Fluorinated compounds are found everywhere in the environment and in constitute a group of compounds that dominate the contamination burden in humans - how concerned should we be?
You will not get all the answers today, but you will get a peek into some of the excellent research that is ongoing on these contaminants and potential human health effects.
Programme:
1330 Welcome - Torkjel M Sandanger.
1335-1405 PFAS exposure in Ronneby Sweden, human concentrations and health effects
- Christel Nielsen, Lund.
1405-1435 Forever chemicals and cancer - a population-based Janus Serum Bank
as a ‘Time Machine’ to study kidney and testicular cancer
- Marcin Wojewodzic.
1435-1445 Break with coffee.
1445-1505 Known and unknown PFAS in Norwegian adults from the Euromix study
- Dorte Herzke.
1505-1525 Human exposure to PFAS - time trends and modelling
- Therese H Nøst.
1525-1545 Perfluoroalkyl substances and type 2 diabetes mellitus—repeated pre-
and post- diagnostic measurements over a period of 30 years in
a case-control study
- Vivian Berg.
1545-1600 Discussions and thank you.
Presenters:
Associate Professor Christel Nielsen, Lund University.
Senior researcher Marcin Wojewodzic, Cancer registry of Norway at NIPH
Senior researcher Dorte Herzke, NILU and NIPH.
Assoc. Prof. Therese H Nøst, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway.
Prof. Vivian Berg, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway.
When: 27.05.25 kl 13.30–16.00
Where:
Auditorium 1, MH Øst
Location / Campus: Tromsø
Target group: Employees, Students, Invited
Contact: Torkjel Sandanger
E-mail: torkjel.sandanger@uit.no