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2002 INTERNATIONAL
GEO-ENVIRONMENT
WORKSHOP
-MEDICAL GEOLOGY-
METALS,
HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
November 16-21, 2002
Chiba,
Japan
Urayasu Brighton Hotel(Short
course)
Chiba-Saitama-Tochigi-Gunma(Field trip)
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Jointly Sponsored
by:
Japan Branch of COGEOENVIRONMENT-IUGS
The Society of
Geo-Pollution, Japan
Committee on Environmental Geology, Geological Society
of Japan
Center for Water Environment Studies, Ibaraki
University(CWES)
National Committee for Geoscience, Science Council of
Japan
U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)
U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS)
International Union of Geological Sciences
(IUGS)
Commission on Geological Sciences and Environmental Planning
(COGEOENVIRONMENT)
International Working Group on Medical Geology
(IWGMG)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
Homepage
address
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SCOPE
AND PURPOSE:
The scope of this workshop is to share the most
recent information on the relationship between toxic metal lions, trace
elements, and their impact on the environmental and public health issues. The
scientific topics of the Workshop will include environmental toxicology,
environmental pathology, geochemistry, geoenvironmental epidemiology, extent,
patterns and consequences of exposures to toxic metal ions in the general
environment, biological risk assessment studies, modern trends in metal
analysis and updates on the geology, toxicology and pathology of metal ion
exposures.
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OBJECTIVES
- At the completion of this Workshop, the attendees will be able to:
- Know and gain information on the type of evidence available about
geological sources and processes, environmental health, toxicology, and
pathological manifestations of exposures of toxic metal species.
- Know and gain information about geochemical processes, natural and
anthropogenic sources, speciation, modes of occurrence; to assess the impact
of trace elements and toxic metal ion species on human and environmental
health.
- Have an elementary understanding of environmental toxicology,
epidemiology, medical geology and issues associated with assessment,
regulations and legislation as applied to the study of toxic metal
species
and trace elements.
WHO SHOULD
ATTEND?
The Workshop is intended for geologists, geochemists,
ecologists, chemists, biologists, occupational and environmental scientists,
medical professionals, toxicologists, epidemiologists, pathologists,
bio-statisticians and any other health, environmental and geo-sciences
professional with interest on Medical Geology issues, particular interest on the
effect of toxic metal ion species on environmental and human health. An
important aim of the Workshop is to provide the opportunity for forming contacts
and networks between professionals working in different areas of environmental
and human health.
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SHORT COURSE LEADERS
Dr. José A. Centeno,U.S.Armed
Forces Institute of Pathology,Washington,DC
Dr Robert B. Finkelman, U.S.
Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Dr. Hisashi Nirei, Ibaraki University, Japan
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- INVITED SPEAKERS
Dr.
Olle Selinus, Geological Survey of Sweden
Chairman, International Working
Group on Medical Geology
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GEO-ENVIRONMENT FIELD TRIP
The Local Organizing
Committee for IUGS-COGEO Workshop has organized a Geo-environment Field Trip
to be held the dates of November 16-17, 2002. For additional information,
please contact the Field Trip Leaders listed below.
- FIELD TRIP LEADER
Kunio Furuno, Chiba Prefectural Environmental Research
Center
Email: furunok@bekkoame.ne.jp
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ABOUT
THE SPEAKERS
Dr. José A. Centeno is a Senior Research Scientist
and Chief of the Division of Biophysical Toxicology and the Education and
Research Branch at the Department of Environmental and Toxicologic Pathology,
U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington, D.C. Dr.
Centeno received is BS and MS in chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico
at Mayagüez in 1979 and 1981, respectively; and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
from Michigan State University in 1987. He has presented over 100 invited
seminars and lectures on various topics of environmental toxicology,
biomedical research and human health issues. He has served on the organizing
and scientific committees of several international conferences, including as
General Chairman of the 6th International Symposium in Metal Ions in Biology
and Medicine (May 7-10, 2000). He has served on several international
environmental and human health committees including the International Agency
for Research on Cancer, the U.S. TOSCA-Interagency Testing Committee and the
International Working Group on Medical Geology. Over the last decade, he has
focused attention on environmental and health impacts of trace elements, toxic
trace metals and metalloids, and conducted research and teaching activities in
Mexico, China, Taiwan, and New Zealand.
