International Conference on Arctic Pollution, Biomarkers and Human Health

2000年5月1日至3日将在阿拉斯加州安克雷奇举行一次关于“北极开发、污染和人类健康生物标志”的会议。这次会议由国家环境卫生科学研究所/国家卫生研究所（NIEHS/NIH）和北极监测和评估方案（AMAP）组织。基础环境卫生研究对保护本地区及其人民的健康具有重要意义。被洋流和气流调动的污染物在全球范围内移动，并在北极“汇”中沉淀，在那里，低挥发性和被冰和冷水捕获引起了人们对日益增加的暴露的担忧。此外，脂溶性污染物通过食物链的生物浓缩使土著居民的饮食容易受到有害污染。本次会议的目标是提高对北极地区面临的环境卫生问题的认识，并采用先进的科学技术来处理接触环境物剂的接触评估和接触对健康的影响问题。最终目标是通过科学合理的研究来评估环境污染物可能造成的健康危害，从而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.