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NIMD Forum 2006 II
Current Issue on Mercury Pollution in the Asia-Pacific Region
Day 1: Tuesday, 28 November 2006
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Opening Session
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| 9:00 |
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9:10 |
- Opening Address
- Dr. Komyo Eto, Director General, National Institute for Minamata Disease
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- Welcome Remarks
- Dr. Yasutaka Iwasaki, Director, Special Environmental Disease Office, Ministry
of the Environment, Japan
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Video Session
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| 9:10 |
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9:25 |
Minamata Disease
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- Session I:
- Moderators:Dr. Guibin Jiang (Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences,
Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Dr. Makoto Futatsuka (Kyushu University of Nursing and Social Welfare)
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| 9:25 |
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9:50 |
- Interventions to Reduce Mercury Pollution in Artisanal Gold Mining Sites:
the GEF/UNDP/UNIDO Global Mercury Project
- Dr. Marcello Veiga (GEF/UNDP/UNIDO Global Mercury Project)
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10:15 |
- Mercury as a Global Pollutant and Fetuses as a High-risk Group to Methylmercury
Exposure
- Dr. Mineshi Sakamoto (National Institute for Minamata Disease)
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| 10:15 |
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10:40 |
- Mercury, Fish Consumption and Human Health, with Emphasis on South China
- Dr. Ming Hung Wong (Hong Kong Baptist University)
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11:00 |
Break |
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| 11:00 |
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11:25 |
- Survey Results of Mercury Exposure and Policy for Mercury Management in
Korea
- Dr. Guen Bae Kim (Korean National Institute for Environmental Research)
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11:50 |
- A Survey of Environmental Pollution by Mercury Derived from a Chemical
Factory Drain in Guizhou, China
- Dr. Yoshiaki Yasuda (National Institute for Minamata Disease)
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| 12:00 |
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13:10 |
Lunch
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