Ramazzini Days
RAMAZZINI DAYS 2012
26-28 October 2012
Carpi, Italy
Schedule of Events
FRIDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2012
| 17:00 | Meeting of the Executive Council (EC members only) |
| 20:00 | Welcome dinner |
SATURDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2012
| 9:00-12:30 | Council of Fellows Statutory Session (Fellows only) |
| 12:30-13:45 | Lunch |
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| 14:30-15:30 | ORAL COMMUNICATIONS part I |
| 14:30 |
Collegium Ramazzini Fellowship for 22 years Shunichi Araki, Japan |
| 14:45 |
Endocrine disruptors: low-dose effects and non-monotonic dose-response curves dictate fundamental changes in chemical testing and risk assessment
Fiorella Belpoggi, Italy download |
| 15:00 |
Health effects of oil spill: reflection of 5 years after the Hebei Spirit oil spill
Hae-Kwan Cheong, Korea download |
| 15:15 |
Parents and children: Exposure-effect gradient in two generations of exposure to pesticides in Israeli Kibbutzim
Yoram Finkelstein, Israel download |
| 15:30-16:30 | ATTENDED POSTER SESSION |
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Protection of human subjects in research in developing countries and in the European Union
Wagida Anwar, Egypt; Karel Van Damme, Belgium; Ludwine Casteleyn, Belgium |
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Viscose in the Second World War Period: A Dark Chapter in the History of Occupational Health Paul D. Blanc, USA |
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A screening level assessment of the health and environmental hazards of organohalogen flame retardants
David Eastmond, USA |
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The Precautionary Principle and Genocide Prevention
Yoram Finkelstein, Israel; Elihu Richter, Israel |
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Serum microRNA signatures of colorectal cancer patients
Katalin Gombos, Hungary; Istvan Ember, Hungary |
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The impact of etiological factors on miRNA expression patterns in human esophageal and gastric cancers
Krisztina Juhasz, Hungary; Istvan Ember, Hungary |
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Higher sensitivity of human lung and pleura to the carcinogenicity of inhaled asbestos dust compared to the experimental system of rats
Friedrich Pott, Germany |
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Retrospective Exposure Assessment—a retrospective from three decades of research and observation
Carol Rice, USA |
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Information to the Collegium Ramazzini on the actual decision of the German MAK-Commission:
Classification of “GBS” (=GBP) Markus Roller, Germany; Friedrich Pott, Germany |
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Evaluation of DNA damage in various occupations exposed to different chemicals in Turkey Semra Sardas, Turkey |
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Health and human security: A policy opportunity for addressing environmental and occupational threats
Carlos Santos-Burgoa, Mexico |
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Occupational and environmental exposures to Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA among hog slaughter/processing plant workers and community residents
Ellen Silbergeld, USA |
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Development, dissemination, and influence of a position statement on asbestos, 2012
Colin Soskolne, Canada |
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Emergency response to artisanal mining lead poisoning epidemic in Zamfara State, Nigeria, 2010-2012
Margrit von Braun, USA; Ian von Lindern, USA (Guest poster sponsored by Fellows Ronald Dobbin and Philip Landrigan) |
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| 16:30-17:30 | ORAL COMMUNICATIONS part II |
| 16:30 |
Occupational health issues and social security Seong-Kyu Kang, Korea download |
| 16:45 |
Asbestos, asbestosis, smoking and lung cancer: New findings from the North American Insulator Cohort
Steven Markowitz, USA download |
| 17:00 |
Collateral damage of metal mining in the African Copperbelt
Benoit Nemery, Belgium download |
| 17:15 |
Estimating the global burden of asbestos – related diseases using YPLL
Ken Takahashi, Japan download |
| 17:30-18:30 | FREE TIME TO PREPARE FOR EVENING PRORGRAM |
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PRESENTATION OF THE RAMAZZINI AWARD AND RAMAZZINI LECTURE
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| 18:45 | The 2012 Ramazzini Award will be presented to Sheldon W. Samuels for his leadership to improve occupational safety and health conditions for all workers and to promote a better moral and scientific basis for occupational and environmental health. |
| 19:15 |
2012 Ramazzini Lecture Dr. Selikoff’s Final Struggle: The Meaning of Population Thinking in Environmental Health Sheldon W. Samuels, USA download |
| 20:00 | Social Dinner |
SUNDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2012
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SCIENTIFIC SESSION II: During the 10 years since the Collegium Ramazzini conference on the precautionary principle in 2002, much new information and experience have been gathered on interpreting uncertainty and applying precaution. The European Environment Agency (EEA) is currently finalizing an extensive report ‘Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation’ with contributions from several Collegium Ramazzini Fellows. Case studies reveal how research has been misinterpreted, ignored, and erroneously criticised, and scientific traditions and ubiquitous uncertainty have often appeared to oppose public health interests. This year's scientific session will focus on the role of science in environmental and occupational health and new approaches to the science-policy interface. |
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The role of precaution in prudent decision-making on environmental and public health David Gee, UK download |
| 9:40 |
Bees as indicator organisms Laura Maxim, France download |
| 10:00 |
Lack of precaution in occupational cancer prevention in the UK Andrew Watterson, Scotland download |
| 10:20 |
Non-ionising radiation risks Lennart Hardell, Sweden download |
| 10:40 | Coffee |
| 11:10 |
Evidence for Decision-Making: Lessons from BPA Ana Soto, Argentina/USA download |
| 11:30 |
Vinyl Chloride – industrial secrecy, scientific independence, the bioassay, and heroes of health Jennifer Sass, USA |
| 11:50 |
Science for precautionary decision-making Philippe Grandjean, Denmark download |
| 12:10 | Discussion |
| 12:45 |
Conference Closing Philip Landrigan, USA |
| 13:00 | Farewell lunch Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring |