ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS, METALS AND HEALTH

 

SPH Special Topic (6 pts)

Commencement date: Summer School, 29 November 2004

TIME SLOT

TOPIC

MONDAY AM

 

  • Introduction - All
  • The toxic burden: past and current perspectives – Phil Weinstein, Angus Cook
  • Foundations of toxicology – Kim Chisholm
  • An environmental pathology overview of tissue reactions to selected toxic metals and metal compounds – Florabel Mullick

MONDAY PM

  • Medical geology: an emerging discipline – Olle Selinus, Jose Centeno, Robert Finkelman
  • From 3 pm: Small group discussion of case studies à THEME: Monitoring environments and human populations: an integrative process – All

TUESDAY AM

  • Trace elements in environmental health and disease -Jose Centeno
  • Applied epidemiological tools and models – Angus Cook
  • Sources, transport and fate of metal ions in the environment – Robert Finkelman

TUESDAY PM

  • Introduction and overview of chronic arsenic poisoning – Jose Centeno
  • From 3 pm: Small group discussion of case studies à THEME: Radioactive materials and health [including depleted uranium example] - Jose Centeno, Angus Cook

WEDNESDAY AM

  • Health impacts of coal and coal use: arsenicosis and fluorosis – Robert Finkelman
  • Estimating environmental risks and benefits: the case of disinfection by-products (DBPs) – Phil Weinstein, Angus Cook
  • Clinical and toxicological effects of mercury - Jose Centeno

WEDNESDAY PM

Field trip of contaminated sites

THURSDAY AM

  • Medical geology as applied to vector-borne disease, dust and organic compounds – Robert Finkelman
  • Industrial compounds and pesticides/Endocrine disruptors – Angus Cook, Kim Chisholm
  • Paediatric medicine and exposure to toxic metals – Florabel Mullick

THURSDAY PM

  • Speciation of trace elements- Jose Centeno
  • Lead in the environment - Jane Heyworth
  • Analytical methods - Jose Centeno

FRIDAY AM

  • Health impacts of natural geological processes – Phil Weinstein, Angus Cook
  • Management of environmental emergencies - All

FRIDAY PM

  • From 2.00 pm: Student presentation/Full group discussion of case studies

SUBSEQUENT COURSE CONTACT

Essay

OR

Research review

 

ASSESSMENT

Assessment within this Unit will be as follows: