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.

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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