Program with Links to Video Recordings of Presentations from the
Symposium on Rocky Flats: Impacts on the Environment and Health
Saturday April 23, 2022
This Symposium on Rocky Flats: Impacts on the Environment and Health is sponsored by Physicians of Social Responsibility (PSR) Colorado. The opinions of the Symposium's presenters are their own and do not necessarily represent the opinions of PSR Colorado and its directors, officers, employees, and agents. PSR Colorado is not responsible for the opinions or content of the presenters and makes no representations or warranties about the accuracy of the same.
Sasha Stiles, MD, MPH
Chair, Organizing Committee for the Symposium on Rocky Flats
Immediate Past Chair, PSR Colorado
“Welcoming Remarks”
Kristen Iversen, PhD
Professor of English and Creative Writing, University of Cincinnati
Author of Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Shadow of Rocky Flats and Doom with a View
“An Introduction to the History of Rocky Flats: Secrecy, Silencing, and the Politics of Plutonium”
Ted Ziegler
Former Chairman, Toxic and Hazardous Waste Materials Committee, Rocky Flats Nuclear Waste Facility
“Firsthand Experience of Toxic Waste Infractions at RFNWF: Employee Deceptions, Improper Waste”
Michael E. Ketterer, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University
“Pervasive Presence of Plutonium Dioxide Particles in Soils Near the Rocky Flats Site”
Randy Stafford
Senior Manager, Oracle America, Inc
Former member, Jefferson Parkway Advisory Committee
Contributor to Kristen Iversen’s book Doom with a View
“Real Estate Development in the Rocky Flats Area”
Doug Young
Policy Analyst on environmental issues for elected officials, non-profits, and land management organizations
“Rocky Flats Federal Facility: The Political and Legal Context Regarding Post-Closure Land Use and Development of the Wildlife Refuge Legislation”
Patrick Quinn
Former four-term Mayor of the City and County of Broomfield.
“Broomfield’s Actions Regarding Rocky Flats”
Patricia A. Mellen, Esq
Environmental and Property Litigator, Pat Mellen Law, LLC
“The Legal Legacy of Rocky Flats”
Randall M. Weiner, Esq
Weiner and Cording, a law firm that has represented citizens and citizen groups on Rocky Flats Issues
“Legal Challenges to Opening, and Connection Trails to, the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge are Being Considered by the Appellate Courts”
Stephanie Carroll
Authorized Representative under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
“How did the Work of an AR lead to the CDC/NIOSH Admitting that they Cannot Characterize the Radionuclide Environment at Rocky Flats?”
Mark B. Johnson, MD, MPH
President, Colorado Medical Society
Former Executive Director, Jefferson County Public Health Department
“Nuclear Epidemiology: Who Can You Trust?”
Cindy Folkers
Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist, Beyond Nuclear
“Past is Prologue: We Carry the Stories of Our Radiation Exposure”
Edward N. Granados, PhD
Former Principal Investigator, Abbott Laboratories
“A Molecular Biology Primer”
Susan M. Bailey, PhD
Professor of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University
“Chromosome -Based Biodosimetry for Evaluating Environmental Radiation Exposures - On and Off the Planet!”
Igor Koturbash, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
“Radiation Epigenetics: From Biomarkers of Exposure to Understanding the Mechanisms of Radiation Carcinogenesis”
Edward N. Granados, PhD / Yuri E. Dubrova, PhD, DrSci
E.N.G.: Former Principal Investigator, Abbott Laboratories
Y.E.D.: Professor of Genetics, University of Leicester, UK
“Like Father, Like Son: The Transgenerational Effects of Exposure to Mutagens?”
Edward N. Granados, PhD
Former Principal Investigator, Abbott Laboratories
“Genomics Alterations Presentations: The Wrap-Up”
Sharon Montes, MD
Chair, PSR Colorado
“Concluding Remarks”