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International Conference on Pesticide Use in Developing Countries..........primer anuncio (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 08:07:18 -0600 (CST)
From: Yamileth Astorga Espeleta <yastorga@irazu.una.ac.cr>
To: lbrenes@cariari.ucr.ac.cr
Subject: primer anuncio
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PESTICIDE USE IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES:
IMPACT ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
San José, Costa Rica 1998, February 23 - March 1.
First Announcement
The Pesticide Program on behalf of the Universidad Nacional invites the
scientific community
to the "International Conference on Pesticide Use in Developing
Countries: Impact on Health
and Environment", which will be held from February 23 to March 1, 1998 in
Costa Rica.
Organizing institutions:
Costa Rica:
Universidad Nacional:
- Pesticide Program: Development, Health and Environment
- International Center in Economic Policy for Sustainable
Development
- Department of Extension
Ministry of Health:
- Department of Toxic Substances and Occupational Medicine
Sweden:
Departments of Occupational Health, National Institute for Working Life
and Karolinska
Hospital
Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental
Assessment
Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University.
This conference is sponsored by the Department for Research Cooperation
of the Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency (SAREC-SIDA) and the
Universidad Nacional.
Objective:
To discuss and exchange knowledge about pesticides: impact on the
environment, impact on
health, economic issues, regulations, policies, and clean technology in
developing countries.
Topics:
Environment:
- Environmental chemistry and monitoring: analytical methods,
quality control in
developing countries
- Distribution, environmental fate and behaviour (studies in
tropical regions):
monitoring programmes, bioavailability and bioaccumulation,
modelling
environmental fate, transport (air, water, soil, biological
transport), deposition
and leaching
- Ecotoxicology: biomonitoring, toxicological tests,
ecotoxicological studies
- Environmental risk assessment
Health:
- Health effects: e.g. poisonings, skin and eye injuries,
cancer, neurotoxicity,
reproductive and genotoxic effects
- Environmental and occupational exposures: e.g. respiratory
and dermal
exposures, biological monitoring
- Intervention: e.g. surveillance, design of preventive
programs, intervention
studies
- Methodology: e.g. epidemiologic designs, exposure assessment,
analytical
aspects, risk assessment
- Others: e.g. toxicity studies
Reduction of pesticide use:
- Long term case studies of alternative agricultural farms:
agronomic, ecologic
and socioeconomic aspects
- New approaches for pesticide reduction and application techniques
- Regional implementation of Integrated Pest Management Programs
Economic issues, regulations and policies:
- Current trends on pesticide use: statistics by country,
region, population,
crop
- Economic valuation of pesticide use impact
- Instruments for pesticide use regulation: taxes, legislation,
international
regulations, free trade related aspects
- Economic assessment and bioavailability of alternative methods
- Strategies and policies to promote sustainable agriculture
practices that
reduce pesticide use
Opening speech:
- Prof. Christer Hogstedt, National Institute for Working Life, Sweden.
Keynote speakers:
- Economic issues and policies:
Prof. David Pimentel, Cornell University, USA.
- Environment: Dr. Damiá Barceló, Department of Environmental
Chemistry,
CID-CSIC, Spain.
- Health: Dr. Rob McConnell, Pan American Center for Human Ecology
and Health,
Mexico.
Prof. Jerry Jeyaratnam, The National University of Singapore.
Prof. Jonathan Myers, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
- Reduction of pesticides: Dr. Bernward Geier, International
Federation of
Organic Agriculture Movements, Germany.
Language: English is the official language of the conference.
Simultaneous translation
English/Spanish will be available. All abstracts must be submitted in
English.
Updating: At the home page of the UNA on the WWW at
http://www.una.ac.cr/ambi/ppuna
Call for papers: Colleagues are invited to submit abstracts before May 1,
1997.
Costa Rica is a small Central American country with 3 million of
inhabitants. It is known for
its pleasant climate, particularly in February, and its extensive
protected areas (25% of the
national territory) with a great biodiversity. Scientific and
recreational field trips will be
organized taking advantages of the natural resources of the country.
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Address Secretariat:
International Conference on pesticide use in developing countries:
Impact on Health and Environment
M.Sc.Yamileth Astorga
Universidad Nacional
Apdo. 86-3000
Heredia, Costa Rica.
Phone: (506) 277-3584 Fax: (506) 277-3583
E-mail: ppuna@irazu.una.ac.cr
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PESTICIDE USE IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES: IMPACT ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
M.Sc. Yamileth Astorga
PPUNA, Universidad Nacional
Apdo. 86-3000
Heredia, Costa Rica