{"id":2316,"date":"2013-12-02T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T13:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightoncanada.ca\/?p=2316"},"modified":"2013-12-02T08:30:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T13:30:26","slug":"over-300-scientists-and-organisations-from-36-countries-condemn-efforts-of-the-asbestos-industry-to-promote-use-of-asbestos-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/?p=2316","title":{"rendered":"Over 300 scientists and organisations from 36 countries condemn efforts of the asbestos industry to promote use of asbestos in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a letter sent to three government ministers, over 200 scientists and over 100 labour and health organizations from 36 countries urge Government of India to protect the health of the people of India, not the profits of\u00a0 the asbestos industry<\/strong><\/p>\n

November 27, 2013<\/p>\n

Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad
\nMinister of Labour & Employment, Sis Ram Ola
\nMinister of Forests & Environment, Jayanthi Natarajan
\nGovernment of India<\/p>\n

Dear Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Minister of Labour & Employment and Minister of Forests & Environment:<\/p>\n

We respectfully wish to bring to your attention our deep concerns regarding efforts currently underway to promote the use of chrysotile asbestos in India.<\/p>\n

On December 3 and 4, the International Chrysotile Association, which represents the interests of the global asbestos industry, together with the Asbestos Cement Product Manufacturers\u2019 Association of India, will be holding a conference in New Delhi to promote use of chrysotile asbestos in India and to put forward the claim that scientific research shows that chrysotile asbestos can be safely used.<\/p>\n

This claim is utterly false. The world scientific community has overwhelmingly concluded that chrysotile asbestos causes deadly diseases, such as asbestosis, mesothelioma and lung and other cancers, and that it cannot be safely used.<\/p>\n

The International Agency for Research on Cancer and the World Health Organization have called for an end to all use of chrysotile asbestos in order to prevent further tragic epidemics of asbestos-related diseases.<\/p>\n

To name just a few leading organisations, the World Federation of Public Health Associations, the International Commission on Occupational Health, the International Social Security Association, the Union for International Cancer Control (representing 770 member organisations in 155 countries, including the Indian Cancer Society and the Cancer Aid and Research Foundation of India), the International Trade Union Confederation (representing 175 million workers in 151 countries), the Collegium Ramazzini, the Joint Policy Committee of Societies of Epidemiology and the Indian Association of Occupational Health have all called for an end to the use of chrysotile asbestos.<\/p>\n

Chrysotile asbestos represents 95% of all asbestos used over the past century and today represents the entirety of the asbestos trade. In every country in which it has been used, chrysotile asbestos has left behind a legacy of terrible human suffering and billions of dollars of economic costs for health care and compensation for victims and for removal of deteriorated asbestos from buildings.For this reason, the World Bank recommends against the use of chrysotile asbestos.<\/p>\n

The International Chrysotile Association is a lobby organisation, based in Quebec, Canada and headed by Mr. Jean Leblond, a long-time salesman for the Quebec asbestos mines. The Association has been condemned by medical experts in Quebec and around the world for putting forward deadly, deceptive misinformation that will cause suffering and loss of life for years to come.<\/p>\n

Not a single reputable scientific agency in the world supports the claim put forward by the International Chrysotile Association and the Asbestos Cement Product Manufacturers\u2019 Association that chrysotile asbestos can be safely used.<\/p>\n

In the face of the demand by Quebec and other health experts to end its export of asbestos, the Quebec government last year closed down the last asbestos mines in Quebec. Quebec and the rest of Canada virtually stopped using asbestos many years ago. However, because of the long latency period for asbestos-related diseases, 70% of deaths from occupational disease in Quebec continue today to be caused by asbestos.<\/p>\n

In the face of the public health disaster caused by asbestos, 54 industrialized countries have banned any use of asbestos. Other countries, such as the United States and Canada simply stopped using it. Consequently, the asbestos industry, in order to ensure its continued profits, is aggressively targeting Asian countries for sales. Just six Asian countries \u2013 China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka \u2013 now represent 70% of world asbestos consumption.<\/p>\n

While the asbestos industry pretends that asbestos is widely used, in fact, just eight countries represent 87% of global consumption: China, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Russia, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

India imports more asbestos than any other country on the planet, with imports having risen from 253,382 tons in 2006 to 473,240 tons in 2012, an increase of 186%. These vast amounts of asbestos, being placed in homes and schools across India, are a deadly time bomb that will go on causing suffering and deaths for decades to come, as well as causing a financial drain on India.<\/p>\n

While Russia and Brazil reap the profits of exporting asbestos, it is India that will pay the price in human suffering and in financial costs.<\/p>\n

While there is no systematic monitoring and reporting of asbestos related diseases (ARD) in India, 225 cases of mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer found in people exposed to all forms of asbestos fibres, have been reported by the Indian cancer registry, the Gujarat Cancer Institute and the Tata Cancer Institute. Independent studies in Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand of former asbestos product manufacturing factory\/mine workers have identified over 500 cases of asbestosis, some of whom have also been compensated for contracting ARD due to work related exposure. New data being collected by independent health organisations show diseases amongst family members of workers due to secondary and environmental exposures. Several legal cases are pending in labour and civil courts in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.<\/p>\n

As a result of increased use of asbestos in Asia, Dr. G.V. Le, Dr. K. Takahasi et al have warned: \u201cA surge of ARD in Asia should be anticipated in the coming decades. Asian countries should not only cease asbestos use but also prepare themselves for an impending epidemic of ARD.\u201d (Le, G.V., Takahashi, K. et al, Asbestos use and asbestos-related diseases in Asia: Past, present and future, Respirology, 2011, 16, 767\u2013775.)<\/p>\n

In order to promote its false claim that chrysotile asbestos can be safely used, the International Chrysotile Association financed a paper to be written by Dr. David Bernstein, who has worked for decades for the tobacco industry and for the asbestos industry. Dr. Bernstein will present his paper, Health Risks of Chrysotile Revisited, supporting use of chrysotile asbestos, at the New Delhi conference. A New York court has recently ruled that a number of scientific papers written by Dr. Bernstein, financed by an asbestos products company, were intended to cast doubt on the capability of chrysotile asbestos to cause cancer, and constituted potential crime-fraud.<\/p>\n

When he testified in court on behalf of an asbestos company, Dr. Bernstein admitted to the judge that not a single scientific body anywhere agreed with his views on chrysotile asbestos.<\/p>\n

The asbestos industry is concerned to protect its profits. Our concern is the protection of public health. We respectfully urge you, as Minister of Health, Minister of Labour and Minister of Environment for India, to put the health interests of the people of India ahead of the vested interests of the asbestos industry.<\/p>\n

We urge you and the government of India to support the recommendation of the World Health Organization and the worldwide, reputable scientific community and ban the use of any asbestos in India in order to prevent further unnecessary suffering and death. We urge you to join the vast majority of countries in the world who have adopted an enlightened policy, based on the overwhelming scientific evidence, to ban all use of asbestos in order to protect public health for generations to come.<\/p>\n

We would be happy to provide our support to you in any way that might be useful. Please do not hesitate to call upon us.<\/p>\n

Respectfully,<\/p>\n

Copies to:<\/p>\n

Director, NIOH, Ahmedabad<\/p>\n

President, Indian Medical Association<\/p>\n

Director, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow<\/p>\n

Director, National Institute of Miners Health, Nagpur<\/p>\n

Director General, Factory Advice Service and Labor Institutes (DGFASLI),<\/p>\n

Mumbai<\/p>\n

SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL SIGNERS AND ORGANISATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note: The following individual signers are listed in alphabetical order. Titles and affiliations are given for identification purposes only. Some of the signers have been involved in asbestos litigation.<\/p>\n

Pierre A\u00efach<\/strong>, sociologue, directeur de recherche honoraire, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm), France<\/p>\n

Dr. Wael Al-Delaimy, <\/strong>MD, PhD, Professor, Chief, Division of Global Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Dr Dileep N Andhare, <\/strong>Adj. Prof. (Occupational & Environmental Health), Indian Institute of Public Health (Gandhinagar), Sardar Patel Institute Campus, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. med. Peter Angerer<\/strong>, Institut f\u00fcr Arbeitsmedizin und Sozialmedizin, Heinrich Heine Universit\u00e4t, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Vinicius C. Antao<\/strong>, MD, MSc, PhD, Lead, Registries Team, Environmental Health Surveillance Branch, Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Atlanta, GA, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Raimund Arnold<\/strong>, GP, Wasserburg, Germany<\/p>\n

Mg. Ruth Arroyo<\/strong>, Lic. Enfermer\u00eda, Magister en Salud Publica; Docente Universidad San Marcos (UNMSM); ECOSAD- Consorcio por la Salud, Ambiente y Desarrollo, Lima, Per\u00fa<\/p>\n

Nicholas A. Ashford<\/strong>, PhD., JD, Professor of Technology and Policy; Director, MIT Technology and Law Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Thomas Baumeister, <\/strong>Specialist in occupational medicine, Gewerbearzt-Regierung von Oberfranken, Gewerbeaufsichtsamt, Coburg, Germany<\/p>\n

Nathalie Belleau<\/strong>, conseill\u00e8re syndicale, Conseil central Montr\u00e9al-m\u00e9tropolitain- Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration des Syndicats Nationaux, Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n

Dr. Fiorella Belpoggi<\/strong>, Director, Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center,n Ramazzini Institute, Bologna, Italy<\/p>\n

Dustin Bennett<\/strong>, Full Member (MAIOH) and Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH), Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH); Principal Occupational Hygienist, AIOH, Australia<\/p>\n

Dr. Martina Bergann MD, <\/strong>Specialist for Internal medicine and Occupational Health, Hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Michael Bestler<\/strong>, Karlsruhe, Germany<\/p>\n

Vicki Grace Boguszewski, <\/strong>MPH, CHES, Key West, Florida, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Joern-Helge Bolle, <\/strong>occupational physician, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Yv Bonnier-Viger<\/strong>, MD, MSc, MM, CMSQ, FRCPC, Medical Specialist in Public Health and Preventive Medicine; Director, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Qu\u00e9bec; Pr\u00e9sident de l’Association des m\u00e9decins sp\u00e9cialistes en sant\u00e9 communautaire du Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n

Traci-Anne Boyle<\/strong>, MBA, CIH, CSP, LAC, AirQuest Environmental, Inc., SeaQuest Testing & Consulting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Frank Buettner, <\/strong>MD, specialist in internal medicine, occupational medicine, emergency medicine and general medicine, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr.med. B\u00e4rbel Bula-Wiese, <\/strong>Betriebsmedizin, Germany<\/p>\n

Bennie Bunsee, <\/strong>Editor, IKWEZI Journal, Cape Town, South Africa<\/p>\n

Ray Bustinza<\/strong>, m\u00e9decin, Institut national de sant\u00e9 publique du Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n

Dr. John R. Calvert<\/strong>, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada<\/p>\n

Dr. Estelle Carde<\/strong>, medical doctor and sociology professor, University of Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n

Barry Castleman<\/strong>, ScD, Environmental Consultant; Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini, Italy; author, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects<\/em>, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Sergio Cedillo<\/strong>, Physician, Occupational health doctor, Occupational Health & Safety labor companies inspector, Mexico<\/p>\n

Nadine Chaix, <\/strong>Professeur, Documentaliste, Venelles, France<\/p>\n

Jean Claude Chaix, <\/strong>retrait\u00e9 et ancien responsable sant\u00e9 s\u00e9curit\u00e9, Venelles, France<\/p>\n

Dr. Sanjay Chaturvedi, <\/strong>MD, FAMS, FIPHA, FIAPSM, Professor of Community Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India<\/p>\n

Dr. Nayanjeet Chaudhury, <\/strong>MD, MPH, CPT(ACSM), Director \u2013 Research, Population Services International \u2013 India, New Delhi, India<\/p>\n

Sr M. Chetty<\/strong>, Occupational Health Nursing Practitioner, Occupational Health Clinic, Groote Schur Hospital, South Africa<\/p>\n

Yeyong Choi<\/strong>, PhD, Director, Asian Citizens\u2019 Center for Environment and Health, South Korea<\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Cicolella<\/strong>, Scientifique advisor, INERIS, National Institute for Environment and Risks, France<\/p>\n

Richard Clapp<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus, Boston University School of Public Health and Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts \u2013 Lowell, USA<\/p>\n

Barbara Cohrssen<\/strong>, MS, CIH, AIHA (American Industrial Hygiene Association) Fellow, San Francisco, California, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Lilian Corra<\/strong>, MD, International Secretary, International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE); Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini, Italy; President, Asociaci\u00f3n Argentina de M\u00e9dicos por el Medio Ambiente (AAMMA); Director, Career of Medical Specialists on Health and Environment, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n

Thomas Coutrot<\/strong>, economist, spokeperson for Attac (Association pour la taxation des transactions financi\u00e8res et pour l\u2019action citoyenne), France<\/p>\n

Christophe Coutanceau<\/strong>, public health researcher, Nantes, France<\/p>\n

Carl F. Cranor, <\/strong>Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Faculty Member, Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, University of California, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Camille Al Dabaghy<\/strong>, PhD Student, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France<\/p>\n

S\u00e9bastien Dalgalarrondo, <\/strong>Charg\u00e9 de recherche au CNRS, IRIS – Universit\u00e9 Paris 13, France<\/p>\n

Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie, <\/strong>Associate Professor, Director, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, South Africa<\/p>\n

Dr. Carlos Damin, <\/strong>Professor of Toxicology, University of Buenos Aires, Catedram de Toxicologia \u2013 Facultad de Medicina \u2013 Universidad de Buenos Aires, Divisi\u00f3nn Toxicolog\u00eda – Hospital Fern\u00e1ndez \u2013 Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n

Dr. Paul S. Darby, <\/strong>MD, PhD, MPH, FACOEM, Medical Director, Franciscan Occupational Health; Medical Director, Western WA Center of Occupational Health & Education; Clinical Instructor, School of Public Health, University of Washington, USA<\/p>\n

Docteur Philippe Davezies<\/strong>, Enseignant chercheur en m\u00e9decine et sant\u00e9 au travail, Universit\u00e9 Lyon 1, France<\/p>\n

Maria De Koninck<\/strong>, Professeure \u00e9m\u00e9rite, D\u00e9partement de m\u00e9decine sociale et pr\u00e9ventive, Universit\u00e9 Laval, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n

Lic. Eva Delgado Rosas<\/strong>, Soc. Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Per\u00fa (PUC); Maestr\u00eda Salud Ocupacional, Universidad de San Marcos (UNMSM), Lima, Per\u00fa<\/p>\n

Sandrine de Montgolfier<\/strong>, Ma\u00eetre de conf\u00e9rences en histoire des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les enjexu sociaux, IRIS, France<\/p>\n

Dr. Arch. <\/strong>Silvia de Schiller<\/strong>, PhD, Director of the CIHE SI FADU UBA \u2013 Habitat and Energy Research Centre, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n

Dr. Luis Eugenio Portela Fernandes de Souza<\/strong>, MD, PhD in Public Health, professor, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil; current president of Abrasco (Brazilian Association on Public Health), Brazil<\/p>\n

Dra. Mar\u00eda del Pilar Paz Rom\u00e1n<\/strong>, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n

Dr. V. Ramana Dhara<\/strong>, MD, ScD, MPH, Adjunct Clinical Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine & Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Rafael D\u00edaz, <\/strong>MD, PhD, Preventive Medicine, Occupational Health Doctor, Spanish Public Health, Spain<\/p>\n

DR ANA DIGON<\/strong>, Medica toxic\u00f3loga, Primera C\u00e1tedra de Toxicolog\u00eda, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Hans Drexler<\/strong>, President of the German Society of Occupational and Environmental Health, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Alan Ducatman<\/strong>, MS, MD, Professor of Public Health, Professor of Medicine West Virginia University, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Anke D\u00fcrholz<\/strong>, F\u00c4 f\u00fcr Arbeitsmedizin, F\u00c4 f\u00fcr Allgemeinmedizin, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Gertrud Eggers-Biffar<\/strong>, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. David Egilman<\/strong>, MD, MPH., Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Brown University; Editor, International Journal of Occupational & Environmental Health, Attleboro, Mass., USA<\/p>\n

Gerhard Elsigan<\/strong>, Ing.Mag., board member, Linz Academy of Occupational Medicine and Safety, Linz, Austria<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Michael Emmerich, <\/strong>Head of Occupational Medicine Centre Hirschbach, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Philipp Emmerich<\/strong>, medical doctor, working as a scientist at the Institute of Medical Informatics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Frank Ensslen<\/strong>, Internal Medicine specialist, Occupational Medicine specialist, L\u00fcbeck, Germany<\/p>\n

Halvor Erikstein<\/strong>, Organisational Secretary \/ Certified Occupational Hygienist, SAFE – Norwegian Union of Energy Workers, Norway<\/p>\n

Dr. Arch. John Martin Evans<\/strong>, PhD, Director of the CIHE SI FADU UBA \u2013 Habitat and Energy Research Centre, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n

Dr. Luiz Augusto Facchini<\/strong>, Medical Epidemiologist, Professor, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Pelotas; Counsellor, ABRASCO, Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Brasileira de Sa\u00fade Coletiva (Brazilian Association on Public Health), Brazil<\/p>\n

Dr. Cathey E. Falvo<\/strong>, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair (retired), International Public Health, School of Public Health, New York Medical College, USA<\/p>\n

Jean-Paul Flammarion<\/strong>, membre du comit\u00e9 d’hygi\u00e8ne, de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et des conditions de travail (CHSCT), Changis sur Marne, France<\/p>\n

Eduardo L. Franco<\/strong>, DrPH, FRSC, FCAHS; James McGill Professor and Chair, Department of Oncology; Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada<\/p>\n

Dr. Giuliano Franco<\/strong>, MD, Professor of Occupational Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy<\/p>\n

Dr. Arthur L. Frank<\/strong>, MD, PhD, Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini, Italy; Professor of Public Health, Drexel University, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Erica Frank<\/strong>, MD, MPH, Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia; Founder, President, and Research Director, NextGenU.org, Canada<\/p>\n

Thierry Frenot<\/strong>, sp\u00e9cialiste en pr\u00e9vention des risques professionnels, France<\/p>\n

Dr. Gabriele Fr\u00f6hlich<\/strong>, Arbeitsinspektions\u00e4rztlicher Dienst f\u00fcr Wien, Nieder\u00f6sterreich und Burgenland, Wien, Austria<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Melanie Funk<\/strong>, Fach\u00e4rztin f\u00fcr Arbeitsmedizin (Doctor of Occupational Health), Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Christine L. Gabel<\/strong>, DVM, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Internship Coordinator, and Lead Advisor, Environmental Public Health Program, Watershed Institute for Collaborative Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Ray F. Garman<\/strong>, MD, MPH, FACOEM, Associate Professor, Vice-Chair, Associate Program Director, Residency in Occupational Medicine, Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Thomas H. Gassert<\/strong>, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA; Visiting Scientist, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Annette G\u00e4ssler<\/strong>, Occupational physician, Hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Valerio GENNARO<\/strong>, <\/em>MD, PhD, Head Liguria Mesothelioma Registry (COR Liguria), IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino, National Cancer Research Institute (IST), Genova, Italy<\/p>\n

Dr. Michael Gochfeld<\/strong>, MD, PhD, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA<\/p>\n

David F. Goldsmith<\/strong>, PhD, Georgetown and George Washington Universities, Washington DC, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Brydon Gombay<\/strong>, community psychologist, Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n

Perry Gottesfeld<\/strong>, Executive Director, OK International, San Francisco, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Dr Nadira Govender<\/strong>, Occupational Medicine Specialist, Occupational Health and Safety Unit, EThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa<\/p>\n

Dr. Tee L. Guidotti<\/strong>, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FFOM, FCBOM, DABT, USA and Canada<\/p>\n

Michel Guillemin<\/strong>, PhD, Emeritus Professor, University of Lausanne, Switzerland<\/p>\n

Karen Gunderson<\/strong>, MPH, CIH, CHMM, Industrial Hygienist, Developing World Outreach Initiative, American Industrial Hygiene Association, USA<\/p>\n

Harmala Gupta<\/strong>, Founder-President, CanSupport, New Delhi, India<\/p>\n

Rafael Gonz\u00e1lez Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong>, Executive Secretary of ALAMES (Latin American Social Medicine Association); Professor of Public Health, Facultad de Medicina<\/p>\n

Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n

Richard Haffey<\/strong>, Mystic Air Quality Consultants, President and Training Director, Groton, Connecticut; member, Environmental Information Association, USA<\/p>\n

Alastair Hay<\/strong>, PhD, OBE, Professor of Environmental Toxicology, Molecular Epidemiology Unit, LIGHT Laboratories, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Lucas Heereman<\/strong>, occupational medicine, chemical industry, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Birger Heinzow<\/strong>, MD, State Social Services Agency, Dept. for Healthcare, Environmental Health, Kiel, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. B. Henrich-Kruse<\/strong>, Occupational Health Physician, Bremen, Germany<\/p>\n

Miguel Leal Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, Delegado Prevenci\u00f3n, Confederaci\u00f3n Sindical Uni\u00f3n General de Trabajadores de Espa\u00f1a – UGT, Spain<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Lydia Hetterich, <\/strong>Medizinischer Dienst MED-Sw, Bosch Rexroth. Schweinfurt, Germany<\/p>\n

Marc Hindry<\/strong>, professor, Universit\u00e9 Paris Diderot, Paris 7, France<\/p>\n

Mick Holder<\/strong>, CMIOSH, FRSPH, UK<\/p>\n

David Holmes, <\/strong>MA, AFOH, Head of Scientific Services, Babcock International, UK; member, Workplace Health Without Borders, UK.<\/p>\n

James Huff<\/strong>, PhD, Associate Director for Chemical Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, North Carolina, USA<\/p>\n

Moritz Hunsmann<\/strong>, PhD, Research Fellow in Public Health, Institute of Interdisciplinary Research on Social Issues (Social Sciences, Politics and Health), Paris Graduate School of Social Sciences (EHESS), France<\/p>\n

Dr. Peter F. Infante<\/strong>, DrPH, DDS, Infante Consulting, LLC; former Director, Standards Review, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Asbestos Dispute Resolution Panel Scientific Expert, World Trade Organization, 1999-2000, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Abhijeet Jadhav<\/strong>, <\/em><\/strong>medical doctor, public health expert, occupational lung diseases; Assistant professor (to be confirmed), JTCDM, School of Habitat, Tata institute of social sciences (TISS), Deonar, Mumbai, India<\/p>\n

Bengt J\u00e4rvholm<\/strong>, Professor, consultant, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Ume\u00e5 University, Ume\u00e5, Sweden<\/p>\n

Prof Mohamed F. Jeebhay<\/strong>, Director, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa<\/p>\n

Paul Jobin<\/strong>, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Paris Diderot, France<\/p>\n

Paul Joffe<\/strong>, international human rights lawyer, St-Lambert, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Eckardt Johanning<\/strong>, MD, MSc, Albany, N.Y; member, International Commission on Occupational Health<\/p>\n

Dr. Tushar Kant Joshi<\/strong>, FRCS, FFOM, Director, OEM Programme, Centre for Occupational & Environmental Health, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India; Former Occupational Health Consultant, WHO India; Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini<\/p>\n

Dr. Jessica Kellberger<\/strong>, MScPH, research associate, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Noel Kerin<\/strong>, MD, MSc, FCBOM, CIME, Occupational Medicine, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW), Canada<\/p>\n

Dr. Kapil Khatter<\/strong>, MD, CCFP, MES, Past President, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canada<\/p>\n

Dr. Sunsik Kim<\/strong>, Special Researcher, Urban research Plaza, Osaka City University, Japan<\/p>\n

Mary Koebler<\/strong>, COHN-S\/CM, Coordinator, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Kraus<\/strong>, Institut f\u00fcr Arbeitsmedizin und Sozialmedizin, Uniklinik, RWTH Aachen, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Vithaya Kulsomboon<\/strong>, Thailand Ban Asbestos Network (TBAN), Thailand<\/p>\n

Dr. Joseph LaDou<\/strong>, MD, Emeritus Chair, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Roch Lafrance<\/strong>, counselor, Montreal\u2019s Injured Workers Union (UTTAM), Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n

Dr. Margot Lakemeyer<\/strong>, occupational physician, Aachen, Germany<\/p>\n

Alain Lambrechts<\/strong>, Docteur en Ecologie de l’Universit\u00e9 de Provence (en retraite), militant politique et syndicaliste, Aix en Provence, France<\/p>\n

Dr. Philip J. Landrigan<\/strong>, MD, MSc, Dean for Global Health, Ethel H. Wise Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Children’s Environmental Health Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA. President, Collegium Ramazzini<\/p>\n

Dott.ssa Michelina Lauriola<\/strong>, Researcher, Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center, Ramazzini Institute, Italy<\/p>\n

Dr Jean-Michel Lauze<\/strong>, M\u00e9decin du Travail, Rousson, France<\/p>\n

Dra. Rosa Mar\u00eda Lazo Velarde<\/strong>, MD, Centro de Prevenci\u00f3n de Riesgos del Trabajo \u2013 Centre for Prevention of Occupational Risks (CEPRIT-Lima), EsSALUD, Lima Per\u00fa<\/p>\n

Dr. Christopher W. Lee<\/strong>, MD, FRCPC, Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer Agency, British Columbia, Canada<\/p>\n

St\u00e9phane Le Lay<\/strong>, Sociologue du travail, France<\/p>\n

Dr. Richard A. Lemen<\/strong>, Ph.D., MSPH, Assistant Surgeon General (ret.), Rear Admiral, USPHS (ret.); Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini, Italy; Adjunct Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA<\/p>\n

Blanca Lemus<\/strong>, PhD in Work Environment; Professor, University of Michoacan, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico<\/p>\n

Dr. Hellmut Lenaerts, <\/strong>MD, Occupational Medicine, Germany<\/p>\n

Jean-Louis Lenoble<\/strong>, technicien m\u00e9thodes, Comit\u00e9 d’hygi\u00e8ne, de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et des conditions de travail (CHSCT), site VALEO, Reims, France<\/p>\n

Charles Levenstein<\/strong>, Ph.D., M.S., Professor Emeritus of Work Environment University of Massachusetts Lowell; Professor of Epidemiology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director of the Center for Environmental Health and Technology, Providence, RI, USA<\/p>\n

Marianne Levitsky<\/strong>, MES, CIH, ROH, President, Workplace Health Without Borders, Canada<\/p>\n

Philip Lewis<\/strong>, Camden UNISON Branch Health & Safety & officer; Board member, London Hazards Centre Trust; UNISON national Health and safety committee member (pc), UK<\/p>\n

Heungkyu Lim<\/strong>, Ban Asbestos Network Korea, South Korea<\/p>\n

Abby Lipmann<\/strong>, PhD, Professor Emerita, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n

Coline Loison<\/strong>, doctorante en histoire des sciences et la lutte contre le cancer, France<\/p>\n

