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3rd International Fresenius Conference


Endocrine Disruptors


17.09.2012 to 18.09.2012 in Mainz/Germany



Highlights

Non-European testing strategies and criteria
  • EXTEND2010, Japan
  • Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP), USA

New findings on mechanisms and dose-response analysis
  • Principles of endocrinology and low-dose effects
  • Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and nutrients
  • Bisphenol-A: implications for type-2 diabetes
  • EDCs in fish: mode of action, future testing and validation

Weight of evidence (WoE) approaches
  • Incompatible levels of evidence
  • Application of WoE evaluation: qualitative and quantitative ED potential
  • Evidence for low-dose effects in mammals

Regulatory developments and perspectives
  • Revision of the EU strategy
  • Endocrine Active Substances (EAS) Database and Web Portal initiative
  • ECETOC guidance for plant protection products regulation and REACH
  • NGO perspective on EDC regulation
  • Panel discussion: implementation of the European strategy



Team of experts

Thomas Braunbeck University of Heidelberg | Paolo Castello European Commission | Ivana Fegert BASF | Tobias Frische German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) | Karen Hirsch-Ernst German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) | Peter Korytar European Commission | Laurent Lagadic French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) | Dick Lewis Syngenta | Jerker Ligthart ChemSec | Mary Manibusan U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Alberto Mantovani Italian National Health Institute (ISS) | Sylvia Maurer The European Consumers′ Organisation (BEUC) | Sharon Munn European Commission | Angel Nadal Miguel Hernández de Elche University | Pia Juul Nielsen Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Alfred Pauls Charité University Medicine Berlin | Lorenz Rhomberg Gradient | Helmut Segner University of Bern | Kim Travis Syngenta | Laura Vandenberg Tufts University | Lennart Weltje BASF | Kunihiko Yamazaki Japanese Ministry of the Environment


Contact details


Benita Selle
Conference Organisation
Phone  +49 231 75896-77
Fax  +49 231 75896-53
bselle@akademie-fresenius.de
www.akademie-fresenius.de
Julia Pletz
Conference Manager
Phone  +49 231 75896-81
jpletz@akademie-fresenius.de

Venue


Atrium Hotel Mainz
Flugplatzstraße 44
55126 Mainz
Germany
Phone  +49 6131 491-0
Fax  +49 6131 491-128
info@atrium-mainz.de
www.atrium-mainz.de

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