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14 January 2012
Save the Date > June 28, 2012, Benzene Conference New York
On June 28, 2012 the Collegium Ramazzini and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine will host a one-day conference on "BENZENE, CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIAS AND HEMATOPOIETIC LYMPHORETICULAR CANCERS" in honor of Collegium co-founder Irving J. Selikoff. The event will be held in the Goldwurm Auditorium at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Download scientific program.
10 December 2011
New website for Montevideo conference > 22-24 March 2012
Visit the new website of the upcoming meeting on "Environment and health in political agenda" to be held Montevideo, Uruguay from March 22-24, 2012: www.ciat.hc.edu.uy/. The conference is jointly organized by the Collegium Ramazzini and the Universidad Republica Oriental de Uruguay in honor of Dr. Jenny Pronczuk De Garbino (1947-2010), Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, who dedicated her professional life to the prevention of child diseases in the world. A preparatory symposium is also planned in Buenos Aires on March 20th.
1 December 2012
Save the Dates Ramazzini Days 2012
The 2012 edition of the Annual Ramazzini Days will be held in Carpi, Italy on October 27th and 28th. Fellows should plan to arrive at the Bologna International Airport or Modena/Carpi train stations on Friday 26 October. Departures should be scheduled on Sunday afternoon October 28th or Monday October 29th. Online registration will open in July 2012. Questions may be directed to Conference Manager Federica Scagliarini events@ramazzini.it. View Ramazzini Days 2011 presentations. Program and abstracts also available for download.
24 October 2011
CR Statement on the Safety and Health of Migrant Labour
The Collegium Ramazzini has just released its 16th statement: "The Safety and Health of Migrant Labour: A Call to the International Community for Action". The abstract of this statement is published below, the full text may be downloaded here.
As part of its core mission to disseminate information to concerned stakeholders, the Collegium regularly releases "Collegium Ramazzini Statements" on topics of particular interest. These statements are used as reference points for governments and international agencies as well as by physicians in occupational medicine. Statements reflect the official orientation of the Collegium on topics of major interest. They are adopted in full independence and are exclusively based on scientific knowledge and ethical principles.
28 September 2011
Save the Date: CR conference in Montevideo, Uruguay 22-24 March 2012
Dates have been set for the Collegium Ramazzini meeting in South America on "Environment and health in political agenda" to be held Montevideo, Uruguay from March 22-24, 2012. A preparatory symposium is also planned in Buenos Aires on March 20th. These events will be held in the name of Dr. Jenny Pronczuk De Garbino (1947-2010), Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, who dedicated her professional life to the prevention of child diseases in the world. The conference is made possible thanks to a collaboration with the Universidad Republica Oriental de Uruguay; Fellows Amalia Laborde (Uruguay) and Lillian Corra (Argentina) have taken a leading role in the organization and promotion of the event.
21 September 2011
CR 2011 Elections - deadline to return ballot 10 October
Ballots for the 2011 election were e-mailed to Fellows on Wednesday 21 September 2011. Ballots must be returned by 10 October (postmarked) in order to be considered valid. Questions or requests to have a ballot resent may be directed to collegium@ramazzini.it.
11 August 2011
Death of Professor Yasunosuke Suzuki August 8, 2011
It is with great sadness that the Collegium Ramazzini informs its Fellows of the death of one of its most illustrious and beloved colleagues, Professor Yasunosuke Suzuki. Professor Suzuki was an influential member of the Collegium and was honored with the Ramazzini Award in 1993 for his contribution to the scientific knowledge on the pathology of mesotheliomas among asbestos-exposed workers. Upon his retirement from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2006, the Collegium Ramazzini again honored Professor Suzuki with the Irving J. Selikoff Award to recognize his many years of work as a pathologist who meticulously studied the diseases caused by asbestos and who also ventured forth courageously from his laboratory, as a true follower of Ramazzini and Selikoff, to press the urgent need in nations around the world for the banning of all production and use of all forms of asbestos. In fact, Dr Suzuki played a critical role in the decision by the Government of Japan to ban all use of asbestos in Japan.
