BEACHNET==> Abstract Submission deadline for IAGLR 2008 EXTENDED UNTIL FRIDAY, JAN 18

[Sonia Joseph <Sonia.Joseph@noaa.gov>]

Just a reminder, there will be a session on "Human health risks 
associated with recreational activities and drinking water quality" at 
the 2008 IAGLR Conference. The DEADLINE TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT to the 
Great Lakes and Human Health session is FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2008!  
Please visit http://www.iaglr.org/conference/callpapers.php  for 
information on submitting an abstract to the session.

Please note that all abstracts must be submitted via the IAGLR Abstract 
Submission Center, and authors will be notified of the general 
acceptance of their abstract by* January 30, 2008.   *You will have 
until *February 1 *to edit abstracts, and will be notified of the date 
and time of their presentation by mid March.

Session 18. Human health risks associated with recreational activities 
and drinking water quality
With over 600 recreational beaches in the Basin and over 40 million 
Americans and Canadians relying on the waters of the Great Lakes as 
their primary source of drinking water, understanding and predicting 
human health risks associated with exposure or consumption of 
contaminated water requires an integrated multidisciplinary scientific 
approach. Ecosystem forecasting can mediate this problem by enabling 
beach managers, water quality experts, public health policy makers to 
provide the public with accurate predictions of when and where 
waterborne microbial pathogens and toxins could affect human health. 
This session will bring together researchers developing tools to predict 
and reduce human health impacts associated with beach contamination, 
harmful algal blooms, and drinking water quality in the Great Lakes.


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Sonia Joseph
Michigan Sea Grant Outreach Coordinator
Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH)
 NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
(734) 741-2283
(734) 741-2055 (fax)

www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Centers/HumanHealth

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