SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
AMAP Conference and Workshop
"Impacts of POPs and Mercury on Arctic Environments and Humans"
Polar Environmental Centre
Tromso, Norway
21-24 January 2002
Abstract deadline: 1 October 2001
Registration deadline: 1 November 2001
For further information, please go to:
http://www.nilu.no/web/amapconf/
SCOPE OF THE MEETING
1) To present and discuss the latest results regarding biological
effects of POPs and mercury on arctic wildlife and humans
2) Summarize current state of knowledge on POP and mercury effects to:
- emphasise future research and monitoring needs
- provide relevant information to decision-makers
Contributions within the following topics are envisaged:
What is special about the Arctic: emaciation and POP toxicokinetics
Biological effects POPs in humans and animals: from in vitro
experiments to epidemiological research- general effects
- endocrine disruption
- effects on reproduction
- behavioural impacts
- immunotoxicology
- ecological studies
- biomarkers
Biological effects of mercury
Combined effects by multiple contaminants/multiple stressors
Risk assessment
KEY NOTE SPEAKERS
The following key-note speakers have confirmed their attendance:
Derek Muir: POPs in the Arctic; current state and future trends
Ingvar Brandt: Endocrine disruption: mechanisms and consequences
Robert Letcher: Contaminant metabolism and toxicity
Eric Dewailly: Epidemologic evidence of POP-related effects on humans
Pal Weihe: Mercury and human health
Evert Niebor: Evidence of endocrine disruption by POPs in humans
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Derek Muir, National Water Research Institute, Canada
Bjorn Munro Jenssen, University of Trondheim, Norway
Evert Nieboer, McMaster University, Canada
Pal Weihe, Department of Occupational and Public Health, Faroe Islands
Janneche Utne Skaare, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway
Madeleine Nyman, Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Finland
Cynthia de Wit, Stockholm University, Sweden
Jon Oyvind Odland, University of Tromso, Norway
Sergey V. Kotelevtsev, Moscow State University, Russia
Geir W. Gabrielsen, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway
Even H. Jorgensen, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway
PROCEEDING
An appointment has been made with the journal, "Science of the Total
Environment" for publishing proceedings.
For more detailed information about the meeting, location, and abstract
submissions, look at the web site at:
http://www.nilu.no/web/amapconf/