Workshop: Strategies to Define Environmental Criteria for Protection of

Human Health and the Ecosystem: Chemical Substances
Satellite Meeting of the IX Congress of the Brazilian Society of
Environmental Mutagenesis, Carcinogenesis e Teratogenesis - SBMCTA
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 de
Toxicologia SBTOX; Sociedade Brasileira de Ecotoxicologia – SETAC-BR.

Objective: Discuss and propose a framework for strategies to define Brazilian environmental criteria for chemicals aiming the protection of human health and the ecosystem. Expected Results: Our objective is that this meeting will launch a multi-agency project with a permanent working group to propose standardized protocols for the derivation of environmental criteria for 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, Ministério

do Planejamento.

Laura Pertusi-Subsecretaria de Recursos Hídricos da Argentina, Ministério do

Planejamento.

Peter Von der Ohe – Helmoltz Center – Centro de Pesquisa em Ambiente de

Leipzig-Halle, Alemanha.

Tamara Grummt – Umwelt Bundes Amt, Alemanha.

Errol Zeiger, NC, USA

Around 40 Brazilian specialists from universities, government agencies and industry were invited. The organizers will open the opportunity for the participation of 20 people. They will be selected based on CV and experience in the field. The  registration fee will be R$ 3000 for non SBMCTA member and
R$ 2000 for SBMCTA members. Applications will be received by email with a CV attached until 15th of September of 2009. The applicants will be notified by September, 30th of 2009.
The official language of the Workshop will be English. No translation will be provided. More information and application: giselau@ceset.unicamp.br


Preliminary Program 
Nov 16th

9-10h Tamara Grummt, UBA - Development of a tool for prioritization of

emerging substances - design of biomarker based monitoring programs, forms of implementation research and guidelines for decision making.

10-11h Rita Schoeny, USEPA - Setting Criteria and Enforceable Standards at U.S. EPA: Risk Assessment and Risk Management Choices.

11-12h Jean Cadet, CEA, France - The experience of regulating cosmetics in

relation to carcinogens.

14-15h Robert Baan, IARC, France - The IARC Monographs Programme: hazard

identification, the first step in carcinogen risk assessment and cancer prevention.

15-16 Marina Jakomin/Laura Pertusi, Ministério do   Planejamento, Argentina

- Water Quality Guidelines for Human   Consumption and the protection of the aquatic biota, Argentina's experience.

16-17 Peter Van der Ohe, Helmolz Center - QSAR Models to support the derivation of Environmental Criteria for potentially harmful Chemicals.

Nov 17th

- Morning: Errol Zeiger - Designing and running testing programs to develop data 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 - presentation in a open section.

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

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