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Toxic Metals Symposium Munich

Serious health problems are caused by toxic metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic and others. There is increasing evidence that even at low levels of exposure, the burden of disease from cancer to cognitive and cardiovascular disorders warrants serious attention. There is a need to reduce human exposure to toxic metals, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

This symposium will address the issues of environmental and human biomonitoring, risk assessment and risk mitigation. The event is organized by the Institute and Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at the University Hospital, LMU Munich and the Collegium Ramazzini.

Program and Abstracts

09.00 - 11.00: Heading the stage (including Keynote "Green transition – future minerals and potential health impacts")

11.30 - 13.00: Setting the scene - Exposure to toxic metals

14.00 - 14.30: Keynote: Toxic metals and global health - Lessons from the lead poisoning pandemic

14.30 - 16.00: Human exposure to toxic metals in the Global South I

16.30 - 18.00: Human exposure to toxic metals in the Global South II

18.00 - 20.30: Get together

08.30 - 11.00: Toxic metal in the Northern Hemisphere

11.30 - 13.00: Young researcher's work on toxic metals (E-poster presentations a 3-5 minutes)

14.00 - 15.45: New analytical tools and other topics

16.15 - 16.45: Keynote: Global burden of health from lead and mercury exposure

16.45 - 18.00: Existing policy interventions - panel

Program and Abstracts
Short programm (pdf)

Travel instructions

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Organizational details

The symposium will take place at St. Vinzenz, a charming former convent in Munich / Germany. It is located in the inner-city premises of the LMU University Hospital and is surrounded by hotels of all categories, close to the Central Station and very well connected to public transport.

The symposium is planned as a hybrid meeting. There are no fees for participation. For participants from low and middle-income countries, there is limited support for travel costs provided by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Collegium Ramazzini (CR). Eligibility will be reviewed by the organizing committee. We also would like to encourage young researchers with topics on toxic metals to register for the E-poster session.

The Bavarian Medical Association will be requested to provide continuing education credits for the event.

If you have further questions, please contact us at ARB.Toxicmetals@med.uni-muenchen.de.

Beginn

04.07.2025, 09:00

Ende

05.07.2025, 18:00

Ort

University Hospital, LMU Munich St. Vinzenz Haus Nußbaumstraße 5 80336 Munich Germany

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