Leslie London<\/strong>, Professor of Public Health Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa<\/p>\n

Sandra A. Lovegrove<\/strong>, President, Abel Publication Services, Inc. (retired) Formerly publisher of The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, <\/em>Frankllin, NC, USA<\/p>\n

Mg. Anita Luj\u00e1n Gonzales, <\/strong>Enfermera, Magister en Econom\u00eda de la Salud, Docente Universidad San Marcos (UNMSM), Lima, Per\u00fa<\/p>\n

Robert Maklan, <\/strong>MES, CIH, CRSP, Director, Workplace Health Without Borders, Canada<\/p>\n

S\u00f4nia Weidner Maluf<\/strong>, Anthropologue et professeure \u00e0 l\u00b4Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil<\/p>\n

Rattan Mall<\/strong>, Editor, Asian Journal, Vancouver, Canada<\/p>\n

Dr Simon Mamuya, <\/strong>PhD, Senior Lecturer, Head of Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Environmental Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania<\/p>\n

Patrick Mas<\/strong>, consultant sur les risques professionnels, formateur des repr\u00e9sentants des personnels dans les CHSCT, France<\/p>\n

Dr. Eike Maurer<\/strong>, MD, board certified as neurologist and psychiatrist, systemic coach, working in industrial and occupational medicine, Carl-Koth-Institut f\u00fcr Arbeitsmedizin, Erlangen, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Michael H. Mayer, <\/strong>M.Sc., Facharzt f\u00fcr Arbeitsmedizin, CDMP, Betriebssicherheitsmanagement, Stuttgart, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Melissa A. McDiarmid<\/strong>, MD, MPH, DABT, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Occupational Health Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA<\/p>\n

Aristides Medard<\/strong>, Environmental Health Scientist, Occupational Hygienist; Regional Correspondent & Member, Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB), Tanzania<\/p>\n

Pierre Meriaux<\/strong>, Inspecteur du Travail, Appui-Ressources-M\u00e9thodes; \u00e9lu \u00e9cologiste au conseil r\u00e9gional Rhone-Alpes, Grenoble, France<\/p>\n

Dr Philip Michael, <\/strong>Hon. Sec., Irish Doctors Environmental Association, Ireland<\/p>\n

Dr. Kishor Mistry<\/strong>, MD, PhD, Vadodara, Gujarat, India<\/p>\n

Celeste Monforton<\/strong>, DrPH, MPH, Professorial Lecturer, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, School of Public Health & Health Services, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA<\/p>\n

Susana I. M\u00fchlmann, <\/strong>Arquitecta Investigadora, CIHE SI FADU UBA \u2013 Habitat and Energy Research Centre, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n

Krishnendu Mukherjee<\/strong>, Advocate and Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers, London, UK<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. med. Rainer M\u00fcller<\/strong>, Public Health & Occupational Medicine, University of Bremen, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. V. Murlidhar<\/strong>, MSc (Groningen), MS (Bombay), Pneumoconiosis compensation board, TN trust, UK and Johns-Manville Trust, USA; Trauma surgeon, Mumbai, India<\/p>\n

Dr Saloshni Naidoo, <\/strong>MBChB, FCPHM, MMed, PHD, Occupational Medicine Specialist, Discipline of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Thomas Nauert<\/strong>, Ministerium f\u00fcr Soziales, Gesundheit, Familie und Gleichstellung des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Pr\u00e4vention und Arbeitsmedizin, Germany<\/p>\n

Sam Noumoff<\/strong>, PhD, Associate Professor (retired), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. med. Dennis Nowak<\/strong>, Institut und Poliklinik f\u00fcr Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin, WHO Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health, Klinikum der Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Iman Nuwayhid<\/strong>, MD, DrPH, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon<\/p>\n

Dr. L. Christine Oliver<\/strong>, MD, MPH, MS, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; President, Occupational Health Initiatives, Inc., Brookline, MA, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn, <\/strong>MD, PhD, Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA<\/p>\n

Rory O’Neill<\/strong>, Editor, Hazards magazine, England; Professor, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group, University of Stirling, Scotland<\/p>\n

Dr. Peter Orris<\/strong>, MD, MPH, Professor and Chief of Service, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science System, Chicago, IL, USA<\/p>\n

Mg. Jaime Ortiz Baz\u00e1n<\/strong>, Magister Salud P\u00fablica, Universidad Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Per\u00fa<\/p>\n

Dr. David Ozonoff<\/strong>, MD, MPH, Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Domyung Paek<\/strong>, MD, MSc, ScD, Professor, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Korea<\/p>\n

Dra. Martha Edilia Palacios Nava<\/strong>, Professor researcher, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n

Dr. Daniela Pelclova<\/strong>, MD, PhD, Professor of Occupational Medicine; Head, Department of Occupational Medicine, First Medical Faculty of the Charles University, Prague<\/p>\n

Dr. Ursula Peschke<\/strong>, occupational health physician, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Dennis Pocekay<\/strong>, MD, MPH, Asst Clinical Professor, Departments of Public Health Sciences & Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Dr.med.Christoph Preu, <\/strong>Pneumologische Rehabilitation, Medizinischer Gutachter, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, Klinik Teutoburger Wald, Germany<\/p>\n

Paco Puche<\/strong>, Ecologistas en Acci\u00f3n de M\u00e1laga, Spain<\/p>\n

Anne Quantens<\/strong>, Ing\u00e9nieure en \u00e9lectrom\u00e9canique et conseill\u00e8re en pr\u00e9vention niveau 1 (Safety engineer); CESI asbl (external service of prevention and protection at work), Belgium<\/p>\n

