International Conference on Arctic Pollution, Biomarkers and Human Health

“北极开发、污染和人类健康的生物标志物”会议将于2000年5月1日至3日在阿拉斯加的安克雷奇举行。这次会议是由国家环境健康科学研究所/国家健康研究所(NIEHS/NIH)和北极监测与评估计划(AMAP)组织的。基础环境健康研究对保护该地区及其人民的健康非常重要。由洋流和气流动员起来的污染物在全球范围内流动，并在北极的“沉没”中定居，在那里低挥发和被困在冰和冷水中引发了人们对不断增加的暴露的担忧。此外，通过脂溶污染物食物链进行的生物浓缩使土著居民的饮食容易受到有害污染的影响。本次会议的目的是提高人们对北极地区面临的环境健康问题的认识，并将先进的科学技术应用于暴露于环境制剂的暴露评估和健康影响问题上。最终目标是通过科学合理的研究评估环境污染物可能造成的健康危害，以改善北极人口的健康。

A conference on "Arctic Development, Pollution and Biomarkers of Human Health" will be held in Anchorage, Alaska on May 1-3, 2000. The conference is being organized by The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institute of Health (NIEHS/NIH) and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Prgramme (AMAP).Basic environmental health research is important to protect the health of this region and its people. Pollutants mobilized by ocean streams and air currents move globally and settle in the arctic" sink" where low volatilization and entrapment in ice and cold water raise concerns about increasing exposures. Furthermore, bioconcentration through the food chain of fat-soluble pollutants makes indigenous population diets susceptible to untoward contamination.The objectives of this conference are to raise awareness of the environmental health issues confronting the Arctic regions and to bring advanced scientific techniques to bear on the issues of exposure assessment and health effects of exposures to environmental agents. The ultimate goal is to better the health of arctic populations through scientifically sound studies assessing possible health hazards from environmental contaminants.