INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PESTICIDE USE IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES:
IMPACT ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
San Jos=E9, Costa Rica 1998, February 23 - March 1.
First Announcement
The Pesticide Program on behalf of the Universidad Nacional invites the=20
scientific community
to the "International Conference on Pesticide Use in Developing=20
Countries: Impact on Health
and Environment", which will be held from February 23 to March 1, 1998 in=
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Costa Rica.
Organizing institutions:
Costa Rica:=20
Universidad Nacional:
- Pesticide Program: Development, Health and Environment
- International Center in Economic Policy for Sustainable=20
Development=20
- Department of Extension=20
Ministry of Health:=20
- Department of Toxic Substances and Occupational Medicine
Sweden:
Departments of Occupational Health, National Institute for Working Life=20
and Karolinska
Hospital
Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institut=
e
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental=20
Assessment
Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University.
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This conference is sponsored by the Department for Research Cooperation=20
of the Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency (SAREC-SIDA) and the=20
Universidad Nacional.
Objective:
To discuss and exchange knowledge about pesticides: impact on the=20
environment, impact on=20
health, economic issues, regulations, policies, and clean technology in=
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developing countries.
Topics:
Environment:
- Environmental chemistry and monitoring: analytical methods,=20
quality control in
developing countries
- Distribution, environmental fate and behaviour (studies in=20
tropical regions): =20
monitoring programmes, bioavailability and bioaccumulation,=20
modelling =20
environmental fate, transport (air, water, soil, biological=20
transport), deposition
and leaching
- Ecotoxicology: biomonitoring, toxicological tests,=20
ecotoxicological studies
- Environmental risk assessment
Health: =20
- Health effects: e.g. poisonings, skin and eye injuries,=20
cancer, neurotoxicity, =20
reproductive and genotoxic effects
- Environmental and occupational exposures: e.g. respiratory=20
and dermal
exposures, biological monitoring
- Intervention: e.g. surveillance, design of preventive=20
programs, intervention
studies
- Methodology: e.g. epidemiologic designs, exposure assessment,=
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analytical
aspects, risk assessment
- Others: e.g. toxicity studies=20
Reduction of pesticide use: =20
- Long term case studies of alternative agricultural farms:=20
agronomic, ecologic
and socioeconomic aspects
- New approaches for pesticide reduction and application techniqu=
es
- Regional implementation of Integrated Pest Management Programs
Economic issues, regulations and policies:
- Current trends on pesticide use: statistics by country,=20
region, population,
crop
- Economic valuation of pesticide use impact
- Instruments for pesticide use regulation: taxes, legislation,=
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international =20
regulations, free trade related aspects
- Economic assessment and bioavailability of alternative methods
- Strategies and policies to promote sustainable agriculture=20
practices that
reduce pesticide use
Opening speech:
- Prof. Christer Hogstedt, National Institute for Working Life, Swede=
n.
Keynote speakers:
- Economic issues and policies: =20
Prof. David Pimentel, Cornell University, USA.
- Environment: Dr. Dami=E1 Barcel=F3, Department of Environmental=20
Chemistry,
CID-CSIC, Spain. =20
- Health: Dr. Rob McConnell, Pan American Center for Human Ecology=20
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=20
Federation of
Organic Agriculture Movements, Germany.
Language: English is the official language of the conference.=20
Simultaneous translation
English/Spanish will be available. All abstracts must be submitted in=20
English.
Updating: At the home page of the UNA on the WWW at=20
http://www.una.ac.cr/ambi/ppuna
Call for papers: Colleagues are invited to submit abstracts before May 1,=
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1997.
Costa Rica is a small Central American country with 3 million of=20
inhabitants. It is known for
its pleasant climate, particularly in February, and its extensive=20
protected areas (25% of the
national territory) with a great biodiversity. Scientific and=20
recreational field trips will be
organized taking advantages of the natural resources of the country.
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or e-mail.
Mr. Ms. Last name: First name: Institution:
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Address: City:
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Please note that this reply slip is only an indication and=20
does not serve as a conference registration.
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