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Role and Responsibility of the Medical Profession in Environmental Health

Chairs:
Amedeo Bianco (President Italian Federation of Medical Associations – FNOMCeO);
Roberto Romizi (President of ISDE Italy)

Profession values for life ecosystem protection, Maurizio Benato (FNOMCeO ) ( 856KB)
Centrality of primary prevention, Maria Grazia Petronio (ISDE Italy, Local Health Agency USL 11  Empoli) ( 1853KB)
Primary prevention between science and ethics: the lasting lesson of L. Tomatis, Stefano Beccastrini (ISDE Italy)

Round table - Health protection and Colleges of Physicians 

Chair:
Nicolino D’Autilia (FNOMCeO)

Participants:
Thomas H Peirce FRCPI (Royal College of Physicians of Ireland) ( 17KB)
Hanns Moshammer (on behalf of Austrian Medical Association)
Roberto Debono (Malta Public Health)

Climate Change and Health Effects

Chairs:
Vyvyan Howard (ISDE)

WHO World Year on Climate Change and Health, Bettina Menne (WHO) [Speaker absent] ( 652KB)
Climate change and chemical safety, Lilian Corra (ISDE Argentina) ( 679KB)
Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management, Peter Orris (ISDE) ( 200KB)
Greenhouse gases, combustion and health costs, Vincenzo Migaleddu (ISDE Italy; WWF) ( 3481KB)
Climate Change: action to prevent and protect health effects in the more vulnerable population, Philip Michael (ISDE Ireland) ( 341KB)

Round table – Role of health professionals

Chair:
Roberto Romizi

Participants:
Simone Orlandini (Florence University)
Hanns Moshammer (ISDE Austria)
Paolo Lauriola (ARPA Emilia Romagna; ISDE Italy)
Guy Magnus (ISDE Belgium; SREH Advocacy Network)

Chairs:
Judy Stober (IFCS Secretariat) ( 1922KB);
Lilian Corra (FSC IFCS)

Nanotechnology and Health: what is new? Vyvyan Howard (ISDE) ( 21257KB)
Heavy Metals: New International strategies to phase out highly toxic Lead, Mercury and Cadmiun. Nida Besbelli (WHO) ( 1452KB)
SAICM - Strategic Approach to the International Management of Chemicals, Lilian Corra  (FSC IFCS) ( 92KB)
The REACH regulation, a tool to implement the precaution and responsibility principles, Gianni Tamino (ISDE Italy; Padova University) ( 1339KB)
Environmental health: science, policy or both? Peter van den Hazel (ISDE Netherlands; INCHES) ( 1410KB) 

Round table - Health Professionals can help

Chair:
Vyvyan Howard (ISDE)

Participants:
Stefania Borgo (ISDE Italy)
Cathey Falvo (ISDE USA)
Valerio Gennaro (ISDE Italy) ( 249KB)
Peter Kalin (ISDE Switzerland)
Marcelo Enrique Conti (Università Roma La Sapienza)

Chronic diseases: the case for urgent global action

Chairs:
Fabrizio Bianchi (Pisa CNR; ISDE Italy) ( 99KB)

Environmental changes and fetal origins of adult diseases, Ernesto Burgio (ISDE Italy) ( 6670KB)
Actions taken under Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe - CEHAPE, Leda Nemer (WHO) – [Speaker absent] ( 1236KB)
Certainties and uncertainties on Children’s Environmental Health, Giorgio Tamburlini (ISDE Italy) ( 371KB)

Round table – The increase of children’s cancers: just alarmism?

Chair:
Sergio Bernasconi (Parma University)

Participants:
Gaetano Rivezzi (ISDE Italy) ( 554KB)
Patrizia Gentilini (ISDE Italy) ( 1676KB)