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SUMMARY:ZPH Science Lunch (Guest Lecture) mit David F. Goldsmith\, George W
 ashington University "Research Impacts after International Agency for Rese
 arch on Cancer (IARC) Classification of Silica Dust as a Known Carcinogen:
  Global Perspective"
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DESCRIPTION:Vortragender:\n David F. Goldsmith\, PhD\, George Washington Un
 iversity\, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health\, Washingto
 n DC 20052 USA\, June 20\, 2024 from 12:00 to 13:00\n\nTitle:\n "Research 
 Impacts after International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Classific
 ation of Silica Dust as a Known Carcinogen: Global Perspective"\n\nThe Int
 ernational Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) examined the animal and hu
 man evidence for the carcinogenicity of crystalline silica (quartz dust) t
 hree times--1986\, 1997\, and 2012. After the 1997 evaluation IARC judged 
 silica dust to be a type 1 or known human carcinogen. In this talk we will
  briefly review the published epidemiology evidence for cancer among worke
 rs exposed to silica and among patients diagnosed with silicosis since 199
 7. We will also address very current global evidence focusing on workers w
 ho mine coal containing high levels of quartz\, on African workers with si
 icotuberculosis\, children and their parents involved with artisanal gold 
 mining\, railroad workers exposed to silica gravel or ballast\, and the se
 vere acute silicosis risk among countertop workers from many countries. La
 stly\, younger clinicians need to be aware of the importance of future res
 earch undertakings\, including improving exposure assessments\, understand
 ing if there are biochemical or surface chemistries to distinguish silica 
 malignancies from 'garden variety' lung tumours\, expanding silica linkage
 s to other diseases such as autoimmune ailments\, other nonlung cancers (s
 uch as gastric\, kidney and skin neoplasms)\, and chronic lung diseases. T
 here is a need for health studies of the interactions of silica with smoki
 ng\, asbestos\, mercury\, countertop binders\, radiation and coal\, and al
 l of this research needs to be applied so prevention can be made a much hi
 gher priority.
LOCATION:Medizinische Universität Wien Zentrum für Public Health ZPH Semi
 narzentrum Hofgebäude\, Seminarraum 3 Adresse: Kinderspitalgasse 15\, 109
 0 Wien
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