of the NRC Report and Relevance to Fluoridation	Panel discussion chaired by Paul Connett Panelists: Burgstahler, M. Connett, Isaacson, Limeback, Neurath, Taves, Thiessen
Noon - 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 2:15	The History of Fluoride Pollution at Akwesasne	Henry Lickers Biologist and Director of the Akwesasne Environmental Task Force
1:30 - 2:15	Update on fluoride emissions from a phosphate processing factory in Alberta, Canada	Ella Haley, Ph.D. Athabasca University, Canada
2:15 - 2:45	The Need for a Congressional Investigation of Water Fluoridation	Bill Hirzy, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC
2:45 - 3:00	Break
3:00 - 4:00	Fluoride Exposure from Pesticides: The Battle Against Sulfuryl Fluoride	Michael Connett Project Director, Fluoride Action Network
4 - 4:30	A review of a recent case of the poisoning of horses in Colorado by fluoridated drinking water	Cathy Justus, owner of poisoned horses, Colorado Albert Burgstahler, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus and Editor, Fluoride
4:30 - 5	The Fluoride Toxicity Research Collaborative (FTRC): Fluoride Illness Handbook	Deborah Moore, PhD, Executive Dir., Second Look Aliss Terpstra, RNCP, Research Coordinator, FTRC
5 - 7:30	Dinner
8 - 20 pm	And now for something completely different by Dr. Albert Burgstahler ... Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm
8:20 - 11 pm	Informal Discussion Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm

MONDAY - July 31
7:30 - 8:45	Breakfast
9 - 3:45	8:45 - 9: Bus pick-up: outside the Dana Dining Hall, on Park Street across from the University Book Store We will depart campus for a day trip to Upper Canada Village in Morrrisburg, Ontario, Canada. This is a charming recreation of a 1860’s village located on the St. Lawrence River. Admission is $17 for an adult. We will be crossing the border into Canada and a photo ID is necessary, either a drivers’s license or a passport. Lunch is buy-your-own. The reservation-only luncheon will be served at NOON at the Willard's Hotel.
3:45 - 5	Return to St. Lawrence University
5 - 7:30	Dinner
8 - 11 pm	Informal Discussion Center for Civic Engagement located between Hullett & Jencks Dorm

TUESDAY - August 1
7:30 - 9:00	Breakfast
9 - 10	Depart campus