Research needs identified at the second PCB workshop in Brno, Czech Republic, May 7–11, 2002

Abstract

More than 150 scientists from the Americas, Europe, and Asia met in Brno, Czech Republic, in May 2002 at the Second PCB Workshop, entitled “Recent Advances in the Environmental Toxicology and Health Effects of PCBs”. NIEHS/EPA-Superfund Basic Research Program, the Graduate Center for Toxicology at the University of Kentucky, and the Research Centre for Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of Masaryk University, Brno, sponsored the Workshop. At six separate sessions (including posters) the origins, human residues and exposures, actions, biomarkers, risk and remediation issues relating to PCBs were discussed.

Keywords:

• PCB
• congeners
• atmosphere
• cardiovascular
• cancer
• endocrine
• environment
• metabolism
• remediation
• risk assessment
• Eastern Europe

Notes

This summary and statement of research needs is dedicated to the life and memory of Dr. Alán Pintér (born August 27th, 1943; died suddenly September 28th, 2001), Hungarian scientist and public health officer, who championed the causes of Environmental and Occupational Health in Eastern Europe.

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L Robertson

This summary and statement of research needs is dedicated to the life and memory of Dr. Alán Pintér (born August 27th, 1943; died suddenly September 28th, 2001), Hungarian scientist and public health officer, who championed the causes of Environmental and Occupational Health in Eastern Europe.