Dr. Florabel G. Mullick is the Principal Deputy Director of the
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) and member of the U.S. federal
Senior Executive Service. Dr. Mullick is also the Director for the Center for
Advanced Pathology and Chair of the AFIP Department of Environmental and
Toxicology Pathology. Dr. Mullick is a physician executive and managing
scientist responsible for the development of an international computer
database of both human and animal lesions resulting from toxic drugs and
chemicals. Dr. Mullick received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the School
of Medicine in Puerto Rico, her pathology training at University Hospital in
Puerto Rico, Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., and Georgetown
University Hospital in Washington, D.C. She is a Diplomate of the American
Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology and Secretary of the International
Academy of Pathology. Over the last decade, Dr. Mullick has focused her
research efforts on the study of human health effects of toxic drugs and toxic
trace metals with particular emphasis on liver diseases and pediatric
pathology cases.
Dr. Robert B. Finkelman is currently the coordinator of coal
quality activities at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Reston, VA. He
received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Maryland in 1980, his
MS in Geochemistry from George Washington University in 1970, and his BA in
Geology form the City College of New York in 1965. For the past 25 years, Dr.
Finkelman has been involved with coal quality issues both at Exxon Production
Research Company and later, the USGS. Over the last decade he has focused
attention on health impacts of geologic materials and conducted research in
Yugoslavia, Romania, China and New Zealand. Among his 370 publications are
several papers dealing with human health impacts of coal and on mercury in
coal.
Dr. Olle Selinus is a Ph.D. geologist working with the
Geological Survey of Sweden (GSS). During the 1960s and 1970s he worked in
mineral exploration with a mining company and at the GSS. Since the beginning
of the 1980s, Dr. Selinus research work has been focused on environmental
geochemistry and geostatistical methods, including research on medical
geology. He has served as the organizer of several international conferences
in this field and has published over 40 manuscripts. As Head of the
Geochemical Division at GSS, Dr. Selinus is in charge of GSS international
affairs. He serves as officer of COGEOENVIRONMENT and as chairman of its
international Working Group on Medical Geology, and co-chairman of the IGCP
project #454 Medical Geology.
Dr. Hisashi Nirei is a professor at the Center for Water
Environment Studies, Ibaraki University(CWES) in Japan. He received his Dr. in
geology from the Osaka City University. During 1970-1997, he worked on many
geo-environmental issues such as land subsidence and geo-pollution at the
Research Institute of Environmental Geology, Chiba. He first introduced the
concept of geo-pollution which allows us to deal with groundwater, ground air
and sediment pollution in a comprehensive approach. Now the concept is widely
and affirmatively received. From 2000 to date, he has worked as the chief
executive of (NPO) The Society of Geo-Pollution, Japan, where he has
undertaking and propelling the investigation and remediation of geo-pollution
in cooperation with environmental agencies and concerned citizens with the aim
of preserving and restoring the beauty of the natural land of the country.
- ABOUT FIELD TRIP
LEADER
Mr. Kunio Furuno is a environmental geologist. He has
focused his research efforts on the study of groundwater basin management with
the Research Institute of Chiba prefecture in Japan for over 30 years.
