Tuesday, 8 November 2005: 7:55 AM
Convention Center,, Ballroom H, Lower Level
204: Symposium--Nitrogen and Human Health
Sponsor:S11 Soils & Environmental Quality
Cosponsors:A05 Environmental Quality; S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry
Presidings:David Powlson, Rothamsted Research
Chris Van Kessel, UC Davis
7:55 AM Introductory Remarks 
8:00 AM204-1Nitrate Metabolism in Humans. 
Nigel Benjamin, Derriford Hospital
8:45 AM204-2Human Alteration of the Nitrogen Cycle: the Good and the Bad. 
James N. Galloway, University of Virginia
9:30 AM Break
9:45 AM204-3Nitrogen's Role in Food Security and Human Well-Being at Local to Global Scales.
Kenneth G. Cassman, Univ. of Nebraska Dept of Agronomy and Horticulture
10:10 AM204-4How Did Britain and Europe Come to Have a Nitrate Problem?.
Thomas M. Addiscott, Rothamsted Research,
10:35 AM204-5Nitrogen, Environment and Health – Issues of Balancing Risks from Experience in the Netherlands. 
Hans J.M. van Grinsven, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Reinier van den Berg, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
11:00 AM204-6Nitrate Limits. Based on Myth or Fact?. 
J-L. L'Hirondel, Centre Hospitalier, Thomas M. Addiscott, Rothamsted Research,, A.A. Avery, Hudson Institute
11:25 AM Discussion
11:35 AM Adjourn
Cosponsors:A05 Environmental Quality; S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry

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