Second SCOPE Environmental Cadmium Workshop

RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CADMIUM

University of Ghent, Belgium on 3-6 September, 2003

The report of the meeting and working papers are available.

Click here to see the Workshop Programme.

Click below to see the Working Group Reports.

• Working Group 1: Data gaps for risk assessment of cadmium in the food chain
• Working Group 2: Prioritizing risk reduction and management strategies for cadmium
• Working Group 3: Identifying methodologies for setting standards for cadmium
• Working Group 4: Risk balancing for agricultural production in developing countries
• Working Group 5: Socio-economic implications of more restrictive regulations for cadmium

Click below to see the Abstracts.

• CURRENT ISSUES IN WORLD FOOD SECURITY, J. Poulisse.
  
• RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CADMIUM IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, M.J. McLaughlin, D.P. Stevens and R.E. Hamon.
  
• HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF CADMIUM,Summary of the 61^st JECFA Meeting, A.M. Tritscher
• ECONOMIC AND POLICY DIMENSIONS OF PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON CADMIUM ISSUES, Maria Wanzala
• CADMIUM AND WORLD TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, M. Luetzow
• CADMIUM RISK PERCEPTION AND ASSESSMENT - PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES, R.L. Chaney, J.A. Ryan, P.G. Reeves, and R.W. Simmons
• PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION OF RISK, G. Rowe
• THE EC RISK ASSESSMENT OF CADMIUM, E. Smolders, N. Waegeneers, D. Lison, V. Veroughstraete, and L De Backer
• THE EC REPORT ON RISK ASSESSMENT RELATED TO CADMIUM: A NON-INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE, A.E. Johnston
• TRENDS IN THE GLOBAL TRADE OF PHOSPHATE AND PROCESSED PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS, Michel Prud'homme
• REMOVAL OF CADMIUM FROM PHOSPHATE ROCK AND DURING FERTILIZER PROCESSING, S. J. Van Kauwenbergh
• USE OF GENETIC VARIABILITY IN REDUCING CADMIUM UPTAKE BY PLANTS, C. A. Grant, J. M. Clarke, S. Duguid and R. Chaney
• MANAGEMENT OF SOIL CADMIUM, J. Keith Syers
• BIOAVAILABILITY OF FOOD CADMIUM AS AN ISSUE IN RISK MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT, P.G. Reeves and R.L. Chaney
• SETTING STANDARDS FOR CADMIUM: HOW AND FOR WHOM?, M. Gochfeld
• IMPLICATIONS OF MORE RESTRICTIVE CADMIUM STANDARDS: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE DEVELOPING WORLD, E. Figueroa B.
• SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF REGULATIONS AND EXTERNAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, J.L.P. Piet
• IMPLICATIONS FOR WTO OF TRADE BARRIERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS, Tom Verbeke
• POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN FERTILIZER MANUFACTURERS' ON THE DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR AN EU-WIDE REGULATION ON CADMIUM IN FERTILIZERS, H. Aldinger
• CADMIUM LEVELS IN FERTILIZER: PRESENT AND LIKELY FUTURE POLICIES IN NORTH AMERICA, W.C. Herz
• PRESENT AND LIKELY FUTURE POLICIES FOR CADMIUM MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA, M.J. McLaughlin and D.P. Stevens