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in Attendance: Mastura Raheel (Illinois), Janis Stone(Iowa),
Anugrah Shaw (Maryland), Ann Slocum (Michigan), Charlotte Coffman
(New York) and Donna Branson (Oklahoma) |
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Absent: Margaret Rucker (California), Kay Obendorf (New
York), Joan Laughlin(Nebraska, Administrative Advisor) |
| Guests:
Ajoy K. Sarkar (Colorado), Susan Ashdown (New York),
SeshadriÊ R. Ramkumar (Texas) These guests all expressed a wish
to join in the new multi-state project being planned.
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Adopted Agenda:
- Call to Order,
Announcements, Agenda
- Introduction
& Review of Research Interests
- Discussion
of New Project
Objectives
- Objective Group
Meetings
- Final Review
of Plans and Timeline
- Vote Regarding
September 13-14, 2001 Meeting
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1. Dr. Raheel called the meeting to order and welcomed Dr.
Susan Ashdown, Dr. Sarkar and Dr. Ramkumar to their first
meeting with the group.
2. Members shared their research interests, expertise, and
equipment available with regard to the multi-state project
proposed.
3.Dr. Raheel reported that the new multi-state project,Ê "Mediating
Exposure to Environmental Hazards Through Textile Systems
2002-2007," must include detailed methods.
She indicated that we must justify why the multi-state approach
is needed as opposed to states working individually. It must
include procedures to achieve output, the outcomes
expected, and plans for communication to and education
of stakeholders.Ê She suggested that the objectives proposed
in September 2000, might require clarification.
Further, Dr. Raheel announced and specified timeline goals
for the meeting. She asked that weÊ complete as much as possible
during the meeting. However, she pointed out that we should
be prepared to do further work afterward via e-mail so that
a completed proposal draft can be circulated online to members
by March 30, 2001.
She anticipated input from all members at that point so
that a final proposal draft could be finished by May 30,
2001. She said this is important because many people are
away for the summer and a polished project proposal should
be ready by the Sept. 13-14, 2001 meeting.
4. Dr. Stone asked about page limits for the proposal. Dr.
Slocum referred to the published guidelines for proposal development
which showed a total page limit of 15 pages, excluding appendices.
5. Dr. Slocum asked if we had agreed
on which priorities of USDA we were going to work. under.
She suggested two:
- Integrated Pest Management -
Reduce reliance on pesticides and the risk of human, animal
and environmental exposure to pesticides.
- Social Change and Development
- Extend communication strategies and technologies that
insure opportunities for lifelong learning among all rural
and urban residents.
- Determine barriers to use of
appropriate technologies and increase the adoption of environmentally,
socially and economically sustainable agricultural and community
practices.
- Identify factors affecting consumer
demand for items that would improve human well being.
Dr. Raheel proposed a third:
- Natural Resources & Environment
- Understand & identify factors that influence human
health.
- The consensus of the group was that these were appropriate
and could be worked into the final proposal draft.
6. Dr. Raheel led the discussion of the review of tentative
objectives previously proposed for the new multi-state project:
- Define human factors criteria for improving product development
with enhanced performance (sun exposure).
- Study best strategies for product and practice adoption.
- Develop further standard test methods and performance
specifications for protective clothing materials.
7.Discussion of these objectives by the full group during
the course of the meeting and during individual objective
group meetings led to the clarification and restatement of
the objectives. Activities related to each objective require
the cooperative work of the member states, with each contributing
based on their strongest expertise, resources, and testing
equipment available.
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Objective 1: To improve protection and human factor performance of PPE through
productÊ development.Ê IA, CO, MI, NY, NY (Ashdown), OK,
TX
Both sun and pesticide protection issues were discussed and
three aspects of this objective (protection, human factors,
and product development) were identified. The anticipated
contributions of group members were noted.Ê Survey work to
investigate consumer use and behavior related to sun protective
materials was discussed in relation to current investigations
and previous work. The reference list recently posted on the
NC-170 site under sun protection will serve as the basis for
cooperative investigations into factors affecting UPF (Ultraviolet
Protective Factor) and barriers to adoption of sun protective
behaviors among at risk clientele.
