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2013 Conference of the International Medical Geology Association (25–29 August 2013)

Session No. 33
Tuesday, 27 August 2013: 2:10 PM-5:10 PM
Washington II (Hilton Crystal City Hotel)

Occupational Health Issues

 

Xi Huang and A. Scott Laney, Chairs
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2:10 PM
INVITED KEYNOTE: THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (GEOHEALTH) PROGRAM: BUILDING DEVELOPING COUNTRY INSTITUTIONAL HUBS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
JESSUP, Christine M., National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, christine.jessup@nih.gov, christine.jessup@nih.gov
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2:30 PM
INCREASED PREVALENCE OF COAL WORKERS’ PNEUMOCONIOSIS: WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW?
HUANG, Xi, Departments of Environmental Medicine and Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, Hospital for Joint Diseases, Rm 1612A, New York, NY 10016, xi.huang@nyumc.org, xi.huang@nyumc.org
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2:50 PM
IMPROVING HEALTH AND CHARACTERIZING THE BURDEN OF DISEASE OF WESTERN MINERS
LANEY, A. Scott, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, 1095 Willowdale Road, Mail Stop HG900.2, Morgantown, WV 26505, alaney@cdc.gov, alaney@cdc.gov
 
3:10 PM
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3:30 PM
URINARY BLADDER CANCER IN A FORMER AREA OF UNDERGROUND HARD COAL MINING
GOLKA, Klaus1, OVSIANNIKOV, Daniel2, BLASZKEWICZ, Meinolf1, MOORMANN, Oliver3, HAENEL, Matthias W.4, HENGSTLER, Jan G.1 and SELINSKI, Silvia1, (1)Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Ardeystr. 67, Dortmund, 44139, Germany, (2)Department of Urology, St.-Marien Hospital, Altstadtstr. 23, Lünen, 44534, Germany, (3)Department of Urology, St.-Josefs-Hospital Dortmund-Hörde, Wilhelm-Schmidt-Str. 4, Dortmund, 44263, Germany, (4)Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, Mülheim an der Ruhr, 45470, Germany, golka@ifado.de, golka@ifado.de
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3:50 PM
CHALCOPYRITE-DERIVED REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES: A COMBINED ACELLULAR AND CELLULAR STUDY
KAUR, Jasmeet, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, ESS 205, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, HARRINGTON, Andrea D., The Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University, 57 Old Forge Road, Tuxedo, NY 10987 and SCHOONEN, Martin A., Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 220 ESS, Earth and Space Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, jasmeet.kaur@stonybrook.edu, jasmeet.kaur@stonybrook.edu
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4:10 PM
EVIDENCE FOR THE ROLE OF PYRITE IN COAL WORKERS’ PNEUMOCONIOSIS PATHOGENESIS – ACELLULAR AND CELLULAR IN VITRO STUDIES
HARRINGTON, Andrea D., The Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University, 57 Old Forge Road, Tuxedo, NY 10987, HYLTON, Shavonne Nyoka, Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 255 ESS, Earth and Space Sciences, z=2100, Stonybrook, NY 11790, TSIRKA, Styliani-Anna E., Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, 192T8, Health Sciences Center, z=8651, Stonybrook, NY 11794 and SCHOONEN, Martin A., Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 220 ESS, Earth and Space Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, Harrinan@gmail.com, Harrinan@gmail.com
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THE PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NSSGA MINERAL IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT GUIDE FOR MINERAL SITE ASSESSMENTS
LINDER, Daniel Edward, RJ Lee Group, 350 Hochberg Road, Monroeville, PA 15146, dlinder@rjlg.com, dlinder@rjlg.com
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4:50 PM
ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF MAJOR AND ABANDONED MINES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
DAVIES, Theophilus Clavell, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mangosuthu University of Technology, P.O. Box 12363, Jacobs, 4026, South Africa, TOTEU, Felix, Unesco, Earth Science Unit, P.O. Box 30592, Nairobi, Kenya and ARTHUR, Georgina, Department of Nature Conservation, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mangosuthu University of Technology, P.O. Box 12363, Jacobs, 4026, South Africa, theo.clavellpr3@gmail.com, theo.clavellpr3@gmail.com
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