Ramazzini Days 2019

Conference check-in
Hotel Touring

Welcome aperitivo
Ristorante La Bottiglieria, Hotel Touring

Dinner
Ristorante La Bottiglieria, Hotel Touring

Scientific Session I: Casale Monferrato: Lessons learned and the road ahead
Chair: L. Christine Oliver, USA
Session Monitor: Ellen K. Silbergeld, USA
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

• Casale Monferrato: Lessons learned and the road ahead
  L. Christine Oliver, USA
• A community in need of a novel approach to cure and care
  Daniela Degiovanni, Italy
• Focus on clinical and translational research in the mesothelioma unit of Alessandria and Casale Monferrato Hospitals
  Federica Grosso, Italy
• Asbestos related diseases epidemiology and surveillance in Italy: Road ahead and still open questions
  Alessandro Marinaccio, Italy
• Criminal prosecution of business executives for occupational cancer in Italy
  Barry Castleman, USA

Coffee

Scientific Session II: Ongoing Experimental Studies at the Ramazzini Institute
Chair: Fiorella Belpoggi, Italy
Session Monitor: Karel Van Damme
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

• The contribution of in vivo experimental research to the knowledge of adverse effects of RFR on human health
  Fiorella Belpoggi, Italy
• New evidence on the effects of glyphosate exposure from in vivo studies and a historical agricultural cohort
  Daniele Mandrioli, Italy; Jia Chen, USA; Melissa Perry, USA
• Effects caused by pesticides on the the historical cohort of the Patecipanza Agraria in Emilia Romagna
  Angela Guaragna, Italy

Lunch
Ristorante La Bottiglieria, Hotel Touring

Scientific Session III: The key characteristics approach to hazard identification
Co-Chairs: Martyn Smith (USA) and Lauren Zeise (USA)
Session Monitor: Kurt Straif
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

• Introduction to the key characteristics approach
  Martyn Smith
• The key characteristics approach to hazard identification
  Martyn Smith
• Key characteristics of endocrine-disrupting chemicals
  Michele LaMerrill, USA
• Application of the key characteristics of carcinogens in IARC Monographs
  Kathryn Z. Guyton, France
• Key characteristics of bioactive chemicals
  Linda S. Birnbaum, USA
• Key Characteristics Approach to Organizing and Assessing Upstream Toxicity Information
  Lauren Zeise, USA

Special Session: The Islands and the Whales’
Chair: Pal Weihe
Session Sponsor: Philippe Grandjean
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

• The islands, the whales, and human health (with film screening)
  Pal Weihe

Free time

Dinner
Ristorante La Bottiglieria, Hotel Touring

Local Activity for Guests: Walking tour of Carpi
Departure from the Lobby of the Hotel Touring

Council of Fellows
Town Hall of Carpi

Lunch
Ristorante La Bottiglieria, Hotel Touring

Scientific Session IV: Work of the Fellows Poster Session
Co-Chairs: Jonny Meyers & Casey Bartram
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

• Diagnostic challenges of mixed dust pneumoconiosis Xaver Baur, Germany
• Assessing the feasibility of preventing injury risks and improving work safety amongst factory workers in an urban slum: a participatory before-and-after intervention study: preliminary results
  Grazia Caleo, UK
• The discovery of PFOA pollution in the Veneto region
  Laura Facciolo, Italy (hosted by Philippe Grandjean)
• Effects of short and long-term alcohol-based fixation on Sprague-Dawley rat tissue morphology, protein and nucleic acid preservation
  Federica Gnudi, Italy
• Protecting decommissioning workers at hazardous remediation sites
  Michael Gochfeld, USA
• Asthmatic symptoms and airborne environmental pollution in the town of Terni, central Italy
  Nicola Murgia, Italy
• Are sunscreens efficient to prevent the effect of UV radiation?
  Daniela Pelclova, Czech Republic
• Ethical issues in cancer prevention: A different challenge for behavioral and environmental risk factors
  Annie Jeanne Sasco, France
• The analysis of longitudinal data from life-span carcinogenicity bioassays on Sprague-Dawley rats
  Daria Sgargi, Italy
• Dietary intake of acrylamide and risk of breast, endometrial and ovarian cancers: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
  Tommaso Filippini, Italy
• Exposure to inorganic selenium in drinking water and incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a long-term follow-up of a natural experiment
  Marco Vinceti, Italy

Scientific Session V: Work of the Fellows Oral Presentations
Chair: Xaver Baur
Session Monitor: Richard Duffy
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

• Mortality from silicosis in Brazil: Temporal trends in the period 1980-2017
  Eduardo Algranti, Brazil
• Radiographic changes in Colombian asbestos factory workers
  Arthur Frank, USA
• Severe silicosis outbreak in engineered stone fabrication workers - U.S. perspectives
  Robert Harrison, USA
• The first announcement of establishing The Japan Association of Occupational Health Law
  Fujio Kayama, Japan
• The triumph of doubt: Dark money and the science of deception
  David Michaels, USA
• Potential role of Army Medical Forces in fighting cancer: An untapped resource
  Pier Giorgio Natali, Italy
• Sibaté, Colombia: Another asbestos induced public-health crisis
  Juan Pablo Ramos-Bonilla, Columbia

Free time

Ramazzini Award and Ramazzini Lecture: Dr Richard Lemen
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

The 2018 Ramazzini Award will be conferred upon Richard Lemen in recognition of his more than four decades of dedication to the cause of protecting workers against occupational hazards and in particular recognition of his leadership and advocacy in protecting workers against asbestos.

Ramazzini Lecture
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Richard Lemen, USA

Direct departure for social dinner
Bus pick-up at Hotel Touring: Ristorante il Narciso

Scientific Session VI: Work of the Fellows Oral Presentations
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio Chair: Linda Birnbaum
Session Monitor: Yoram Finkelstein

• Update from the IARC Monographs and beyond.
  K. Straif, Lyon
• Child labor among Syrian refugees living in Lebanon: A story of deprivation and neglect
  Rima R. Habib, Lebanon
• The legacy of mercury poisoning and racism: The case of a First Nation community in Canada
  Donna Mergler, Canada
• 20 years after the Libby Montana asbestos response: Past, current, and future issues
  Aubrey Miller, USA
• Migrants’ health at risk: The Mediterranean case and the public and environmental health agenda
  Rodolfo Saracci, Italy

Coffee

Advocacy Planning and Collegium Ramazzini Standing Committee Meetings
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

Farewell Lunch
Ristorante La Bottiglieria, Hotel Touring