Dr. S.V. Nadkarni<\/strong>, Ex. Dean L.T.M. Medical College, Sion, Mumbai, India<\/p>\n

Patricia Mouysset<\/strong>, Docteur en chimie et toxicologie, Responsable du D\u00e9partement Risque Chimique, Toxicologique Intervenant Pr\u00e9vention Risques Professionnels; Certifi\u00e9e amiante, France<\/p>\n

Dr. Ramin Mehrdad<\/strong>, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine, Center for Research on Occupational Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.<\/p>\n

Dr. Anant Phadke<\/strong>, Co-convenor, Jan Aarogya Abhiyaan, member of the People’s Health Movement (PHM), working for the goal of Health and Health Care for All, Maharashtra, India<\/p>\n

Dr. Shyam Pingle, <\/strong>Occupational Health Physician, India<\/p>\n

Dr. Sadhana Prasad<\/strong>, BSc, MD, FRCP(C), FACP(Geriatrics), Internal Medicine\/ Specialized Geriatrics; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics), McMaster University; Director and Founder, Centre for Bone Health, St. Mary\u2019s General Hospital (SMGH) Kitchener, ON, Canada<\/p>\n

Gyan Rajhans, P.Eng., <\/strong>CIH,ROH, former Chief Industrial Hygienist and District Manager, Ministry of Labour, Ontario; co-author, two books on asbestos and dozens of papers; President, GSR & Associates Inc., Canada<\/p>\n

Dr. Armand Rajnoveanu<\/strong>, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Occupational Health Department, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania<\/p>\n

Dr. Lawrence W. Raymond<\/strong>, MD, ScM, Director, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC; Professor of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA<\/p>\n

Franck Refouvelet<\/strong>, Agent des lignes \u00e0 France T\u00e9l\u00e9com Orange; Repr\u00e9sentant, Comit\u00e9 d’hygi\u00e8ne, de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et des conditions de travail (CHSCT), France<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Toni Reifferscheid<\/strong>, Head of Corporate Health \/ Werks\u00e4rztlicher Dienst, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. med. Birgit Reimers<\/strong>, Consultant for Occupational Medicine, Free Consultant, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. David Rempel<\/strong>, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Hugo Rengifo Cuellar<\/strong>, MD, Mg. Pol\u00edticas P\u00fablicas; Presidente, Sociedad Peruana de Salud Ambiental. Lima, Per\u00fa<\/p>\n

Antonio Bernardo Reyes<\/strong>, Technnical Architect, Health and Safety Consultant, Badajoz, Spain<\/p>\n

Carol Rice<\/strong>, Ph.D., CIH, Professor Emerita, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Elihu D. Richter, <\/strong>MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Hebrew University- Hadassah, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Unit of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Center for Injury Prevention and EMF Program, Jerusalem Israel<\/p>\n

DR. EDUARDO JORGE RODRIGUEZ<\/strong>, m\u00e9dico, Especialista en Medicina del Trabajo; Jefe del Programa Nacional de Salud del Trabajador de la Direcci\u00f3n Nacional de Determinantes de la Salud e Investigaci\u00f3n; Coordinador de la Comision Asesora sobre el Asbesto Crisotilo, Ministerio de Salud de la Nacion, Argentina<\/p>\n

Dr. Elisabeth Rosenkranz<\/strong>, Medicine of employment health, Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelh\u00f6he und Theodor Wenzel Werk, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Elke R\u00f6ssner<\/strong>, medical doctor, specialist in internal medicine and pneumology, in advanced training in occupational health, Germany<\/p>\n

Monona Rossol<\/strong>, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist; President: Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc.; Safety Officer: Local USA829, IATSE, New York, USA<\/p>\n

Dunu Roy<\/strong>, Director, Hazards Centre, New Delhi, India<\/p>\n

Dr. Klaus-Peter Saake, <\/strong>Leitender Werkarzt, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft K-SG-7 Gesundheitswesen, Salzgitter, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr Habibullah Saiyed<\/strong>, Consultant to World Health Organization, South-East Asia Regional Office, on Occupational and Environmental Health; former Director, National Institute of Occupational Health (Indian Council of Medical Research), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India<\/p>\n

Dr. Thilo Rick M. San<\/strong>, Magister des \u00f6ffentlichen Gesundheitswesens, physician, medical specialist in occupational health and general medicine, environmental medicine, Neuss, Germany<\/p>\n

Patricia Alejandra Huerta San Martin<\/strong>, Sociologist, Assistant Professor, University of Concepcion, Chile<\/p>\n

Dr. Annie J. Sasco<\/strong>, MD, DrPH, Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm), Bordeaux University, France<\/p>\n

Jens Udo Seelinger<\/strong>, Facharzt f\u00fcr Arbeitsmedizin, Facharzt f\u00fcr Allgemeinmedizin, Fronhausen, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Naresh C. Shah<\/strong>, MBBS, AFIH, Manager – Health Department of Health (DoH), IN Unit, Valsad, Gujarat, India<\/p>\n

Michael Sholinbeck<\/strong>, Assistant Head and Outreach\/Instruction Librarian, Sheldon Margen Public Health Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Ashok Shrimali<\/strong>, Setu centre for social knowledge and action, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India<\/p>\n

Dr. Shyamsundar J. Raithatha<\/strong>, MBBS, MD- Community Medicine, Head, Extension Programmes Department, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, H M Patel Center for Medical Care and Education, Gujarat, India<\/p>\n

Dr. Michael Silverstein<\/strong>, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Washington School of Public Health, USA<\/p>\n

