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Carissimi Soci SGI,
Carissimi Soci Società Associate,
Su indicazione del Prof. Francesco Mirabella (Università di Perugia), vi segnaliamo la Call for Abstracts relativa alla sessione NH8.3 "Environmental Exposome of Inorganic Dusts and Elongated Mineral Particles: from Minerochemistry to Risk Assessment", organizzata nell'ambito dell'EGU General Assembly 2023 (Austria & Online | 23–28 Aprile 2023).
Cordiali saluti,
La Segreteria
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract to our session at EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2023 in Vienna, 23-28 April 2023 (www.egu23.eu):
NH8.3 - Environmental Exposome of Inorganic Dusts and Elongated Mineral Particles: from Minerochemistry to Risk Assessment
Conveners: Francesco Turci (Univ. Torino, IT), Cristina Pavan (Univ. Torino, IT; Univ. catholique Louvain, BE), Sarah Kalika (DiabloGeo, USA), Ana López Lilao (ITC, ES), Luca Barale (CNR-IGG, IT).
Exposure to silica, asbestos, and other mineral dusts is responsible for 25% of all occupational lung diseases (WHO study, 2017). New occupational and environmental strategies that promote awareness of the social and health impacts of hazardous minerals are highly required. Re-emergence of lung diseases associated with unexpected sources and non-conventional exposure scenarios require an up-to-date risk assessment, monitoring, and mitigation strategies. The development of environmental exposome(s), the new frontier for assessing the effects of multiple exposures to toxicants, requires, for inorganic particles and fibers, an integrated strategy for bridging minero-chemical properties to hazard assessment.
Dealing with mineralogy, geology, chemistry, and epidemiology, this session welcomes novel and outstanding contributions and case studies on the following aspects:
- particle and fibre mineralogical definition, including regulatory aspects;
- particle and fibre risk assessment, migration, transport, and fate in natural environments including air, water, and soil/rock, and in occupational settings;
- physico-chemical assessment of particle and fibre characteristics relevant to interactions with biological milieu, and mechanisms of toxicity;
- development of novel approaches for the determination of inorganic particle and fibre occurrences, risk management, air sampling procedures for outdoor/indoor environments, protection strategies for workers, environment, and population at large;
- all other studies on environmental, occupational, and non-conventional exposures to inorganic dust, including asbestos, silica, silicates, volcanic ashes, celestial dusts, dusts from construction sites, and more in general composite dust.
The abstract deadline is January 10th (13:00 CET).
We look forward to receiving your abstracts and meeting you in Vienna!
Kind regards,
Francesco, Cristina, Sarah, Ana, and Luca