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)
Hotel Touring |
| 20:00 |
Welcome dinner
Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring |
SATURDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2012
| 9:00-12:30 |
Council of Fellows Statutory Session (Fellows only)
Town Hall of Carpi
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| 12:30-13:45 |
Lunch
Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring
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SCIENTIFIC SESSION I: WORK OF THE FELLOWS
Co-chairs: Melissa McDiarmid, USA and Carol Rice, USA
Ex-Convento di San Rocco
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| 14:30-15:30 |
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS part I
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| 14:30 |
Collegium Ramazzini Fellowship for 22 years
Shunichi Araki, Japan
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| 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
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| 15:00 |
Health effects of oil spill: reflection of 5 years after the Hebei Spirit oil spill
Hae-Kwan Cheong, Korea
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| 15:15 |
Parents and children: Exposure-effect gradient in two generations of exposure to pesticides in Israeli Kibbutzim
Yoram Finkelstein, Israel
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| 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
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| 16:30 |
Occupational health issues and social security
Seong-Kyu Kang, Korea
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| 16:45 |
Asbestos, asbestosis, smoking and lung cancer: New findings from the North American Insulator Cohort
Steven Markowitz, USA
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| 17:00 |
Collateral damage of metal mining in the African Copperbelt
Benoit Nemery, Belgium
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| 17:15 |
Estimating the global burden of asbestos – related diseases using YPLL
Ken Takahashi, Japan
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| 17:30-18:30 |
FREE TIME TO PREPARE FOR EVENING PRORGRAM
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PRESENTATION OF THE RAMAZZINI AWARD AND RAMAZZINI LECTURE
Ex-Convento di San Rocco
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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.
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| 19:15 |
2012 Ramazzini Lecture
Dr. Selikoff’s Final Struggle: The Meaning of Population Thinking in Environmental Health
Sheldon W. Samuels, USA
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| 20:00 |
Social Dinner
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SUNDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2012
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SCIENTIFIC SESSION II:
Precaution in science and the science-policy interface
Co-Chairs: David Gee, UK and Philippe Grandjean, Denmark
Ex-Convento di San Rocco
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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| 9:30 |
The role of precaution in prudent decision-making on environmental and public health
David Gee, UK; Jock Martin, Ireland
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| 9:40 |
Bees as indicator organisms
Laura Maxim, France
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| 10:00 |
Lack of precaution in occupational cancer prevention in the UK
Andrew Watterson, Scotland
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| 10:20 |
Non-ionising radiation risks
Lennart Hardell, Sweden
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| 10:40 |
Coffee
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| 11:10 |
Evidence for Decision-Making: Lessons from BPA
Ana Soto, Argentina/USA
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| 11:30 |
Vinyl Chloride – industrial secrecy, scientific independence, the bioassay, and heroes of health
Jennifer Sass, USA
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| 11:50 |
Science for precautionary decision-making
Philippe Grandjean, Denmark
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| 12:10 |
Discussion
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| 12:45 |
Conference Closing
Philip Landrigan, USA
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| 13:00 |
Farewell lunch
Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring |
Abstract submission for the Work of the Fellows session
Fellows of the Collegium Ramazzini are invited and encouraged to submit abstracts for oral communications and poster presentations for the Work of the Fellows session on Saturday, 27 October. Abstracts should not exceed 1 page in length and should be sent via e-mail by 15 September to the Priority Topics Committee c/o Chairwoman Melissa McDiarmid Mmcdiarm@medicine.umaryland.edu.
Hotel accommodations and ground transportation
Conference accommodations will be at the Hotel Touring, Hotel reservations are made by the conference organization on a first-come, first-served basis. Please do not contact the hotels directly.
All participants are responsible for their own travel to Italy and are encouraged to make plans to arrive by air in Bologna or by train to Modena or Carpi on Friday, 26 October 2012. The conference organization will arrange local ground transportation to and from the Bologna G. Marconi International Airport (BLQ) and Modena Centrale train station only to Carpi. Please note that transportation from other airports or train stations is at the expense of the participant.
Shuttles will be arranged from BLQ to the Hotel Touring, Carpi every two hours on Friday, 26 October 2012. Guests travelling by train are kindly asked to arrive in Modena or Carpi rather than Bologna where you will be greeted at the train station. Return transport to BLQ and Modena Centrale will be arranged according to departure schedules.
Online Registration and New Payment Procedures
Online conference registration will remain open from 16 July to 15 September 2012. At the time of registration participants will be directed to the payments page of the Collegium Ramazzini Treasury. At this time Fellows are invited to:
1) Pay required annual membership fees in the amount of 150 USD and settle eventual arrears. Questions regarding financial standing should be directed to Treasurer Nachman Brautbar at brautbar@aol.com
2) Pay the required conference fee for Fellows (new) and the required spouse/guest fee if applicable. Fees are determined based on the criterion of institutional participation in the coverage of conference fees. Fellows who are eligible for institutional support or reimbursement are asked to pay 450 USD toward their participation. Fellows who are individually responsible for their conference fees will be charged 350 USD. The spouse/guest fee has been lowered to 300 USD.
3) Make an optional financial contribution to the Collegium Ramazzini's Jubilee Fund. Proceeds will be used to assist colleagues in need to attend annual meetings.
Fellows not attending Ramazzini Days 2012 may access the payments page directly to settle membership accounts and make a donation to the Jubilee fund without registering for the conference.
The Paypal e-commerce system will issue a detailed receipt for all transactions.
Questions regarding the event may be directed to conference co-manager Federica Scagliarini at events@ramazzini.it.
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