One More Reminder About the NTEU280 Membership Meeting - Tomorrow December 3, 2014!

We will be holding our annual general membership meeting on Wednesday December 3^rd, 2014 at 11:30am-12:30pm at NTEU 280 Office, 3376  East. 

 

The meeting agenda will be:

1-    Welcome and introductions

2-    Membership report

3-    Financial report

4-    Update on the CBA negotiations

5-    Committees

 

Food and beverages will be provided.  Please plan to attend this important meeting. 

 

 

Flu Shots are Available

Please be aware that EPA health units are prepared to administer flu shots to employees.  The hours are: 

Potomac Yard – 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:00–3:30 p.m.

Ronald Reagan Building –   08:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Did You Know...? (Helpful Hint)

That you can check to see what jobs are open at EPA on the Agency website?  See http://www.epa.gov/careers/openings.html.  You can even subscribe to receive updates as jobs are posted! 

5th Annual People's Conference on Fluoride

The 5th Annual People's Conference on Fluoride, which will be held at the Crystal City Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, on Sept. 5 - 8. Information about the conference and a detailed agenda are available at http://fluoridealert.org/content/the-5th-citizens-conference-on-fluoride/. 

Recent research on developmental neurotoxicity will be featured in the science portion of the Conference. Professor Quangyong Xiang from Fudan University (formerly Shanghai Medical University) will present his research findings that showed a decrement in children's IQ as a function of fluoride exposure. 

Dr. William Hirzy, former Senior Scientist in the Risk Assessment Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances, will discuss a risk assessment for developmental neurotoxicity based on the work of Professor Xiang and other research groups that was published by Choi et al. in Environmental Health Perspectives in 2012.  (Dr. Hirzy, a long time member of NTEU280, held various elected offices with our chapter during his career.)

There will also be a law panel which will discuss the legal implications in the United States and Canada for tort and regulatory actions that flow from recent research findings, including the 2006 National Research Council Report on Fluoride Toxicity.

 

For more information, members may contact Dr. William Hirzy. 

 

In Memory of our EPA Colleague, Adrian W. Burns

It is great sadness that we report that our EPA colleague, Adrian W. Burns, passed away on Sunday, July 27, 2014. 

 

Adrian was a widely respected Chemist at the OPP/BEAD/ Analytical Chemistry Branch (ACB) Laboratory and a longtime member of NTEU280.  Adrian began his government career at the USDA and came into the EPA at the agency’s inception in 1970.  He spent his career in OPP analyzing pesticides for product chemistry. 

 

Adrian was very active in both AOAC International and CIPAC (Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council).  Adrian served multiple terms as the AOAC International Chair of Committee A: Pesticide and Disinfectant Formulations and also multiple terms as a member of the AOAC Official Methods Board. Adrian also served on the Board for the AOAC Research Institute. His awards included, Committee Chair of the Year, and the AOAC Fellow Award and he also served as the US representative to CIPAC.