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Day 1: Wednesday, November 20,
2002
- 8:00-9:00 GENERAL REGISTRATION
- 9:00-9:30 WELCOME REMARKS - Prof. Hisashi Nirei,
Japan-Chairman,COGEOENVIRONMENT
- 9:30 - 9:45 Objectives and Short Description of the Workshop - Dr. José
A. Centeno, AFIP
A. Environmental Health : Sources of Exposure and Effects of Toxic Metal
Ion
- 9:45-10:45 The Diversity of Trace Elements and Toxic Metal Ions in
Environmental Health and Human Diseases: Essentiality, Toxicity and
Carcinogenesis - Dr. José A. Centeno, AFIP
- 10:45-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
- 11:00-12:00 A Process-oriented Approach to Understanding Natural and
Anthropogenic Sources, Transport and Fate of Toxic Metal Ions in the
Environment - Dr. Robert B. Finkelman, USGS
- 12:00-12:30 Discussion and General Remarks
- 12:30-13:30 LUNCH
B. Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Health Effects
- 13:30 - 14:15 Environmental Pathology and Health Effects of Toxic Metals
in Pediatric Pathology
Dr. Florabel G. Mullick, AFIP
- 14:15 - 14:45 Considerations for the Design of Environmental Health
Studies Associated with Effects of Toxic Metal: Arsenic as an Example - Dr.
Jose A. Centeno, AFIP
- 14:45 - 15:00 Discussions and Coffee Break
C. Environmental Pathology, Geochemical Studies and Health
Effects.
- 15:00 - 15:45 An Overview of Toxic Metals and Liver Diseases -
Dr.Florabel G. Mullick, AFIP
- 15:45 - 16:30 An Introduction and Overview to Chronic Arsenic Poisoning:
Natural History, Toxicology and Health Effects - Dr. Jose A. Centeno,
AFIP
- 16:30 - 17:30 An Overview of Health Impacts of Coal and Coal Use:
Arsenicosis and Fluorosis
Dr. Robert B. Finkelman, USGS
- 17:30 - 18:00 Discussion and General Remarks
Day 2: Thursday, November 21, 2002\
D. Analytical Toxicology: Trace Element Speciation, Detection and
Quantification Methods
- 8:30 - 8:45 Welcome and Introduction - Summary of first day
activities
- 8:45 - 9:45 "Speciation" of Trace Elements and Toxic Metal Ion Species: An
Overview of Arsenic Speciation - Dr. José A. Centeno, AFIP
- 9:45-10:30 Analytical Methods for the Study of Trace Elements and Toxic
Metal Ions in Geological and Environmental Samples - Dr. Robert B.
Finkelman, USGS
- 10:30-11:00 DISCUSSION AND COFFEE BREAK
- 11:00 - 12:00 Analytical Methods for the Study of Metal Ions in Biological
and Tissue Samples
Dr. José A. Centeno, AFIP
- 12: 00- 13:00 LUNCH
E. Special Topics on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health Research on
Metal Ion
- 13:00 - 13:45 Current Topics on Trace Elements and Toxic Metal Ion
Studies: Environmental Legislation, Management and Use of Some Waste Products
Containing Toxic Metals
Dr. Robert B. Finkelman, USGS
- 13:45 - 14:45 Medical Geology: An Emerging Discipline in Environmental and
Human Health
Dr. Olle Selinus, Geological Survey of Sweden
Dr. Jose
A. Centeno, AFIP, Washington, DC
- 14:45 - 15:00 DISCUSSION AND COFFEE BREAK
- 15:00 - 15:45 An Overview of Environmental, Human Health and Medical
Geology Activities and Research Needs in Japan - Prof. Hisashi Nirei,
Japan
- 15:45- 16:30 Panel Discussion: Research Opportunities and Needs on
Environmental Toxicology, Medical Geology and and Human Health - All
Speakers
- 16:30 - 16:45 Short Course Summary
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REGISTRATION FORM
Please complete and return
to:
Prof. Dr. Hisashi Nirei
Chairperson, Local Organizing Committee
Medical Geology 2002
Center for Water Environment Studies, Ibaraki
University(CWES) (Geo-Environmental Sciences)
Ohu, Itako City, Ibaraki 311
2402, JAPAN
Telephone: 81-299-66-7250; Fax: 81-299-67-5175
Email:
nirei@mx.ibaraki.ac.jp
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