News

Upcoming Meetings and Presentations

Dr. Cohen has been invited to speak at the Lawn Care Summit in Aventura, FL, December 8-9, 2011.

ETS will be presenting "Modeling Ground Water Contamination by Soil Fumigants in Hawaii and California: Soil Loading and Fate Input are Critical for Validated Predictions" at SETAC's North American 32nd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 17, 2011. Click here for abstract

ETS will be teaching a seminar at the GCSAA Golf Industry Show and Education Conference in Las Vegas NV February 27-March 3, 2012: "Watershed Resource Management: Requirements and Benefits for Your Course."

Recent and Past Events

August, 2011
"DBCP and TCP in Ground Water in California and Hawaii: Comparison of Vadose Zone and Saturated Zone Modeling with Monitoring Results." Presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Denver, CO, August 29, 2011. Click for presentation

May, 2011
"Ground Water Contamination by DBCP and TCP in Hawaii and California: Part 1. Unsaturated Zone, and Part 2. Saturated Zone Flow and Transport Model." Two papers presented at the National Ground Water Association’s Ground Water Summit in Baltimore, MD, May 2011. Click here for the abstracts

March, 2011
"Turfgrass Restrictions Driven by Regulatory Science: A Focus on the Chesapeake Bay and Beyond". Presented at the New England Regional Turfgrass Conference and Show March 10, 2011. Click here for the presentation.

February, 2011
ETS attended the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Golf Industry Show in Orlando February 7-1, 2011.

November, 2010
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 30th Annual Meeting: Human-Environmental Interactions: Understanding Change in Dynamic Systems, November 19-23, 2010, New Orleans.

October, 2010
ETS exhibited at the IACP conference in Orlando, FL on October 24-26, 2010 for the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

May 23-24, 2010
ETS exhibited at the IALEFI conference in San Antonio, TX, for the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors.

April 20-21, 2010
ETS exhibited at the ILEETA International Training Conference and Law Enforcement Expo in Wheeling, IL.

Past Presentations

December 2, 2010
"Turfgrass Restrictions Driven by Regulatory Science: A Focus on the Chesapeake Bay and Beyond." Presented at The Lawn Care Summit, Atlanta, GA. Click here for the presentation.

March 21, 2010
"Carbon Footprints and Turf Management: Carbon Emissions and Sequestration for Golf Courses." Presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Click here for the presentation.

February 12, 2010
"Global Warming and Golf: The Science, Potential Impacts, and Energy Conservation Opportunities." GCSAA Show, San Diego, CA. Contact us for a copy of the presentation.

February 9, 2010
"A Critical Review of Water Quality Impacts by Golf Courses: Updates and Trends." GCSAA Show, San Diego. Contact us for a copy of the presentation.

August 17-19, 2009
Dr. Cohen presented "Urban BMPs Can Protect Water Quality: Non-Pesticides as Models for Pesticides" August 19, before the Division of Agrochemicals, American Chemical Society 238th National Meeting, in Washington DC.
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Dr. Cohen presented "Modeling Pesticide Risks: Start with Ground Water, Go to Turf, and Keep Going" August 18, before the Division of Agrochemicals, American Chemical Society 238th National Meeting, in Washington DC.
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April 29, 2009
Dr. Cohen presented, "Protecting Listed Species in Non-Agricultural and Urban Settings" April 29 at the Crop Life America (CLA) and Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment (RISE) spring conference, in Crystal City, VA.
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ETS in the News

May, 2011
Ken Ingram received the NACTA Teaching Award of Merit Certificate for 2011. Congratulations, Ken!
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April-December, 2010
ETS submitted 2010 comments on the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and the related MS4 program.

December, 2010
Dr. Cohen submitted comments to FIFRA’s Scientific Advisory Panel regarding Climate Change and Pesticide Risk Assessments. Read his comments

May 26-28, 2008
Stuart Cohen was interviewed for a series of articles on organic golf and pesticide use. These articles were published in the Washington Times.
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