Collegium Ramazzini President Philip Landrigan remembers the occasion of the Selikoff award noting "(It) was a bittersweet occasion. Dr. Suzuki served as a member of the faculty of the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine at Mount Sinai for 40 years. While there are many of us still at Mount Sinai who worked with Dr. Selikoff as junior faculty, students and trainees, Dr. Suzuki is the last member of the "Selikoff generation" the group of age peers who worked most closely with Dr. Selikoff for so many years in Dr. Selikoff's pioneering studies of other asbestos and other occupational hazards."
30 July 2011
2012 Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant Program
CR Fellow Birger Heinzow informs the Collegium Ramazzini that applications are now open for Australian Institutions to host a 2012 Fulbright U.S. Senior Specialist.
The Fulbright U.S. Senior Specialist Program subsidises Australian educational institutions to bring a U.S. Senior Specialists to Australia for between two to six weeks. It encourages collaboration with United States faculty and professionals on curriculum and faculty development and a variety of other activities. Applications open 1 July 2011 and close 7 October 2011. For more information and application forms visit: http://www.fulbright.com.au/scholarships/australian-institutions/us-senior-specialist.html or email administrativeoffice@fulbright.com.au
21 July 2011
CR sends letter to Russian Minister of Health and Social Development
On 19 July 2011, the Collegium Ramazzini sent a letter to Russian Minister of Health Dr. Tatiana Golikova regarding the Russian proposal to ban asbestos in friction material in the Eurasian Economic Community. The Collegium Ramazzini praises the Ministry of Health for its progressive attempt to safeguard citizens? well-being and offers its support and assistance to the Minister. The full text of the letter is published below, the pdf version is available for download here: CR to Golikova_19.07.2011.
21 July 2011
Recruiting Director of Cancer Research, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Capetown
CR Fellow Leslie London informs Fellows that the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Capetown is currently seeking to appoint a Director of Cancer Research. This is a fixed term, 3-year contract post at the level of an Associate Professor/Professor. The closing date for applications is 15 August 2011. The full advertisement may be viewed at http://www.uct.ac.za/about/intro/vacancies/external.
18 July 2011
Ramazzini Days online registration open until 15 September
Fellows are invited to register online for the 29th edition of Ramazzini Days, to be held in Carpi, Italy from 28-30 October 2011. Registration will remain open until September 15th. Participants are reminded that hotel accommodations are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you know you will not be joining us in Carpi this year, kindly register your official regrets with the General Secretariat by sending an e-mail to Conference Co-Manager Susanna Tassinari at events@ramazzini.it
Abstracts for the Work of the Fellows session are now being accepted by the Priority Topics Committee. Send 1-page abstracts to committee chairwoman Dr. Melissa McDiarmid at mmcdiarm@medicine.umaryland.edu
All payments to the Collegium Ramazzini are now being accepted in US dollars via the new online Paypal/credit card system. Fellows may settle annual membership dues, pay Ramazzini Days registration fees and make Jubilee donations in a single transaction during conference registration or anytime by visiting the page Fees and Donations.
A line-item receipt will be generated by Paypal at the time of the transaction, please print and save this for your records.
We look forward to seeing many of you in Carpi in October and wish you a pleasant summer.
Susanna Tassinari and Erica Tommasini
Ramazzini Days Conference Co-Managers
events@ramazzini.it
Kathryn Knowles
Collegium Ramazzini Secretariat
collegium@ramazzini.it
1 July 2011
Conference on environmental mutagens in human populations > Doha, Qatar, March 26 - 29, 2012
Fellow William W. Au is organizing the 6th international conference on environmental mutagens in human populations to be held in Doha, Qatar, March 26 - 29, 2012.
