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01 July 2008
Ramazzini Days 2008 registration now open
it is now possible to register online for Ramazzini Days 2008 by visiting the website of the Collegium Ramazzini: http://www.collegiumramazzini.org/ramazzinidays2008.asp. Event registration is open from July 1st to September 15th and hotel accommodations are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
01 July 2008
Conference in New Dehli: 11-14 January 2009
The Employees State Insurance Corporation of India, one of the largest insurers in the world, is collaborating with the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health of Maulana Azad Medical College (New Delhi, India), the Collegium Ramazzini and Drexel University, School of Public Health (Philadephia, PA, USA) to organize a state-of-the-art three-day international conference on "Preventing emerging occupational and environmental risks in South Asia and beyond" in New Delhi, India from 11-14 January 2009.
21 May 2008
Dr. Philip J. Landrigan to be honored with the 4th Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Award on June 5, 2008
The Collegium Ramazzini is pleased to announce the conferment of the Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Award to Professor Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc. The ceremony will be held at 11 am on Thursday, June 5, 2008 in the Hatch auditorium of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, located at 1468 Madison Avenue (@ E. 100th Street), New York, NY. Following the presentation of the award, Dr. Landrigan will deliver a lecture entitled “The Future of Occupational and Environmental Medicine”. All Fellows and friends of the Collegium Ramazzini are cordially invited to attend the event.
18 March 2008
Save the Date > Ramazzini Days October 24-26, 2008
This year's annual Ramazzini Days meeting will be held in Carpi, Italy from October 24th (opening dinner) to Sunday, October 26th (closing lunch). Fellows should plan to arrive at the Bologna International Airport (BLQ) or at the Modena Centrale train station on Friday, October 24th. Departures should be scheduled for Sunday afternoon or Monday.
Online registration for the event will open on July 1st. Questions may be directed to events@ramazzini.it.
08 January 2008
EHP remembers Fellow Lorenzo Tomatis
The January 2008 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives contains a retrospective on the life and career of Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini Prof. Lorenzo Tomatis. Co-authors and Fellows James Huff and Ronald Melnick remember Prof. Tomatis as "a great human being, a staunch advocate for public health, a thorough and delving scientist, and a humanitarian par excellence...standing tall among other giants and trailblazers of environmental health science and public health advocacy including Cesare Maltoni, Norton Nelson, David Rall, and Irving Selikoff." Professor Tomatis passed away on September 21, 2007. Download here the full text of the article Environ Health Perspect 116:A16-17 [2008]. The photograph featured is courtesy of Prof. Tomatis' son Paolo.
03 January 2007
CR Bangkok Satellite workshop attracts 184 participants
The Collegium Ramazzini’s recent Satellite Workshop “Occupational and Environmental Health in the Asia/Pacific Region” held Nov 30-Dec 1, 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand was a great success. The workshop attracted 184 participants from 19 different countries as follows: Australia (1), Bhutan (2), Canada (1), Croatia (3), Hungary (1), India (2), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Japan (2), Korea (2), Myanmar (3), Pakistan (2), Philippines (1), P.R. China (2), Singapore (1), Thailand (143), USA (10), Vietnam (3), and WHO, Geneva (1). The event, which followed the Sixth Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress, was also featured in the Thai Airways November in-flight magazine. The Collegium Ramazzini extends its most sincere thanks to Secretary General of the Sixth Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress and Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, Professor Mathuros Ruchirawat, for her hospitality and superb organization of the workshop.
01 November 2007
CR Bangkok Workshop on Occupational and Environmental Health in the Asia/Pacific Region
The Secretary General of the Sixth Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress and Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, Professor Mathuros Ruchirawat, has invited the Collegium Ramazzini to organize a 2-day Satellite Workshop following the Sixth Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress. This Satellite Workshop will be held in Bangkok from November 30-December 1 2007. It is entitled, “Occupational and Environmental Health in the Asia/Pacific Region”. The goal of the Satellite Workshop is to facilitate exchanges between Fellows of the Collegium and scientists in the Asia-Pacific region and thus to facilitate the dissemination of scientific knowledge as well as of new strategies for the prevention of environmental and occupational disease. The Collegium Ramazzini Satellite Workshop is structured to include invited speakers from both the Collegium and the Asia-Pacific region, with special focus on three areas identified as priority issues for public health in Thailand: air pollution, arsenic and pesticides. The scientific program may be downloaded as a pdf document here.
