SOCIETY OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH

THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARSENIC EXPOSURE AND HEALTH EFFECTS

JULY 12-15, 1998

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

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The Third International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects offers the latest exposure and health-related arsenic research from around the world. Some of the distinguished invited speakers will be C.-J. Chen, J. Froines, V. Aposhian, T. Rossman, K. Brown, K. Irgolic, M. Vahter, I. Thornton, D. Menzel, V. Bencko, M. Cebrian, and A. Smith. The sessions will include sources, geochemistry, mechanisms, dose-response, remediation, patient care, exposure (several countries will be represented), epidemiology (cancer and noncancer), bioavailability, metabolism, and other related subjects.

This meeting will be of interest to research scientists, regulators, industrial representatives, and policy makers.

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3rd International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects PROGRAM

3rd International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects SPEAKERS' ABSTRACTS

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Instructions for Poster Presentations

The Third International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects will be held July 12-15, 1998. The objectives of the meeting are to:

• Summarize the present state of knowledge regarding sources, pathways, exposures, toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of arsenic in the environment and in organisms.

• Identify arsenic problem areas around the world.

• Identify important data gaps and uncertainties in the literature regarding environmental arsenic exposures and health effects.

• Learn about the research being funded by U.S. EPA, industry and the governments in other in other countries.

• Discuss cost-effective control and abatement strategies.

Among the topics to be covered are: exposure, bioavailability, toxicokinetics, dose-response relationships, health effects, EPA's arsenic risk assessment, abatement and control strategies. Interested researchers, policy makers and industrial representatives are asked to respond to this call to present talks, poster sessions, and participate in panel discussions.

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SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH

THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARSENIC EXPOSURE AND HEALTH EFFECTS

AGENDA

SUNDAY, JULY 12

5:00-7:00 PM REGISTRATION AND CASH BAR

MONDAY, JULY 13

7:00-8:00 REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:00-8:15 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

8:15-8:30 PRELIMINARY REMARKS

8:30-9:45 OCCURRENCE AND EXPOSURE (Chair: Cragin; Thornton, Welch, Yager, Buchet, Hindmarsh)

9:45-10:00 BREAK

10:00-11:30 FOOD AND OTHER EXPOSURE MEDIA (Chair: Yager; Bigler, Abernathy, Irgolic, Le, Schoof, Menzel)

11:30-12:00 PANEL DISCUSSION ON OCCURRENCE AND EXPOSURE

12:00-1:00 LUNCH-BUFFET IN HOTEL

1:00-2:30 POSTER SESSION I

2:30-5:00 HEALTH EFFECTS--Non-Cancer (Chair: Calderon; Chen, Sun, Ma, Lewis, Siripitayakunkit, Hopenhayn-Rich, Chakraborti, Holson)

(3:30-3:45 BREAK)

5:30-6:00 PANEL DISCUSSION

7:00 HARBOR CRUISE (PRICE NOT INCLUDED IN CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

FEE-$45.00 INCLUDES DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT)

TUESDAY, JULY 14

7:00-8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:00-9:45 HEALTH EFFECTS--Cancer (Chair: Calderon; Smith, Bencko, Brown, Ng, Froines)

9:45-10:00 BREAK

10:00-11:15 MECHANISMS (Chair: Beck; Rossman, Germolic, Snow, Cohen, Chen)

11:15-12:00 PANEL DISCUSSION (Chair: Beck)

12:00-1:00 LUNCH-BUFFET IN HOTEL

1:00-2:45 POSTER SESSION II (Refreshments at 2:30)

2:30-2:45 BREAK

2:45-4:30 METABOLISM (Chair: Thomas; Vahter, Cebrian, Aposhian, Yamauchi, Carter, Styblo, Farago)

4:30-5:00 PANEL DISCUSSION (Chair: Thomas)

6:00 SEGH BUSINESS MEETING

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15

7:00-8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:00-9:30 INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT (Chair: Thornton; Guha Mazumder, Kosnett, Choprapawon, Quamruzzaman, Anderson, Sancha)

9:30-10:00 PANEL DISCUSSION (Chair: Thornton)

10:00-10:15 BREAK

10:15-11:15 TREATMENT AND REMEDIATION (Chair: Abernathy; Clifford, Sancha, Rott, Hering)

11:00-11:45 PANEL DISCUSSION (Chair: Abernathy)

11:45-1:00 LUNCH-BUFFET IN HOTEL

1:00-3:00 PANEL ON DOSE RESPONSE (Chair: Wixson; Andersen, Brown, Rossman, Smith, Cohen, Buchet)

3:00 ADJOURN

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