Ramazzini Days
RAMAZZINI DAYS 2010
22-24 October 2010
Carpi, Italy
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Schedule of Events
FRIDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2010
17:30 | Meeting of the Executive Council (EC members only) |
20:00 | Welcome dinner |
SATURDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2010
9:00-12:15 | Council of Fellows Statutory Session (Fellows only) |
12:30-13:45 | Lunch |
SCIENTIFIC SESSION I: WORK OF THE FELLOWS
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14:00-15:00 |
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS part I A Review And Update On Occupational Carcinogens Kurt Straif, Germany/France download Chromosome 5 & 7 Abnormalities In Oncology Personnel Handling Anti-Cancer Drugs Melissia McDiarmid, USA download Multicentre Mortality Study Of Polluted Sites Of National Concern In Italy - Sentieri Project Pietro Comba, Italy download Silica And Tuberculosis In A Globalising World - Forgotten But Not Gone Rodney Ehrlich, South Africa |
15:00-15:45 |
ATTENDED POSTER SESSION
Occupational Exposure to Particulates and Cardiovascular Disease David Christiani, USA Increased Oxidative Stress Levels In Chronic Liver Diseases Could Induce Cancerogenesis Through Mitochondrial Microsatellite Instability And Peroxidation Of The Repair Systems Davide Degli Espositi, Italy/France [CR Fellow Morando Soffritti] Validity And Reliability Of A Field Kit For Cholinesterase Estimation Amongst Workers Exposed To Organophosphate Insecticides K Gardner, South Africa [CR Fellow Leslie London] A Proposal For Calculating Occupational Exposure Limits For Organic Compounds On The Basis Of Their Physicochemical Properties Marek Jakubowski, Poland Do Terbutaline and Mold Associated Impairments of the Brain and Lung Relate to Autism? Kaye Kilburn,USA Medical Surveillance of Nanomaterials Workers Steven Markowitz,USA The Cell Phone Radiation Exposure Limit Certification Process Substantially Underestimates The Actual Exposure, Especially In Young Children L. Lloyd Morgan,USA [CR Fellow Devra Davis] Potential Markers of Activity of Pneumoconioses in Exhaled Breath Condensate and in Urine? Daniela Pelclová,Czech Republic Phthalate Exposure And Exposure Sources Among Pregnant Women In Jerusalem, Israel: Results Of A Pilot Study Elihu Richter,Isreal Cancer Risk Assessment, Primary Prevention And Chemoprevention In Occupational Health Anna Tompa, Hungary The Lead Industry and Public Health Richard Wedeen,USA A WBC-based Chromosomal Damage Among Chinese Benzene-Exposed Workers Zhao-Lin Xia,China Benzene Metabolite Hydroquinone And Leukemia. A Case Report Ronald Zlotolow,USA [CR Fellow Nachman Brautbar] |
15:45-16:30 |
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS part II
Controlling Pesticide Health And Environmental Hazards At Community Level in Lake Eyasi Basin, Karatu District, Tanzania Vera Ngowi, Tanzania download Wood Dust Exposure And Sinonasal Cancer: Studies On Tp53 Mutations And Inflammation-Related Mechanisms Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen, Finland Metalworking Fluid Risks - Identified By Research Growing Out of A Union Campaign Franklin Mirer, USA download |
16:30-18:30 | Free time |
PRESENTATION OF THE RAMAZZINI AWARD AND RAMAZZINI LECTURE
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18:45-20:00 |
The 2010 Ramazzini Award will be conferred upon Marja Sorsa, Finland download who will deliver the 2010 Ramazzini lecture entitled: "The 3 E's Principle in Public Health Research" |
20:00 | Social Dinner |
SUNDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2010
SCIENTIFIC SESSION II:
There are at least two generations of industrial chemicals having hormonal activity, mostly non-genotoxic. Old-age chemicals like DDT and dioxin continue to be of concern, with newly identified disorders and mechanisms of action. "Middle-aged", related POPs, have received attention recently, as well. |
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09:30 |
"Legally Poisoned: How The Law Put Us At Risk from Environmental Toxicants" Carl Cranor, USA download |
09:50 |
"Old-Age" Environmental Exposures: Delayed Effects From Past High-Level Exposures To POPs In A Fishing Community
Phillipe Grandjean, Denmark download |
10:10 |
"Middle age": Examples Of High Exposures to Mixtures of Hormonally Active Chemicals And Health Effects [e.g. Pbde, pcbs, phthalates]
Henry Anderson, USA download |
10:30 | Coffee Break |
10:45 |
"New-Age":Measuring Exposure Of Children And Their Mothers In Europe
Ludwine Casteleyn, Belgium download |
11:05 |
Ethics And Data Protection In Human Biomarker Studies In Environmental Health
Karel Van Damme, Belgium download |
11:25 - 12:15 |
Discussion
Moderator: Mary Wolff, USA and Carl Cranor, USA |
12:15 |
Conference Closing
Phil Landrigan, USA |
13:00 | Farewell lunch |