The draft scientific program may be downloaded here: Doha Conference_March_26-29_2012.
Fellows interested in attending the conference and/or participating as speakers are invited to contact Dr. Au for additional information:
William W. Au, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for the 4-year English Medical Curriculum, and
Chairman, Faculty of Preventive Medicine,
Director, MPH Education Center
Shantou University Medical College
No.22 Xinling Road, Shantou 515041, China
Phone number: (86-754)-88900279
Email: wau@stu.edu.cn
1 July 2011
Slate Magazine: Canada's Breathtaking Hypocrisy on Asbestos
Fellow Richard Lemen signals the following Slate Magazine article to Collegium Ramazzini colleagues, posted Thursday June 30, 2011:
Canada's Breathtaking Hypocrisy on Asbestos by Stephen Davis
09 March 2011
Ramazzini Days 28-30/10/2011 - Tour and Luncheon Museum Maltoni 28/10
Please mark your calendars now for Ramazzini Days 2011, to be held on the 29-30 October with arrivals Friday 28 October. Thanks to the suggestion of Fiorella Belpoggi, the General Secretariat and Ramazzini Institute are working to plan a special visit to the home of Professor Maltoni (now Museum Maltoni) in Bologna on October 28th for those Fellows able to arrive in Bologna in the morning. The event and luncheon will commemorate 10 years since Professor Maltoni's death and will allow Fellows to meet some of the volunteers of the Ramazzini Institute who have been supporting the Collegium with fundraising initiatives for the last 25 years.
Fellows planning to attend the luncheon at Musuem Maltoni should arrive at the Bologna International Airport (BLQ) or Bologna Centrale Train Station; transportation to the museum will be arranged. Fellows who are not attending the museum tour/luncheon are asked to arrive at BLQ or the Modena/Carpi stations; transportation will be arranged to the Hotel Touring in Carpi. Departures should be scheduled for late Sunday afternoon October 30th or Monday October 31st.
Online event registration will open in mid-July 2011. Questions may be directed to Conference Manager Federica Scagliarini events@ramazzini.it or to the CR General Secretariat c/o Kathryn Knowles collegium@ramazzini.it.
04/02/2011
International Conference on Emerging Trends in Preventing Occupational Respiratory Diseases and Cancers in the Workplace - 22-24, March, 2011 - New Delhi, India
The Conference, organized by the ‘Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health COEH, MAMC’ of New Delhi, is supported by Indian Ministry of Labour and Employment in scientific partnership with the Collegium Ramazzini, the Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, USA and the Heartland Hospital (NHS Trust) of Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
The conference will include state-of-the-art presentations by eminent experts from centers of excellence in North America and Europe as well as from the International Labour Organization and the WHO.
Topics for study include:
- pneumoconiosis due to inorganic dust such as silica, coal, hard metal dust;
- disorders associated with organic dust exposure such as asthma and byssinosis;
- cancers in the workplace.
Special features:
- “Hands-on training” in Clinical, Radiological and Pulmonary function testing;
- Workshop on Techniques of Exposure Assessment;
- International Symposium on Safety and Health in Building and Construction.
Contact: kantjoshi@gmail.com for more information.
11 January 2011
Canadian asbestos: Lancet article and Collegium Ramazzini actions
A December 9th Lancet article entitled "Canada accused of hypocrisy over asbestos exports" reports the latest developments in the battle to ban Canadian export of asbestos. Download pdf Lancet December 11, 2010 pp 1973-1974. Recent Collegium Ramazzini efforts to support the ban of asbestos Canada include a December 21st letter from Secretary General Morando Soffritti to Jean Charest, Premier National Academy Quebec, opposing the financing of an anonymous consortium of foreign investors to open the Jeffrey mine and export 5 million tons of asbestos to Asia over the next quarter century [see text below].