Protection:ÊÊ States will work together to enhance the
quality of the data-base that has been developed during the
current project so that it will include UPF and Clo (a measure
of insulative values).Ê Institutions and states with the equipment
available (CO and OK, respectively) to make these determinations
will measure the values for all other materials used in design
or protection evaluations at other states. The importance
of documenting the UPF of fabrics currently being promoted
for sun protection was noted. CO, with its Labsphere equipment,
will be uniquely able to complement the work at other stations
through determination of the UPF values of fabrics developed
and/or treated in various ways under Objectives 2 and 3.Ê
The multi-state group will study sun exposure in various sport
(ski) or work (lawn care) situations using commercially available
dosimeters following leadership from MI. Data assessing use
of web-site information on sun protection forÊ youth will
be analyzed in MI.
The body scanning technology in NY
will be used to assess the effect of body position or stance
on efficacy of designs in preventing UV (ultraviolet) exposure
for headgear and visors developed by cooperating states (IA,
NY, OK.) Coverall design will be evaluated not only for comfort
(see human factors below) but also for its protection from
pesticides through assessment of pesticide deposition during
field studies.Ê The facilities in the Diagnostic Laboratory
of the College of Veterinary Medicine at IA will be capable
of the pesticide assessment.
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Human factors: Comfort will
be assessed through measurement of fabric hand and Clo value
by TX and OK respectively, as these institutions will have equipment
to make these determinations. They will add hand and Clo values
to the NC-170 fabric set for the statistical model to be used
under Objective 3. Fit analysis of coveralls and headgear using
the body scanner available only in NY will enhance the understanding
of fit and comfort.
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Product development:Ê Improved
functional designs in both coveralls and headgear will be proposed
through cooperative work among researchersÊ in IA, OK, TX and
NY. Nonwoven substrates will be prepared in TX to provide better
chemical, biological, and UV protection. UV protection will
involve using advanced chemical finishing technologies (to be
investigated in CO); these materials will be used in garment
designs to be developed and tested in the other states.Ê (Perceptions
of barrier effectiveness and design acceptability will be studied
under Objective 2.)
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Objective 2: To examine acceptance and barriers to acceptance
for PPE product and practice adoption. IA, CA, MI, OK, NY (Coffman).
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Under this objective, researchers will focus on developing
research-based information that will have immediate application
in Extension and outreach education. The multi-state organization
will enhance investigations of PPE for wild-land fire-fighting,
of concern in many states, but particularly in CA and OK,
of PPE for sports and work activities that involve sun exposure
and various hazards, and acceptance of coveralls necessary
for protection from pesticides. Under this objective, further
additions to the NC-170 web site will provide outreach to
other researchers and consumers so that the impact of this
work can be demonstrated internationally.
Both PPE and engineering controls are important for pesticide
applicator safety; therefore NY is leading an investigation
to see how the implementation of engineering controls affects
PPE needed and whether label requirements for PPE need modification.Ê
States that can identify user groups having recently implemented
engineering controls will also gather data. As the plan is
to collect data early in the new project, the collaborators
in other states need to be identified in two weeks and names
of persons to be surveyed are needed by May 1.Ê The education
component will be developed during the new multi-state project.
A glove liner study will provide input for public policy
decision makers and the EPA as it considers whether disposable
cotton glove liners should be allowed under a proposed revision
of the Worker Protection Standard for Agriculture.Ê
For the glove liner study, instruments previously developed
in OK will be used to assess comfort. The level of contamination
in liners will be determined in IA for gloves worn by pesticide
applicators in NY and IA and perhaps other participating states.
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Objective 3: To develop standard test methods and performance specifications
for protective clothing materials. CO, IL, MD, NY (Obendorf)
, TX.
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are interested in performance specifications for PPE, including
USDA, DOD, EPA (WPS). No specifications for textile materials
or garment test methods exist.Ê Dr. Shaw cautioned against having
ãStandards Developmentœ as part of the objective because of
associated travel and other costs related to standards development.
Attendance at meetings regarding standards development is essential.
Dr. Ramkumar indicated he would have resources to deal with
these costs to support the fabric hand test method development.
TX will take the lead in working with AATCC to get the "hand"
value index accepted as a standard test method.Ê Dr. Ramkumar
will work with Dr. Charles Kim who is reactivating the AATCC
committee related to this issue. Four labs will conduct tests
(IL, CO, TX, and NY, assuming agreement by Dr. Obendorf) to
verify the method and supply data necessary to standards development.
