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The June 21, 1996 Ad Hoc Discussion Group meeting drew over 40 participants from around NYS. The participants expanded their knowledge in severa important areas and discussed BCERF's current work and direction.
Maria Schymura, Director of the NYS Department of Health (DOH) Cancer Registry, provided the group with inormation about the structure, strengths and limitations of the Registry. She distributed data on breast cancer incidence and mortality rates, and offered guildelines for interpretation of these data.
Betsy Lewis-Michl, of the NYS-DOH Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, gave an update on the mortality and cancer incidence study of HYS farm women (see Ribbon issue Vol 1. Iss. 2.) This study responds to a need identified by the Ad Hoc discussion Group.
Bill Smith, of the Cornell Pesticide Management Education Program, provided an update on the development of pesticide-use database software, done in consultation with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). He also discussed California's Full-Use Reporting System, and a lively debate followed on feasiblity, cost and usefulness for health research of this kind of system.
BCERF staff presented examples of recent accomplishments and sought the group's feedback in these areas. Suzanne Snedecker gave a demonstration of BCERF's World Wide Web page. She and Carol Devine then turned to the group for a review/critique of the first two BCERF Fact Sheets. The group responded positively to the fact sheets, offering many useful suggestions.
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