Integrating Mercury Research and Policy in a Changing World

项目摘要/摘要： 拟议的题为“在不断变化的世界中整合汞研究和政策”的研讨会将是 由达特茅斯学院有毒金属超级基金研究项目赞助。它将解决重要的问题 围绕环境中汞的命运的问题，并适时地将这些问题提请 将参加第一次水稻田条约缔约方大会的政策制定者。建议数 邀请赛工作坊将致力于以下核心目标：1.利用 研究汞在环境中的命运以及由此产生的暴露和对人类的影响的科学家 和生态系统；2.促进政策持份者和科学家之间就 与美国和全球环境中汞的公共卫生政策和监管有关的问题； 3.为从事汞研究的科学家提供一个论坛，包括生物学家、毒物学家、生物地球化学家、 野生动物和人类健康科学家、风险评估科学家、流行病学家和医生 将他们的结果传达给其他调查人员，并促进跨学科的信息交流 将加速相关科学；4.确定有关汞命运的关键问题和知识差距 环境中的运输以及对人类和野生动物的暴露和影响，以及，5.听取政策 直接参与制定国际和国家层面的汞政策的利益攸关方以及 确定他们需要科学来回答哪些关键问题来帮助他们推进汞政策。 在协作环境中，研讨会将召集政策制定者、利益相关者和研究人员 汞在环境中的命运及其对人类和自然生态系统的影响 利益相关者和政策制定者关于汞相关政策的最新发展和需求 问题；2)共同努力找出汞科学方面的差距和相关政策问题，这些问题应该 在综合文件中处理；3)向小组提交文件草稿，并继续对话以形成文件 和问题；4)为论文作者提供分组撰写论文草稿和 内容；5)讨论每篇论文的利益相关者观点；6)讨论翻译产品、宣传和 目标受众。论文和研讨会讨论的初步结果也将提供基础。 关于将于2017年举行的汞作为全球污染物的国际会议的全体会谈 在研讨会之后的一周内。ICMGP 2017年的主题也是“综合研究和 政策在不断变化的世界“，它将是一个超过1000名科学家和来自学术界的实习生的聚会 世界各地的机构、国家和国际政府代表以及科学家和项目 在汞污染场地工作的经理。

Project Summary/Abstract: The proposed workshop entitled “Integrating Mercury Research and Policy in a Changing World,” will be sponsored by the Dartmouth College Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program. It will address important issues surrounding the fate of mercury in the environment and is timed to bring these issues to the attention of policymakers who will be involved with the first Conference of Parties for the Minamata Treaty. The proposed invitational workshop will address the following core aims: 1. to draw upon the expertise of a network of scientists who study the fate of mercury in the environment and the resulting exposures and effects on humans and ecosystems; 2. to facilitate communication between policy stakeholders and scientists about the important questions relevant to public health policy and regulation of mercury in the environment in the U.S. and globally; 3. to provide a forum for scientists working on mercury including biologists, toxicologists, biogeochemists, wildlife and human health scientists, risk assessment scientists, epidemiologists, and physicians to communicate their results to other investigators and facilitate an interdisciplinary exchange of information that will accelerate relevant science; 4. to identify key questions and knowledge gaps about mercury fate and transport in the environment and exposure and effects on humans and wildlife, and, 5. to hear from policy stakeholders who are directly involved with setting mercury policy at the international and national levels and determine what key questions they need the science to answer to help them move mercury policy forward. In a collaborative setting, the workshop will convene policymakers, stakeholders, and researchers who study the fate of mercury in the environment and its impacts on humans and natural ecosystems to: 1) hear from stakeholders and policymakers about the latest developments and needs pertaining to mercury related policy issues; 2) work together to identify gaps in mercury science and related policy questions that should be addressed in synthesis papers; 3) present draft papers to the group and continue dialogue for shaping papers and questions; 4) provide opportunities for paper authors to break out in groups to work on paper drafts and content; 5) discuss stakeholder perspectives for each paper; and 6) discuss translation products, outreach and target audiences. The preliminary findings of the papers and workshop discussion will also provide the basis for the plenary talks at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant 2017 which will be held during the week following the workshop. The theme of the ICMGP 2017 is also “Integrating Research and Policy in a Changing World” and it will be a gathering of over 1,000 scientists and trainees from academic institutions around the world, national and international government representatives, and scientists and project managers working at mercury contaminated sites.