Endocrine Disrupters: Occurence in the bioenvironment and possible effects in animals and humans

Scientific Programme

DAY 1: Thursday 13 October, 2005
09.00 - 10.00 Registration

Welcome
10.00 - 10.10 Eiliv Steinnes, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Chairman: Tom Grotmol

Introductory talk
10.10 - 10.30 Erik Dybing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo:
Endocrine disrupters - a role in human health?

Key lecture
10.30 - 11.30 John McLachlan, Tulane and Xavier Universities, New Orleans:
The cutting edge of research on endocrine disrupters - Potential harmful effects in wildlife and humans

11.30 - 11.50 Coffee

Occurrence in the bioenvironment

- Wildlife exposure to endocrine disrupters

11.50 - 12.10 Knut-Erik Tollefsen, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo:
Endocrine disrupters in water and fish

12.10 - 12.30 Jonathan Verreault, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø:
Endocrine disrupters in birds

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

Chairman: Gunnar Eriksen

13.30 - 13.50 Janneche Utne Skåre, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo:
Distribution of persistent organic pollutants in Arctic mammals

- Domestic animal and human exposure to endocrine disrupters

13.50 - 14.10 Tore Sivertsen, National School of Veterinary Science, Oslo:
The use of hormones and agents with endocrine disrupter effect in domestic animals

14.10 - 14.30 Aksel Bernhoft, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo:
Animal exposure to endocrine disrupters

14.30 - 14.50 Jan Alexander, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo:
Contaminants with endocrine disrupter effect in food

14.50 - 15.20 Poster Session
Anja Olsen Institute of Epidemiological Cancer Research, Denmark:
Plasma enterolactone and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer according to estrogen receptor status

Toril Tefre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway:
Are there any geographical differences in exposure to environmental chemicals and male reproductive function in Norway? A study of serum levels of CB-153 and p,p’-DDE, semen quality and male reproductive hormones in Southern and Northern parts of Norway.

DAY 2: Friday 14 October, 2005

Chairman: Aksel Bernhoft

Key lecture
09.00 - 10.00 Jan-Åke Gustafsson, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm:
New surprises in estrogen signalling

Possible effects in animals and humans

- Effects of endocrine disrupters in wildlife

10.00 - 10.20 Anders Goksøyr, University of Bergen & Biosense Laboratories:
Endocrine disrupters in the marine environment: mechanisms of toxicity and their influence on reproductive processes in fish

10.20 - 10.40 Augustine Arukwe, Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology, Trondheim:
Gene expression patterns in estrogen- and Ah-receptor agonists interaction in primary hepatocyte culture in Rainbow trout

10.40 - 11.00 Coffee

11.00 - 11.20 Bjørn Munro Jenssen, Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology, Trondheim:
Effects of anthropogenic endocrine disrupters on response and adaptation to climate change

11.20 - 11.40 Cynthia de Wit, Institute of Applied Environmental Research, Stockholm University:
Effects of endocrine disrupters in wild birds and mammals

11.40 - 12.40 Lunch

Chairman: Trine Berit Haugen

- Effects of endocrine disrupters in domestic animals

12.40 - 13.00 Erik Ropstad, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo:
Effects of synthetic disrupters in domestic animals

13.00 - 13.20 Gunnar Sundstøl Eriksen, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo:
Effects of phyto- and myco-estrogens in domestic animals

- Effects of naturally occurring endocrine disrupters in humans

13.20 - 13.40 Elisabete Weiderpass Vainio, Cancer Registry of Norway & Karolinska Institutet:
Soy food intake and risk of cancer (endometrial, breast, and prostate)

13.40 - 14.00 Karl-Christian Nordby, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo:
Adverse effects of mycotoxins among farmers

- Possible adverse effects of synthetic endocrine disrupters in humans

14.00 - 14.20 Coffee

14.20 - 14.40 Trine Berit Haugen, Oslo University College:
Endocrine disrupters and male reproduction

14.40 - 15.00 Tom Grotmol, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo:
Endocrine disrupters and cancer risk (testis and breast)

15.00 - 15.20 Eiliv Lund, Institute of Community Health, University of Tromsø:
Salmon intake and cancer risk (breast and liver)

15.20 - 15.50 General discussions chaired by Frøydis Langmark, Cancer Registry of Norway

15.50 - 15.55 Concluding remarks by Eiliv Steinnes

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