10 January 2011
Death of Emeritus Fellow Louis S. Beliczky (March 23, 1925 - January 5, 2011)
The Collegium Ramazzini extends its condolences to the family of Emeritus member Louis S. Beliczky who passed away January 5, 2011 at the age of 85. As forner Industrial Hygiene and Safety and Health Director for the United Rubber Workers, he is remembered by his colleagues as a pioneer who devoted his entire life to the cause of protecting working against occupational threats to health. (obituary follows).
01 November 2010
Save the Dates Ramazzini Days 2011 > October 29-30
The 2011 edition of the Annual Ramazzini Days will be held in Carpi, Italy on October 29th and 30th. Fellows should plan to arrive at the Bologna International Airport or Modena/Carpi train stations on Friday 28 October. Departures should be scheduled on Sunday afternoon October 30th or Monday October 31st. Online registration will open in July 2011. Questions may be directed to Conference Manager Federica Scagliarini events@ramazzini.it.
24/09/2010
Death of Dr. Jenny Pronczuk De Garbino 20 September 2010
Dear Colleagues,
It is with deep sadness that I inform you that our colleague Dr. Jenny Pronczuk De Garbino passed away in Geneva on 20 September at the age of 63. In the words of her colleague Dr. Ruth Etzel, Jenny was a tireless champion for children’s environmental health and she inspired people around the world to take action to protect children from environmental hazards. Her infectious laugh, indefatigable spirit and superb judgement will be greatly missed.
Dr. Pronczuk De Garbino was originally from Montevideo (Uruguay), where she trained as a physician at the School of Medicine. In Uruguay Dr. Pronczuk De Garbino was appointed Head Professor of Clinical Toxicology and Director of the National Poisons Centre in Montevideo. She joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1991 and worked actively to promote chemical safety, setting up poison centres and medical toxicology training.
After her retirement from WHO in June 2009 she continued her active support of the global children’s environmental health movement.
In 2008 she was recognized by the US Environmental Protection Agency as the International Children’s Environmental Health Champion.
She will be remembered during the Council of Fellows at the Ramazzini Days 2010.
The Family can be reached by mail at 4 Chemin de Ruisseau, 1297 Founex, Switzerland or by email at inmemoryofjenny@gmail.com.
Dr. Morando Soffritti
17 September 2010
Control of Biocides in the European Union - Collegium Ramazzini Call for Action
The European Parliament and the Council are considering the European Commission's draft biocide regulation (COM(2009) 267 final), which is intended to replace the current EU Biocidal Products Directive 1998/8/EC. Following the 2008 Statement of the Collegium Ramazzini on the control of pesticides in the European Union in 2008, the Executive Council of the Collegium has issued a series of related recommendations on the control of biocides, arguing that biocides need stricter regulation than the current proposal before the European Parliament and Council contains. Download Collegium Ramazzini Call for Action on Biocides in the EU.
18 August 2010
Asbestos in the news - Austrialian editorial sollicits international media coverage
Collegium Ramazzini Fellow Dr. Peter Sly recently published an editorial in the Medical Journal of Austrialia entitled "Asbestos still poses a threat for global health: now is the time for action" [MJA 2010; 193 (4): 198-199]. The article, a call for Australia to support international bans on the asbestos trade, was picked up by a number of international media outlets. Read the coverage in IT WIRE, Monday 16 August 2010
MED INDIA, Monday 16 August 2010
TOP NEWS UK, Sunday 15 August 2010
14 August 2010
Samuel Milham's "Dirty Electricity" discusses ELM and human disease
Collegium Ramazzini Fellow Dr. Samuel Milham, MD, MPH, has published a new book entitled Dirty Electricity, Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization. Milham's book takes readers through his early years and education, following the twisting path that led to his discovery that most of the twentieth century diseases of civilization, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and suicide, are caused by electromagnetic field exposure.
Milham was awarded the 1997 Ramazzini Award for his outstanding contribution to the epidemiology of occupational disease, with particular reference to carcinogenic risk from electromagnetic fields.