22 October 2007
Collegium Ramazzini Celebrates 25th Anniversary - Annual Ramazzini Days Conference to be held in Carpi, Italy October 25-28, 2007
The Collegium Ramazzini, an international academy of experts in the fields of occupational and environmental health, is celebrating 25 years of service as a bridge between the world of scientific discovery and the social and political entities that must act on these discoveries to protect public health. Founded in 1982 by Irving J. Selikoff (USA), Cesare Maltoni (Italy) and other eminent scientists, the Collegium will commemorate its Jubilee anniversary in Carpi, Italy from October 25-28, 2007.
22 September 2007
Death of Fellow Lorenzo Tomatis (1929-2007)
Message from President Philip Landrigan
Dear Fellows of the Collegium Ramazzini,
Lorenzo Tomatis was a good man. He did much to advance the cause of public health and the health of workers. He was a true follower of Ramazzini.
I had the privilege to serve on two IARC Monograph Working Groups while Lorenzo was Director - the Benzene volume (#29) and the Silica volume (#42). What I remember most about those experiences was Lorenzo's strong sense of responsibility, his recognition that we absolutely had to get the science right, but that we also needed to present our findings in a way that would protect workers. I remember especially in the silica deliberations when the pressure on Lorenzo was fierce to declare silica to be not a human carcinogen. In response, he looked carefully at the data, he saw clearly that silica is indeed a carcinogen, and he resisted the pressure and made the proper declaration. That's what being a follower of Ramazzini is all about.
Dr. Philip Landrigan
Message from Secretary General Morando Soffritti
Dear Fellows,
It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of our dear friend and Fellow, Lorenzo Tomatis. Lorenzo, together with Irving Selikoff, Norton Nelson, David Rall and Cesare Maltoni was among the scientists who contributed to create a culture of prevention in the strategy to control cancer. The energy and skill with which he gave life and continuity to the IARC monographs will be remembered as an important milestone for not only the agency, but also for public health.
In 2005, Lorenzo received the Ramazzini Award for his outstanding contribution to the prevention of cancer, in particular the identification of industrial agents. This year will have a moment of silence in Carpi to pay tribute to our colleague, a great scientist, intellectual and friend.
Dr. Morando Soffritti
02 August 2007
PPTOX Consensus Statement published in Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
The final version of the Consensus Statement created following the International Conference on Fetal Programming and Developmental Toxicity (PPTOX) held in Torshavn, Faroe Islands in May 2007 is now available on the Collegium Ramazzini website under Fellows > Selected Publications of the Fellows: download here
02 July 2007
Online registration open for Ramazzini Days
We are pleased to inform you that it is now possible to register online for RAMAZZINI DAYS 2007 - JUBILEE CELEBRATION by visiting the website of the Collegium Ramazzini: http://www.collegiumramazzini.org/ramazzinidays2007.asp
Here you will find the schedule of events, an invitation to submit abstracts as well as important information about travel and accommodations. We would like to remind you once again that Fellows should make plans to arrive in Carpi a day earlier than usual, on Thursday, October 25th. Online registration will remain open until September 15th, however since hotel reservations will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis, we encourage early registration for the event.
25 May 2007
Prenatal Programming and Toxicity (PPTOX) Conference Produces Consensus Statement
From May 20-24, 2007, researchers in the fields of environmental health, environmental chemistry, developmental biology, toxicology, epidemiology, nutrition, and paediatrics gathered at the International Conference on Fetal Programming and Developmental Toxicity, in Torshavn, Faroe Islands. The conference goal was to highlight new insights into the effects of prenatal and early postnatal exposure to toxicants, and their sustained effects on the individual throughout their lifespan.
The event was co-chaired by Dr. Philippe Grandjean and numerous Fellows of the Collegium Ramazzini served on the International Scientific Committee. Immediately following the conference, the committee published a consensus statement entitled “Human health effects of developmental exposure to environmental toxicants”, now available on the event website: www.pptox.dk.
23 April 2007
Dr. Morando Soffritti honored with third Iriving J. Selikoff Award at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
On April 23, 2007, Morando Soffritti, MD was honored with the Collegium Ramazzini's third Irving J. Selikoff Award at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, USA. Dr. Soffritti was recognized for his "outstanding contributions to the identification of environmental and industrial carcinogens and his promotion of independent scientific research.” Following the presentation of the award by Collegium Ramazzini President, Philip Landrigan, MD, Msc, Dr. Soffritti delivered the Irving J. Selikoff Lecture on "The carcinogenicity of aspartame: the lessons we still must learn."
