274997 Environmental Influences on Human Cancer

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 : 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

Vincent Cogliano, PhD , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Integrated Risk Information System, Arlington, VA
     
Although tobacco, alcohol, and infectious agents contribute strongly to the global burden of cancer, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, part of the World Health Organization) has classified more than 100 environmental agents as carcinogenic to humans, and hundreds more are suspected of being carcinogenic. I will discuss the level of evidence needed for public health agencies to make such determinations, which are a critical step between etiologic research on the causes of human cancer and primary prevention that reduces or eliminates exposure to carcinogenic agents.

Learning Areas:
Chronic disease management and prevention
Environmental health sciences
Epidemiology

Learning Objectives:
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Acting Director of the Integrated Risk Information System at the U.S. EPA, charged with developing scientific reviews of the health hazards of chemicals in the environment, and former head of the Monographs program at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, part of the World Health Organization.)
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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