For more about Dirty Electricity and to order a copy of the volume, visit http://sammilham.com/index.shtm.
2 July 2010
Asbestos in the news - editorial and commentary in July EHP
The July 1st edition of Environmental Health Perspectives contains the editorial “A Repeat Call for the Banning of Asbestos” , written by Linda S. Birnbaum (Director, NIEHS) Jane C. Schroeder, Hugh A. Tilson (Editor in chief, Environmental Health Perspectives). The same issue also includes the commentary “The Case for a Global Ban on Asbestos”, written by Collegium Rammazzini Fellows Joseph LaDou, Barry Castleman, Arthur Frank, Michael Gochfeld, Morris Greenberg, James Huff, Tushar Kant Joshi, Philip J. Landrigan, Richard Lemen, Jonny Myers, Morando Soffritti, Colin L. Soskolne, Ken Takahashi, Daniel Teitelbaum, Benedetto Terracini, and Andrew Watterson.
Asbestos in the news was also picked up by Reuters and published in the Globe & Mail: "Researchers Ask Canada to Ban Asbestos".
14 June 2010
Article from the Montreal Gazette – Asbestos Industry in for Boost
On Wednesday June 9 Quebec provincial Health Minister Yves Bolduc was accused in a letter signed by 36 prominent doctors and public health researchers from 21 countries of ignoring his duty as a medical doctor by supporting the use of asbestos. Quebec's Medical Code of Ethics says a doctor is "not to participate in any concerted action that puts in danger the health of an individual or a population." The main author of the letter is Dr. Philip Landrigan, president of the Collegium Ramazzini, an independent international academy of 180 renowned experts in the fields of occupational and environmental health. "Chrysotile asbestos causes serious harm to health. There is no safe exposure level. It goes on killing for generations," writes Dr. Landrigan, dean of Global Health at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Read full text below or link to the Montreal Gazette 12 June 2010.
22 April 2010
Appointment of CR President Philip Landrigan as Mt. Sinai Dean for Global Health
The Collegium Ramazzini congratuates its President, Dr. Phil Landrigan, on his recent appointment of as Dean for Global Health at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY, NY, USA). Dr. Landrigan, Ethel H. Wise Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, is an internationally recognized pediatrician, epidemiologist, and leader in public health and preventive medicine. He has devoted his career to protecting children against environmental threats to health, most notably lead and pesticides.
20 April 2010
Repeat Call for a Ban on Asbestos: download available
Dear Fellows,
The first Call for a Ban on Asbestos developed by the Collegium Ramazzini was published in a number of journals in 1999. Now, two decades later, we need to repeat the message with a particular urgency. "Abestos is Still With Us: Repeat Call for a Universal Ban" was written by Fellows of the Collegium Ramazzini.
If you are a journal editor, or participate on a journal editorial board, we hope that you will consider advancing the Repeat Call for publication in your journal. The attachments are in the common journal formats for text and references.
If you belong to an association concerned with occupational and environmental health, we hope that you will place the Repeat Call on your website.
Ask journal editors to contact Joe LaDou if they have any questions: joeladou@aol.com.
17 March 2010
Death of Prof. János Sugár, Emeritus member of CR from Hungary
Professor János Sugár, Emeritus member of the Collegium Ramazzini, passed away on his 88th birthday on January 27th, 2010. His teaching and research activity spanning more than 50 years in pathology departments of medical universities was particularly esteemed for his diagnostics of tumor pathology. He was head of the pathology department of the Research Institute of the National Oncology Institute from 1974 until 1992. His professional, scientific, teaching and science policy activities have been widely recognized over the years with numerous distinctions such as the Academy Prize of 1988, or the Order of the Star embellished with the Golden Wreath awarded by the Hungarian Republic. His interest focused on determination of pre-neoplastic processes, reversible and irreversible phenotypic and more recently genotypic characterization. He was the first to describe electron microscopic microinvasion preceding real invasion occurring in serious dysplastic tumors in skin, laryngeal, breast and gastroenteric pre-cancerous states.
