Consumer Environmental Issues: Safety, Health, Chemicals and Textiles in the Near Environment

Third International Symposium Proceedings 1997

Sponsored by the USDA-CSRS and The University of Georgia

St. Petersburg, Florida May 7-9, 1997

Edited by: Barbara M. Gatewood Annette M. Lewis Amy C. Robison

Department of Clothing, Textiles, and Interior Design Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 66506

Symposium chair:

Theresa A. Perenich, Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602

CONTENTS

Poster Session

• Exploratory Study of Protective Gloves and Doffing Styles Teresa A. Bellingar and Ann C. Slocum
• Effects of Abrasion on Nonwoven Protective Clothing Fabrics Li Chen and Rinn M. Cloud
• New York Pesticide Handlers' Practices and Perceptions Regarding Personal Protective Equipment Charlotte Coffman
• A Skin Cancer Intervention Program for Youth: Research to Outreach Display Sherri A. Gahring, Karen L. LaBat, and Marilyn R. DeLong
• The Kentucky Agriculture Water Quality Act Linda M. Heaton
• Reusable Ceramic Laundry Discs: Laboratory and Field Evaluations of Their Performance Wanda W. Olson, Barbara W. Liukkonen, Noriko Sakurai, Anthony H. Sin-fione, and Becky L. Yust
• Physiological Response of Skin Temperature after Thermal Stress in a Barrier Protective Suit David D. Pascoe, B. Lewis Slaten, and Timothy A. Loomis
• Waste Watch: Choices for Communities Linda Reece-Alder
• Degradation of Chloroform Using Tio2Treated Fabrics John DeBortoli, Lewis Slaten and German Mills
• Enviromental Orientation, Health Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Lawn Chemicals Ann C. Slocum, Lois C. Shem, and Nfihaela Peteu
• Skin Cancer Awareness and Prevention Among Agricultural Workers Ellen Smoak, Judy Mock, and Ellen Miller
• Key Outcomes From Static Versus Activity-Based Chemical Resistant Glove Extension Exhibits Janis Stone, Brecca Farr and Wendy Wintersteen

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Session 1: Extension Workshop

• Bio-Hazard Protection by Clothing B. Lewis Slaten and David Pascoe
• Hand Protection Bob Krieger
• Respiratory Protection William Newcomb
• In Pursuit of Textiles to Protect Us from the Sun Kathryn L. Hatch

Session 2

• Looking Back to Look Forward Joan Laughlin
• Cost Reduction Through Waste Minimization in a Textile Processing House Chittarangan Desai
• Session 3: Carpet Recycling & Production
• Process for Recycling Vinyl-Backed Carpet Lynn Preston
• DuPont Carpet Reclamation Program Mark Ryan
• The Evergreen Program Joan Reynolds and Graham Scott 
• Post-Consumer Carpet Recycling Edward A. Duffy

Session 3

• Stimulating Interest in Sun Safety with Extension Audiences Janis Stone, Steven Padgitt, and Wendy Wintersteen
• Incidence of Skin Cancer and Sun Safety Practices of Ohio Farmers Joyce A. Smith
• Parent's Sun Protective Practices for Their Preschool Children Kathryn L. Hatch
• Prototype Water-Cooled Glove Liner Donna Branson
• Safer Work in Comfortable Workwear  Ana Kungtek, Maja Andrassy and Dubravko Rogale
• Coveralls for Grass Firefighting Janice Huck
• Pesticide Deposition on Coveralls During Vineyard Applications Charlotte W. Coffman and Richard C. Derksen
• Denim as Pesticide Barrier Effectiveness Theresa Perenich

Session 4

• Use of Fatty Acid Fillers to Enhance the Degradability of Polyethylene Films Barbara M. Gatewood, Ananth lyer, Tae Ook Eom
• Biodegradable Geotextiles for Soil Erosion Control  Billie J. Collier, John R. Collier, Julia L. Thomas, and Maryoud M. Elsunni .
• The Use of Urea/Soy Proteins Fillers in Polyethylene/Poly(Ethylene Acrylic Acid) Films to Enhance Biodegradability Lois E. Hamilton and Barbara M. Gatewood
• Heat-Moisture Degradation of Nonwoven Fabrics for use in Protective Clothing Eugenie M. Ranck, Rinn M. Cloud and Marjorie J. T. Norton
• A Systems Approach to Evaluate Agricultural Mulch Films Maureen Dever, Nancy Fair, Bonnie H. Ownley, and Paris L. Lambdin
• Finding and Predicting Pesticides in Groundwater in North Carolina Jerome B. Weber, Richard A. McLaughlin, Henry F. Wade, and Elizabeth Morey
• Use of Infrared Thermography for Human Physiological Responses to Thermal Stress David D. Pascoe
• Sorption Properties of Three Pesticide Chemicals on Selected Protective 221 Clothing Fabrics Charles J. Kim, Mark L. Failla, John R. Jezorek, and Frank Selman

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