Workshop: Strategies to Define Environmental Criteria for Protection of Human Health and the Ecosystem: Chemical Substances

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Date: 16th to 20th of november/2009

Location: Hotel Quality Riviera, Jundiaí, SP, Brazil

Organizing Committee:Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro, CESET UNICAMP e SBMCTA.Alice Itani, Centro Universitário SENAC.Silvia Berlanga de Barros, FCF - USP e SBTOX.Rubia Kuno, CETESB, SP.Paolo DiMascio, IQ- USP e SBMCTA.Vera Maria Ferrão Vargas, FEPAM – RS e Sociedade Brasileira de Ecotoxicologia.Marina Jakomin – Ministério do Planejamento, Argentina.

Institutional Support: LEAL – CESET-UNICAMP, Sociedade Brasileira deToxicologia SBTOX; Sociedade Brasileira de Ecotoxicologia – SETAC-BR.

Objective: Discuss and propose a framework for strategies to defineBrazilian environmental criteria for chemicals aiming the protection ofhuman health and the ecosystem.

Expected Results: Our objective is that thismeeting will launch a multi-agency project with a permanent working group topropose standardized protocols for the derivation of environmental criteriafor Latin America.

Confirmed Foreign Participants:

Rita Schoeny-Agência de Proteção Ambiental dos Estados Unidos (USEPA.).
Jean Cadet-Centro de Energia Atômica (CEA).
Robert Baan-Agência Internacional de pesquisa sobre o Câncer –IARC.
Marina Jakomin-Subsecretaria de Recursos Hídricos da Argentina, Ministériodo Planejamento.
Laura Pertusi-Subsecretaria de Recursos Hídricos da Argentina, Ministério doPlanejamento.
Peter Von der Ohe – Helmoltz Center – Centro de Pesquisa em Ambiente deLeipzig-Halle, Alemanha.
Tamara Grummt – Umwelt Bundes Amt, Alemanha.Errol Zeiger, NC, USA

Around 40 Brazilian specialists from universities, government agencies andindustry were invited. The organizers will open the opportunity for theparticipation of 20 people. They will be selected based on CV and experiencein the field. The registration fee will be R$ 3000 for non SBMCTA member andR$ 2000 for SBMCTA members. Applications will be received by email with a CVattached until 15th of September of 2009. The applicants will be notified bySeptember, 30th of 2009.

The official language of the Workshop will be English. No translation willbe provided. More information and application: giselau@ceset.unicamp.br

Preliminary Program

Nov 16th
9-10h Tamara Grummt, UBA - Development of a tool for prioritization ofemerging substances - design of biomarker based monitoring programs, formsof implementation research and guidelines for decision making.
10-11h Rita Schoeny, USEPA - Setting Criteria and Enforceable Standards atU.S. EPA: Risk Assessment and Risk Management Choices.
11-12h Jean Cadet, CEA, France - The experience of regulating cosmetics inrelation to carcinogens.
14-15h Robert Baan, IARC, France - The IARC Monographs Programme: hazardidentification, the first step in carcinogen risk assessment and cancerprevention.
15-16 Marina Jakomin/Laura Pertusi, Ministério do Planejamento, Argentina- Water Quality Guidelines for Human Consumption and the protection of theaquatic biota, Argentina's experience.
16-17 Peter Van der Ohe, Helmolz Center - QSAR Models to support thederivation of Environmental Criteria for potentially harmful Chemicals.

Nov 17th
- Morning: Errol Zeiger - Designing and running testing programs to developdata on chemicals for hazard and/or risk assessment
Brazilian contributions (to be defined)
- Afternoon: two working group activities.

Nov 18th
– morning and afternoon - two working group activities.

Nov 19th
– morning – two working group activities; afternoon - presentationin a open section.

Nov 20th
- morning: writing the proposal afternoon:writing therecomendations