29 January 2010
Save the Dates for Ramazzini Days 2010 > October 22-24
Fellows are invited to mark their calendars now for the 2010 edition of Ramazzini Days, to be held in Carpi, Italy from Friday, October 22nd to Sunday October 24th. Ground transportation will be provided from Bologna International Airport (BLQ) and Modena Centrale Train Station to the Hotel Touring in Carpi on Friday, October 22nd. Return transfers will be organized on both Sunday, October 24th and Monday, October 25th. Questions about the event may be directed to Conference Manager Federica Scagliarini events@ramazzini.it.
18 January 2010
International Conference Preventing Emerging Occupational and Environmental Risks in South Asia and Beyond, New Delhi (India), 17-19 December 2009
The International Conference Preventing Emerging Occupational and Environmental Risks in South Asia and Beyond was held in New Delhi (India), 17-19 December 2009. The meeting, organized by the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) of the Maulana Azad Medical College (New Delhi, India) in collaboration with the Collegium Ramazzini (Italy) and the Drexel University School of Public Health (Philadelphia, USA), saw the participation of more than 400 attendees. Among them, 10/12 Fellows of the Collegium Ramazzini, more than 50 international delegates and more than 300 local participants.
15 October 2009
Death of Dr. Dusan Djuric, Emeritus member of CR from Serbia
Dr. Djuric, Emeritus member of the Collegium Ramazzini passed away September 11, 2009. Born in Belgrade in 1926 he worked as toxicologist in the Serbian Institute of Occupational Health almost his whole life. He had a PhD in toxicology and was involved in laboratory, field work as well as research. Among his numerous distinguished publications, he was the author one of the first publications on molecular toxicology.
Dusan was continuously being invited as WHO and ILO expert in Occupational Toxicology, Occupational Health, Occupational Hygiene and Safety to assignments in different developing countries. One of his contributions was a leading, organizing and managing as a director of eight consecutive International Courses of Occupational and Environmental Toxicology for Developing Countries held in Belgrade. Dr. Djuric is one of the earliest members of the Collegium Ramazzini, elected in 1988.
22 September 2009
Fellow David Michaels nominated by President Obama to head US OSHA
Collegium Ramazzini Fellow David Michaels has been nominated by President Obama to head the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Michaels is the Director of the Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy and Research Professor and Interim Chairman of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. The New York Times calls the decision "wise" and describes Michaels as "a champion for workers' safety. Michels is awaiting Senate confirmation. Read here the NYT Op/Ed August 5, 2009.
16 August 2009
June 2010 > 4th Int'l Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health
The 4th International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health will be held in San Francisco, CA (USA) from June 19-22, 2010. The event is organized by the Office of Continuing Medical Education of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and includes a half-day pre-meeting workshop on Occupational and Environmental History Methods on June 19th. Fellows are invited to view detailed event information at www.cme.ucsf.edu/cme/.
05 August 2009
Editorial by President Landrigan featured in New York Times 04/08/2009
An editorial by Collegium Ramazzini President Philip Landrigan was featured in the August 4, 2009 edition of The New York Times. The article is part of a series of commentaries in The Times featuring researchers and doctors from the Mount Sinai Medical Center. The full text of the editorial is available below.
20 June 2009
Call for expressions of interest to attend New Delhi meeting 17-19 December 2009
Fellows interested in participating in the international scientific conference on "Preventing emerging occupational and environmental risks in South Asia and beyond" to be held December 17-19, 2009 in New Delhi, India are invited to contact Fellow TK Joshi.