Jas Singh, <\/strong>PhD, CIH, Past President, Academy of Industrial Hygiene; Past Director, American Board of Industrial Hygiene, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Allan H. Smith, <\/strong>MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Director, Arsenic Health Effects Research Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Colin L. Soskolne<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini, Italy; Fellow, American College of Epidemiology; Adjunct Professor, University of Canberra, ACT, Australia; twoterm Past-President, Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (2007- 2009, 2009-2011), Canada<\/p>\n

Dr. Christian Sp\u00e4th<\/strong>, Facharzt f\u00fcr Arbeitsmedizin, Praxis f\u00fcr Arbeitsmedizin und Sicherheitstechnik, G\u00f6ttingen, Germany<\/p>\n

Olga Speranskaya<\/strong>, CoChair, IPEN (International POPS Elimination Network); Head of Eco-Accord Programme on Chemical Safety, Russia<\/p>\n

Dr.med.Christine Stockbauer, <\/strong>Regierung von Mittelfranken, Gewerbeaufsichtsamt, N\u00fcrnberg, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Barbara St\u00f6ger<\/strong>, Zentrum M\u00fcnchen, B.A.D Gesundheitsvorsorge und Sicherheitstechnik GmbH, M\u00fcnchen, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Johanna Stranzinger<\/strong>, Doctor for Occupational Health, Berufsgenossenschaft f\u00fcr Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege Grundlagen der Pr\u00e4vention und Rehabilitation, Hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n

Harald Szika<\/strong>, Facharzt f\u00fcr Arbeitsmedizin, Reisemedizin, T\u00dcV S\u00dcD Life Service GmbH, Gebiet Bayern S\u00dcD, Munich, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Ken Takahashi<\/strong>, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology Director of the International Center; Director of the WHOCC for Occupational Health, University of Occupational & Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan; President, Asian Association for Occupational Health<\/p>\n

Dr. Tim K. Takaro<\/strong>, MD, MPH, MS, Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada<\/p>\n

Nina Tarhouny<\/strong>, Chercheure-doctorante en Droit de la sant\u00e9 au travail, sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans les risques psychosociaux, Institut de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux sociaux, France<\/p>\n

Benedetto Terracini<\/strong>, former professor of Cancer Epidemiology, University of Torino, Italy<\/p>\n

Dr J. M. teWaterNaude<\/strong>, Medical Manager and Medical Specialist, Asbestos Relief Trust, South Africa<\/p>\n

Annie Th\u00e9baud-Mony<\/strong>, PhD, Directeur de recherche honoraire \u00e0 l’Inserm (National Institute for Health and Medical Research), Universit\u00e9 Paris 13; Pr\u00e9sidente de l\u2019Association Henri P\u00e9zerat (Sant\u00e9 Travail Environnement); Porte parole de Ban Asbestos France<\/p>\n

Professor Marina Thorborg<\/strong>, S\u00f6dert\u00f6rns H\u00f6gskola, (University College), Huddinge, Sweden<\/p>\n

Dr. Fernand Turcotte<\/strong>, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Professor Emeritus of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Facult\u00e9 de m\u00e9decine, Universit\u00e9 Laval, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n

Dr. Stanley H. Weiss<\/strong>, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA<\/p>\n

Jo\u00eblle Vailly<\/strong>, Senior Researcher, National Institute for Health and Medical Research, France<\/p>\n

Dr. Aubree Van Mierlo, <\/strong>MD, MPH, Occupational Medicine Physician, USA<\/p>\n

Laurent Vogel<\/strong>, Researcher, European Trade Union Institute<\/p>\n

Dr Karel Van Damme, <\/strong>Reseacher at the Center for Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Belgium; former president of the Belgian Compensation Fund for Occupational Diseases, Belgium<\/p>\n

Dr Anita van der Walt, <\/strong>Honorary Research Associate, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa<\/p>\n

John Van Raalte<\/strong>, MS, CIH, Occupational and Environmental Health Center of Eastern New York, Albany, NY, USA<\/p>\n

Lic. Walter Varillas Vilchez<\/strong>, Soc. Docente Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Lima, Per\u00fa<\/p>\n

Dr. Axel Wannag, <\/strong>MD, Chief Medical Officer, Labour Inspection Agency, Norway<\/p>\n

Yvonne Waterman<\/strong>, Ph.D. LL.M., director, Waterman Legal Consultancy, The Netherlands<\/p>\n

Dr. Virginia M Weaver, <\/strong>MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Medicine; Director, Occupational & Environmental Medicine Training Program; Associate Faculty Member, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Baltimore, MD, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Laura S Welch<\/strong>, MD, Medical Director, CPWR, Silver Spring, MD, USA<\/p>\n

Dr. Ina Wiederhold<\/strong>, Workplace health promotion and occupational safety, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Land Schleswig-Holstein, Germany<\/p>\n

Vera Wienhausen-Wilke<\/strong>, Stadt Esslingen am Neckar, Rechtsamt – Arbeitsmedizinischer Dienst, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Josette Wier<\/strong>, MD, Smithers, BC, Canada<\/p>\n

Jantje Wilken<\/strong>, Occupational Health Physician in Training, Bremen, Germany<\/p>\n

Univ.-Prof. em. Dr. med. Hans-Joachim Woitowitz<\/strong>, Former Directo, Institute and Outpatient Clinic of Occupational and Social Medicine, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany<\/p>\n

Dr. Jean Zigby<\/strong>, MD, Family Physician, Palliative Care Specialist; President, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canada<\/p>\n

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