Lebelle Hicks Bio
Lebelle Hicks, MS, PhD, DABT
Pesticides Toxicologist
Maine Board of Pesticides Control
Statehouse Station #28
Augusta, ME 04333
207-289-2731
e-mail lebelle.hicks@maine.gov
EDUCATION
PhD in Food and Nutrition Sciences, University of Maine, 1999.
MS; Biology/Toxicology, Northeastern University, 1983
Diplomat of the American Board of Toxicology, (DABT) 1991.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Maine Board of Pesticides Control 1989 to present
- Written and oral presentation of hazard reviews and risk assessments
for pesticide active ingredients and non-pesticide food safety issues.
Staff to the Medical Advisory Committee, Pesticide Indoor Use Advisory
Committee, and Environmental Risk Advisory Committee of the Board
of Pesticides Control
- Coordinated public information regarding insecticides used to control
the Browntail Moth in the coastal areas of Maine in conjunction with
the Maine Forest Service;
- Survey developed to determine the general public's pesticide use
habits. Maine Horticultural shows in 1994 and the Eastern States Exposition
in 1997.
- University of Maine Cooperative Extension Food Safety Team,
- Consultant to Maine Poison Control Center, analysis of the Poison
Center Pesticides Calls
- Member of the State wide committee developing a Lyme Tick Disease
Policy, and West Nile Virus Interagency Working Group, coordinated
pesticide mosquito spraying issues for the state of Maine.
- State FIFRA Research and Evaluation Group Representative on the
Rodenticide Stakeholders Working Group.
Massachusetts Pesticide Bureau 1985 to 1989
- Project manager for the environmental fate and toxicological reviews
of ten herbicides for use on rights-of-way in sensitive areas.
- Project officer for the Risk Assessment contract between the Massachusetts
Department of Agriculture and the University of Massachusetts, Division
of Public Health.
- Technical support for review of the Gypsy Moth Environmental Impact
Statement for the Department of Environmental Management.
PUBLICATIONS
- Brown, H. S., Rowan-West, C. A., Bishop, D. and Hicks, L. R. (1986).
Assessment of Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Chemicals.
Toxicology and Industrial Health 2 (3) 183 to 203.
- Frakes, R. A., and Hicks, L. R. (1993). 'Fungicides' IN: Handbook
of Hazardous Materials. 293 to 308 Academic Press. Orlando FL.
- Hicks, L. R., Brown, D. R., Storch, R. H., and Bushway, R. J., (2000)
Need to Determine Relative Developmental Risks of Fusarium Mycotoxin
Deoxynivalenol (DON) and Benomyl (BEN) in Wheat. Human and Ecological
Risk Assessment 6 (2) 341 - 368 ,
PRESENTATIONS
- Pesticide Risk Assessment and Risk Communication Cooperative Extension,
pesticide applicators and students at the graduate level between January
1990 and present.
- Kids and the Environment; Pesticide Risk Assessment Pediatric Conference,
1993.
- Delaney Clause Update University of Maine, Orono; Food Additive Conference,
1993.
- Chronic Risk of Christmas Tree Pesticides, Agricultural Trade Show,
1995.
- Hexazinone in Groundwater; a Case Study; University of Maine at Farmington,
1998
- Food Quality Protection Act and the Need for an Accurate Pesticide
Use Database, 1999
- Pesticides as Potential Weapons of Mass Destruction; Maine National
Guard 2002
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- 1989 to present; Society of Toxicology
- 1991 to 1992; Kennebec County Local Emergency Planning Committee
- 1991 to 1993; State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group Committee
on Certification and Classification
- 1996 to 1997; ad hoc Committee of American Association of Pesticide
Control Officials; Pesticide Regulation Policy Document regarding the
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
- 1997 to 2000; State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group working
committee on Pesticide Operations Management
- 1998 to 2000, Rodenticide Stakeholders Working Group
- 2001 to present; Kennebec County Local Emergency Planning Committee
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