Dr. Shaw indicated that performance specifications for textile
materials for agricultural pesticide applicators were needed
and members agreedÊ to make this effort a high priority of the
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March 17, 2001, 9 a.m. |
Dr. Slocum raised a question about the organization and governance
of the NC-170 committee for the new proposal because it must
be stated in the proposal if different from that outlined in
the proposal guidelines.Ê We have been accustomed to annual
election of only a Chair and a Secretary.Ê The group agreed
to maintain this arrangement, therefore it will need to be stated
in the new project proposal as an alternate process for leadership.
9. A question was raised about the CRIS search
that must accompany project proposal writing. A set of key
words were proposed to send to Dr. Obendorf who had previously
agreed to conduct the CRIS search.
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A key word list was generated:Ê protective clothing,
UPF, hand, PPE, barrier performance, clothing comfort, human
factors, body fit, sizing and clothing, performance specifications,
textiles, fabric, clothing chemical protection, sun protection,
Ultraviolet protective factor, coveralls, hats, headgear, gloves,
pesticide, herbicide, insecticide, chemical protection, consumer
acceptance, attitudes and perceptions.
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10.Ê Those responsible for various
aspects of the multi-state work and the timeline for the work
was discussed and agreed upon. Objective chairs
will need to write their sections and provide text for Dr. Raheel
and Dr. Rucker, who will write the final draft of the proposal
according to dates previously noted.
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11.Ê Ms. Coffman pointed out that
the NC-170 Web pages had been redesigned so that updating would
be easier. Members were asked to update their list of references.Ê
States must be charged to maintain the site. Ms. Coffman will
calculate a fair distribution of costs and send bills to states
by mid-April or early May.
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12. The group voted to have the Sept.
13-14, 2001 meeting in St. Louis. We will check with our Administrative
Adviser regarding recommended hotels.
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The meeting adjourned at 12:30 p.m.
Responsible
Individual(s):
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Signatures:
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Janis Stone, Secretary
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Joan Laughlin, Administrative Advisor/Date
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Appendix A
NC-170 Committee Members
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Dr. Mastura Raheel
Department of Natural
Resources & Environmental Sciences
239 Bevier Hall
905 South Goodwin
Urbana, IL 61801
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e-mail: m-raheel@uiuc.edu
Tel: 217-333-3055
Fax: 217-244-7877
http://www.aces.uiuc/~nres/faculty/directory/raheel_m.html
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Dr. Kay Obendorf
Charlotte Coffman
Department of Textiles and
Apparel
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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e-mail: sko3@cornell.edu
cwc4@cornell.edu
Tel: 607-255-4719
607-255-2009
Fax: 607-255-1093
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Dr. Janis Finley Stone
Textiles & Clothing
1055 LeBaron Hall
Iowa State University,
Ames, IA50011-1120
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e-mail: Tel. 515-294-6712
Fax 515-294-6364
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~tc-ext/homepage.html
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Dr. Donna Branson
Design, Housing & Merchandising
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078-6142
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e-mail: marieha@okstate.edu
Tel. 405-744-5049
Fax: 405-744-6910
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Dr. Ann C. Slocum
Human Environment and Design
College of Human Ecology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
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e-mail: aslocum@msu.edu
Tel. 517-355-3779
Fax 517-432-1058
http://www.msu.edu/~aslocum/
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Dr. Anugrah Shaw
Dept. of Human Ecology
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD 21853
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e-mail: ashaw@mail.umes.edu
Tel: 410-651-6064
Fax: 410-651-6207
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Dr. Margaret Rucker
Dr. Ning Pan
Dr. Gang Sun
Division of Textiles and Clothing
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
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e-mail: mhrucker@ucdavis.edu
npan@ucdavis.edu
gysun@ucdavis.edu
Tel: 530-752-2018
530-752-6232
530-752-0840
Fax:530-752-7584
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Dr. Susan Ashdown
Department of Textiles and Apparel
Van Rensselaer Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-4401 |
e-mail: spa4@cornell.edu
Tel: 607-255-4719
Fax: 607-255-1093 |
Dr. Seshadri R. Ramkumar
Texas Tech University
International Textile Center
Box 45019
Lubbock, Texas 79409-5019 |
e-mail: s.ramkumar@ttu.edu
Tel: 806-747-3790
Fax: 806-747-3796 |
Dr. Ajoy S. Sarkar
326 Gifford,
Design and Merchandising,
Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, CO
80523 |
e-mail: sarkar@cahs.colostate.edu
Tel: 970-491- 6740
Fax: 970-491-4376 |
