| International Centre for Pesticides and Health Risk Prevention |
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| RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS |
| 1 |
Marco Maroni |
| 2 |
Claudio Colosio |
| 3 |
Domenica Auteri |
| 4 |
Giovanna Azimonti |
| 5 |
Romilde Basla |
| 6 |
Sarah Birindelli |
| 7 |
Antonella Fait |
| 8 |
Teresa Mammone |
| 9 |
Franco Mariani |
| 10 |
Marcello Martinelli |
| 11 |
Elena Redolfi |
| 12 |
Maurizio Ronchin |
| 13 |
Manuela Tiramani |
| 14 |
Sara Visentin |
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| AFFILIATION |
| 1 | Azienda Ospedaliera Luigi Sacco-Polo Universitario. Milano |
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| GROUP DATA |
| Address | Via Magenta 25, 20020 Busto Garolfo (Milan) Italy |
| Phone | +39-0331406611 |
| Fax | +39-0331568023 |
| E-mail | marco.maroni@ucps.it |
| Web Site | www.icps.it |
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| RESEARCH TOPICS |
| 1 |
Pesticide risk to man and environment |
| 2 |
Biological monitoring of pesticide exposure |
| 3 |
Biomarkers |
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Occupational health |
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Public and rural health |
| 6 |
Food safety |
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| EDUCATION IN TOXICOLOGY |
| 1 |
“European Master in Risk Assessment and Risk
Analysis” - in co-operation with the Universities of Milan (Italy),
Utrecht (NL), and Surrey (UK) (2002-2004) |
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Course of Environmental Toxicology – Post-graduate
Specialisation School of Occupational Health, Institute of Occupational
Health, Medical School of the “Università degli Studi” of Milano
(Italy) |
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Course of Occupational Health – Post-graduate
Specialisation School of Public Health Institute of Hygiene and
Public Health, Medical School of the “Università degli Studi” of
Milano (Italy) |
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| SERVICES |
| 1 |
Pesticide Registration (Directive 91/414/EEC)
Advice and technical support to the Italian Ministry of Health,
as well as to the European Commission, for the peer-review process
of active ingredients and plant protection products (PPPs), in the
frame of Council Directive EEC/91/414 on the authorization of pesticides
at Member State and European level. |
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European Commission and EFSA (European Food
Safety Authority)
Participation in EC scientific committees (as active members or
invited experts), on matters concerning the safety of plant protection
products for workers, consumers of treated products, as well as
environmental risks. |
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United Nations Organisations
ICPS provides technical support to the WHO programmes for workplace
health and safety promotion, and to the International Programme
on Chemical Safety (IPCS), with specific focus on occupational health
and health promotion in rural areas. |
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Italian Ministry of Health
Participation as members of the National Advisory Committee on Pesticide
Products of the Italian Ministry of Health, on matters concerning
evaluation and authorization of Plant Protection Products in Italy.
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Italian Ministry of Environment
The ICPS staff provides advisory and consultation services to the
Italian Ministry of Environment on matters concerning the environmental
fate and the ecotoxicological properties of pesticides, and the
prediction of environmental pesticide risks, particularly for surface
and groundwater scenarios. |
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PESTIDOC, a relational database addressed at
providing updated documentation on pesticides through the ICPS website
(http://www.icps.it). |
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| COLLABORATIONS |
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Region of Lombardy Departments - Department
of Health Department of Agriculture Regional Environment Agency
(ARPA) Regional Institute for Education and Training (IREF) Regional
Agency for Agricultural Development (ERSAL) |
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Italian Government Departments and Agencies
- Ministry of Health Ministry of Environment Ministry of Agriculture
National Environment Agency (ANPA) ISPESL ISS International Agency
ENEA |
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International Organisations - World Health
Organization Headquarters, Geneva World Health Organization Regional
Office for Europe, Copehnagen WHO Centre for Environment and Health
European Union (DG Research, DG SANCO) European Food Safety Authority
(EFSA) International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) ILO ICOH
International Association of Agricultural Medicine & Rural Health
(IAAMR) |
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Industrial Associations - European Crop Protection
Industry (ECPA) Italian Association of Agrochemical Industry (Agrofarma) |
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Universities - Università degli Studi, Milano
Consorzio Milano Ricerche Università di Milano Bicocca (Department
of Environmental Sciences) |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| 1 |
Maroni M, Tiramani M, Fait A, Iversen B, Colosio
C (2003). Definition of acceptable operator exposure levels (AOELs)
to pesticides. G Ital Med Lav Ergon 25(3):355-356. |
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Colosio C, Harari R, Birindelli S, Campo L,
Fustinoni S, Harari H, Somaruga C, Tiramani M, Visentin S, Maroni
M (2003). Occupational exposure to fungicides in floriculture in
Ecuador. G Ital Med Lav Ergon 25 Suppl(3):107-108. |
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Tiramani M, Ariano E, Birindelli S, Ronchin
M, Savi S, Carreri V, Colosio C, Maroni M (2003). Risk profiles
in agriculture: activities in the region of Lombardy. G Ital Med
Lav Ergon 25 Suppl(3):264-265. |
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Maroni M, Mocci F, Visentin S, Preti G, Fanetti
AC (2003). Periportal fibrosis and other liver ultrasonography findings
in vinyl chloride workers. Occup Environ Med 60(1):60-65. |
| 5 |
Bruinen de Bruin Y, Hanninen O, Carrer P, Maroni
M, Kephalopoulos S, Scotto di Marco G, Jantunen M (2004). Simulation
of working population exposures to carbon monoxide using EXPOLIS-Milan
microenvironment concentration and time-activity data. J Expo Anal
Environ Epidemiol 14(2):154-163. |
| 6 | PESTIDOC, a relational database addressed at providing updated documentation on pesticides through the ICPS website (http://www.icps.it). |
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