Third International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research

Abdul Mohamed,Mark Hardy,Paul Tchounwou

doi:10.3390/ijerph2007040000

Abstract

During the past century, environmental hazards have become a major concern, not only to public health professionals, but also to the society at large because of their tremendous health, socio-cultural and economic impacts. Various anthropogenic or natural factors have been implicated in the alteration of ecosystem integrity, as well as in the development of a wide variety of acute and/or chronic diseases in humans. It has also been demonstrated that many environmental agents, acting either independently or in combination with other toxins, may induce a wide range of adverse health outcomes. Understanding the role played by the environment in the etiology of human diseases is critical to designing cost-effective control/prevention measures. This special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health includes the proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research. The Symposium provided an excellent opportunity to discuss the scientific advances in biomedical, environmental, and public health research that addresses global environmental health issues.

Highlights

The Third International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research was organized by Jackson State University (JSU) from September 17 – 20, 2006 at the Marriott Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi
The Symposium was built upon the overwhelming success of the 2004 and 2005 symposia hosted by JSU and co-sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RCMI-Center for Environmental Health, the U.S Department of Education Title III Graduate Education Program, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, and the JSU office of Research
In an attempt to contribute global solutions to major environmental health challenges, scientists around the world have been more and more involved in bioenvironmental research, studying the toxic mechanisms of action of various environmental agents, developing new approaches for detecting or remedying environmental damage, identifying and characterizing genes involved in the manifestation of environmentally-related diseases, and providing the public and policy makers with scientific tools that are critical for environmental and human health decision-making

Summary

Introduction

The Third International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research was organized by Jackson State University (JSU) from September 17 – 20, 2006 at the Marriott Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. In an attempt to contribute global solutions to major environmental health challenges, scientists around the world have been more and more involved in bioenvironmental research, studying the toxic mechanisms of action of various environmental agents, developing new approaches for detecting or remedying environmental damage, identifying and characterizing genes involved in the manifestation of environmentally-related diseases, and providing the public and policy makers with scientific tools that are critical for environmental and human health decision-making.

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