Eva Kunseler and Anne Knol organised a symposium at ISES-ISEE2010 in Seoul in August, entitled “Science as support for EU policy development in environmental health”. The symposium aimed at bringing together developments in this important field and to discuss them within a wider scientific community and served as a dissemination event for the INTARESE and HEIMTSA projects.

RESEARCH ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR RESEARCH

The newsletter (see attachment) gives information on current research issues on climate change, on natural hazards and on risks to health from the environment. Research on these issues is being funded by European Commission's Research Directorate-General, Environment Directorate. The target audience is researchers, public authorities, students and others who are committed to or interested in the areas covered by the newsletter.

Provides the most current information and research available for performing risk assessments on exposed individuals and populations, giving guidance to public health authorities, primary care physicians, and industrial managers. Reviews current knowledge on human exposure to selected chemical agents and physical factors in the ambient environment. Updates and revises the previous edition, in light of current scientific literature and its significance to public health concerns. Includes new chapters on: airline cabin exposures, arsenic, endocrine disruptors, and nanoparticles

Source: 'Science for Environment Policy', issue 140, European Commission, Environment DG

A recent study suggests that a more inclusive and integrated approach to assessing environmental health risks and policies is needed to deal with the increased complexity and systemic nature of the risks.

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INTARESE and HEIMTSA will present a joint symposium entitled 'HEIMTSA-INTARESE – A European center stage for developing integrated assessmenti methodologies for environmental health policy' at the ISEE/ISEA Conference (12 -16 Ocotber 2008) in Pasadena (for more information on the conference please visit http://secure.awma.org/events/isee-isea/).

Symposium outline

The 7th International Conference on Air Quality - Science and Application (formerly Urban Air Quality Conference) will take place in Istanbul from the 24-27 March 2009, http://www.airqualityconference.org/. This is a very well established conference covering all aspects of air quality, including impacts on human health, ecosystems and built environment. Selected papers from previous conferences have been published in special issues of high impact factor journals (such as Atmospheric Environment).

The online registeration is now open for INTARESE's annual conference 2008 in Bonn, Germany. To find out more about the conference and to register online click here.