AIHA – Wisconsin Section

Topic: “Michael Rosenow – AIHA Local Section Representative:
News from National and Update on Nanomaterial EHS Issues at
Argonne National Laboratory”

Presented by: Michael Rosenow, MPH, CIH, CSP, AIHA Local Section Regional Representative

Michael Rosenow has over 15 years of experience in the EHS field. Currently he serves as the Industrial Hygienist addressing engineered nanomaterial EHS issues for Argonne National Laboratory located outside of Chicago IL. Previously he’s worked in heavy industry for Caterpillar as well as in the electronics industry for Motorola, among
other firms. He’s the AIHA Local Section Regional Representative for nine local sections in the Central Region as well as the Chair of the Nanotechnology Working Group and a Chicago Local Section Past President. Michael earned an MPH from the University of Michigan On Job/ On Campus program, a BS in Environmental Health from Illinois State University and a BA in Biology from Illinois Wesleyan University. He is also a CIH, CSP.

This is the first local section he’s visited during his LSRR term and is very excited to hear any and all feedback from the members.

Date & Time: Thursday, February 16, 2012
4:00 to 5:30 Board Meeting
5:00 to 6:00 Social Hour/ Networking (meet at basement bar)
6:00 to 7:00 Dinner (Italian Buffet)
7:00 to 8:30 Meeting, Program

Location: Delafield Brewhaus
3832 Hillside Drive
Delafield, WI 53018
Phone: 262-646-7821

Directions: Take I-94 and exit on Hwy. 83S (Exit 287) in Delafield. Go 2 blocks and turn left on Hillside Drive. Follow Hillside for 1 mile, going past the theater and Home Depot. Brewhaus is at the top of the hill on the right.

Cost: $30.00 (includes dinner buffet, tax and gratuity)

Reservations: Please register online with your credit card or complete the February 16 2012 Dinner meeting reservation slip and send it with a check payable to WI Section-AIHA. Payment must be received no later than the end of business on Wednesday, February 9th 2012. If you need to cancel your reservation, please contact Steve Strebel at 608-224-6216 by February 10th or your check will not be returned.

UW-Madison is recruiting for an Environmental Health Specialist.  See the full announcement at http://go.wisc.edu/11dnqj for more details.  Application deadline is Nov 23, 2011.

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Topic: Endocrine Disruptors with a Focus on Occupational Exposures

Speaker: Professor Nancy Langston, UW Madison

Nancy Langston is Professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a joint appointment in the Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies. Her work focuses on the environmental history of health and ecology. She is an expert on endocrine disruptors and environmental history. She is also past-president of the American Society for Environmental History, and current editor of Environmental History, the world’s leading scholarly journal in environmental history.

She is the author of Toxic Bodies: Hormone Disruptors and the Legacy of DES. In this book Professor Langston explores why our environment has become saturated with synthetic chemicals that disrupt hormones, and asks what we can do to protect human and environmental health. Since World War II, these chemicals have penetrated into every aspect of our bodies and ecosystems, yet our government has largely failed to regulate them.

Toxic Bodies shows that the industry and the federal government knew as early as the 1940s that these chemicals caused cancer and disrupted sexual development. Yet they were approved by regulatory agencies and widely marketed to producers and consumers. Toxic Bodies explores how scientific uncertainty has been manipulated to delay regulation, and shows how we can use history to make better policy.

Copies of Professor Langston’s book will be available at our meeting.

Date & Time: Thursday, November 10, 2011
4:00 to 5:30 Board Meeting
5:00 to 6:00 Social Hour/ Networking
6:00 to 7:00 Dinner
7:00 to 8:30 Meeting, Program

Location: Great Dane East, Madison
876 Jupiter Drive
Madison WI 53718
Phone: 262-442-1333

The newest Great Dane Pub, opened in November 2010, is the drinking and dining destination that Madison’s east side has been craving! Located at Grandview Commons, in the building that formerly housed the Cloud 9 restaurant and Jovian Tap Haus, the Great Dane Pub?Eastside offers the full, awesome Great Dane food menu and at least 10 Dane beers on tap at all times. The remodeled ground floor space includes a two-sided bar, six TV’s, ample booth seating, a pool table, shuffleboard, darts and more! The elegant second story dining area features panoramic views of Lake Monona, Lake Mendota, the State Capitol and downtown Madison from nearly every table.

Directions: Even though the Great Dane is right off of I-90, there are no off ramps at Cottage Grove Road. Therefore you have to take some sides roads to get there.

From Milwaukee: Take I-94 and take a left on Co Rd N at exit 244 Cottage Grove. Take a right on Co Rd Bb/Cottage Grove Rd. Continue on Bb and take a right on Star Rd and then a left on Jupiter.

From Madison: Take 51/Stoughton Rd to Co Rd Bb/Cottage Grove Rd. Go East on Cottage Grove Rd over the interstate. Take a left on Star Rd and then a left on Jupiter.

Cost: $30.00 (includes dinner, dessert, tax and gratuity) See Dinner choices below.

1. Cedar Planked Chive Buttered Salmon A six?ounce wild?caught Sockeye salmon fillet baked on a cedar plank. Served with fresh grilled asparagus and French country hash browns with chive butter sauce and lemon.
2. Tandoori Chicken Indian spiced “BBQ” chicken tenders char’grilled and served with almond fragranced Israeli cous cous, tomatoes, artichokes, olives and grilled flat bread. Served with a lemon yogurt dipping sauce.
3. Inner Warmth Peanut Stew A stew of butternut squash, tomatoes, onions, garlic, ginger, hot peppers and cilantro in a zesty peanut sauce. Served over rice with beer bread.

All meals come with choice of soup or salad. Soup: Tomato Mushroom Bisque: A combination of tomato, herbs, fresh mushrooms and Parmesan cheese. Salad: Mixed Green Salad: Our house salad of greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, radish, red cabbage, endive, red onions and croutons with choice of Gorgonzola Blue cheese, Balsalmic Vinaigrette, Ranch or French dressings.

Reservations: Please register online using the online registration form with your credit card or complete the paper reservation slip and mail it with a check payable to WI Section-AIHA. Payment must be received no later than the end of business on Thursday November 3, 2011. If you need to cancel your reservation, please contact Steve Strebel at 608-224-6216 by November 3rd or your check will not be returned.