18 June 2009
Update from Quito, Ecuador regarding impact of 2006 CR conference and proceedings
Two years have elapsed since the Collegium Ramazzini organized its first seminar in Quito, Ecuador entitled "Salud Ocupacional e Ambiental: Emergencias en Paises in Desarrollos". The event, spearheaded by Fellow Raul Harari and co-sponsored by the International Labour Organization and the Organisacion Panamericana del la Salud, focused on occupational and environmental health problems in Latin America, with special emphasis on the problems of child labor. Raul Harari recently updated President Phil Landrigan and Secretary General Morando Soffritti on the impact that the conference and its published proceedings have had in the region [click title for text of letter].
13 May 2009
CR sends letter of support to ICCM2 regarding proposal to phase out the use of lead in paint
The Collegium Ramazzini recently sent a letter of support to the Second Session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM2) regarding the proposal for a Global partnership to promote the implementation of the measures contained in paragraph 57 of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development on phasing out the use of lead in paint [click title for text of letter].
02/04/2009
Save the Dates > Ramazzini Days 23-25 October 2009
This year's annual Ramazzini Days meeting will be held in Carpi, Italy from October 23th (opening dinner) to Sunday, October 25th (closing lunch). Fellows should plan to arrive at the Bologna International Airport (BLQ) or at the Modena Centrale train station on Friday, October 23rd. 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.
16/01/2009
New Delhi conference rescheduled for December 17-19, 2009
The international scientific conference on "Preventing emerging occupational and environmental risks in South Asia and beyond", originally scheduled for January 2009 in New Delhi, India has been rescheduled for December 17, 18 and 19, 2009. Logisitical information will be posted when available on the Collegium Ramazzini website.
19 December 2008
CR issues consensus statement on a worldwide reduction in exposure to lead
The Collegium Ramazzini, an international academy of 180 experts in environmental sciences and occupational health, has published a new consensus statement calling for a worldwide reduction in exposure to lead. The position paper summarizes the scientific basis for instituting a worldwide ban on non-essential uses of lead and outlines 12 specific recommendations for reducing lead exposures through source identification, control, and elimination.
7 November 2008
Death of Emeritus Member I. Bernard Weinstein
I. Bernard Weinstein, M.D., Emeritus member of the Collegium Ramazzini, died on Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, in New York City. He was 78. At the time of his death, Dr. Weinstein held four distinguished positions at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in New York: the Frode Jensen Professor of Medicine, Professor of Genetics and Development, Professor of Public Health, and Director Emeritus of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. He was also an attending physician at the Presbyterian Hospital.
27 October 2008
An appeal to delegates to the 4th conference of the parties to the Rotterdam convention re: chrysotile asbestos, endosulfan and tributyl tin
The Collegium Ramazzini, an international academic society dedicated to the understanding and prevention of occupational and environmental disease, independent of all commercial interests, calls upon the delegates to the Fourth Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention to sustain the Convention’s core principle of Prior Informed Consent and in that spirit to uphold the recommendation of the Chemical Review Committee to list chrysotile asbestos, endosulfan and tributyl tin compounds in Annex III of the Convention.
23 September 2008
CR issues consensus statement on the control of pesticides in the EU: a call to action to protect human health
The Collegium Ramazzini, an international academy of 180 experts in environmental sciences and occupational health, has published a new consensus statement on the control of pesticides in the European Union. The brief position paper, which urges the EU to adopt strong legislation to protect public health and the environment against adverse effects of pesticides, has been sent to Members of the European Parliament and government representatives currently debating a proposed Regulation on the placing of plant protection products on the market.
10 July 2008
CR sends letter to OSWER (US EPA) re: strong disagreement with asbestos risk assessment methodology
A letter expressing the Collegium Ramazzini's strong disagreement with the draft report “Proposed approach for estimation of bin-specific cancer potency factors for inhalation exposure to asbestos” was sent by Dr. Morando Soffritti to the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on July 10, 2008. The Collegium Ramazzini statement “Call for an international ban on asbestos” was enclosed.
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.
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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