05 April 2007
Save the Date for Ramazzini Days: 26-28 October 2007
All Fellows are reminded to save the date for the 25th anniversary of the Collegium Ramazzini. In occasion of our Jubilee celebration, the annual Ramazzini Days meeting in Carpi will begin a day early, on Friday the 26th of October. Fellows should therefore plan to arrive in Bologna or Modena on Thursday the 25th. Online registration for the event will open on June 1st and a detailed program will be available on the web shortly.
23 May 2006
Fellow Paul Lioy to lecture on Ramazzini legacy 8 March 2007
The Rutgers University Italian Studies Program and the NJ Italian and Italian American Heritage Commission Present the 2006/7 Italian Hours Rutgers Faculty Lecture: Paul Lioy, "Bernadino Ramazzini and his Legacy in Occupational and Environmental Medicine." The lecture will be held at 5 pm on Thursday, 8 March 2007 in Geology Hall, 85 Somerset Street, Rutgers-New Brunswick. The lecture is free and open to the public; reception to follow.
5 February 2007
Fellow William Au awarded top honor from ATSDR
The Collegium Ramazzini is pleased to extended our belated congratuations to Professor William Au, who on on July 17, 2003, received the top honor from the United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) for his outstanding contributions to the agency and to public health.
04 December 2006
Obituary for David V. Bates
Dear Fellows of the Collegium Ramazzini:
It is my sad duty to inform you that our beloved Fellow, David V. Bates, M.D., died peacefully at his home in Vancouver, Canada on November 21, 2006. Professor Bates was a superb Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini. He was a skilled physician and a noted researcher who focused his work on the diseases of the lung, and especially on the diseases caused by asbestos, silica and other toxic dusts. He was a gifted teacher. He was a man of great courage who was never afraid to speak truth to power.
14 November 2006
Collegium sends letter to the Prime Minister of Sweden re: fate of the Swedish National Institute.
Under the leadership of Knut Ringen and other members of the Nordic Committee, we have developed a letter to the Prime Minister of Sweden urging him to reconsider the fate of the Swedish National Institute. We have written in this letter to strike a very positive tone in which we avoided political entrapment and spoke of the magnificent accomplishments of the Swedish Institute in worker protection over the past half century. We expressed our hope that the Government of Sweden will recognize these accomplishments and see fit to continue the existence of a national center for occupational health in Sweden.
On November 28th, the Office of the Prime Minister responded to the Secretary General affirming that the National Institute for Working Life will be phased out in 2007 in order to improve public efficiency.
08 November 2006
Collegium Ramazzini sends letter to Mu'ammar al-Gaddaffi re: trial of Bulgarian nurses
Following the open communication of Dr. David Ozonoff during the 2006 Council of Fellows meeting in Carpi, Italy, we have sent a letter of concern on behalf of the Fellows to Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi regarding the barring of highly relevant scientific evidence in the trial of five Bulgarian nurses imprisoned in Libya.
13 October 2006
"Living in a Chemical World" Conference Proceedings Published
The proceedings of the Collegium Ramazzini's 2005 conference "Framing the Future in Light of the Past: Living in a Chemical World" have been published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. The 943 page volume includes 78 papers and 45 poster abstracts. The cost of the volume for US/Canada is $145; for Europe and the rest of the world £75. To order the volume online, visit:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/order/book_order.asp?ref=1573316539
6 July 2006
Collegum Ramazzini launches new dynamic website
The Collegium Ramazzini announces the launch of its new dynamic website: www.collegiumramazzini.org. The new site includes organizational information, a member directory with e-mails and professional profiles, downloadable CR Statements and bylaws, links to order CR conference proceedings and more.
26 May 2006
Collegium Ramazzini admitted to the special list of International NGOs of the ILO
On 18 May 2006, the Collegium Ramazzini was admitted to the special list of International NGOs (INGO) of the International Labour Organization.
17 March 2006
OBITUARY: Ruth Lilis, MD
Dear Colleagues and Fellows of the Collegium Ramazzini,
It is with profound sadness that I announce the passing on March 17, 2006 of Ruth Lilis, MD, Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini and Professor Emerita in the Department of Community & Preventive Medicine of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
10 March 2006
Honorary Citizenship of Quito Awarded to Fellows Landrigan, Soffritti and Froneberg
During the recent International Conference on Occupational and Environmental Health: Emerging Issues in the Developing World held in Quito, Ecuador, Collegium Ramazzini Participants President Philip Landrigan, Secretary General Morando Soffritti and Fellow Brigitte Froneberg were awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Quito.This honor was presented by the Mayor of Quito, Paco Moncayo Gallegos.
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