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Health Protection AgencyThe public is increasingly anxious about the long term effects of exposure to chemical as well as the acute threat from chemical terrorism.In the drive for sustainable communities, the undoubted benefits to society of chemicals in manufacturing, industry, agriculture, food presentation, housing, products etc have to be balanced by the potential for harm.The conference This conference will focus on national and international developments in identifying the key threats to the health of the public, covering “Alert and Response” systems, environmental public health tracking of hazards, exposures and health effects, engaging with the public, assessing risk and giving advice. The conference will highlight current knowledge and gaps and will make challenging proposals for research and for developing interventions and strategies for sustainable communities, including what the public health workforce should look like in the 21st century.This meeting will be of interest to policy makers, environmental health and public health professionals, toxicologists as well as those professionals in allied agencies and organisations.
| Contact Details: |
| Colchester Avenue Penylan |
| Cardiff |
| Wales |
| CF23 9XR |
| United Kingdom |
| Tel: | 029 2041 6388 |
| Fax: | 029 2041 6387 |
| Email: | chemicalconference@hpa.org.uk |
| WWW: | www.hpachemicalconference.org.uk/
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Recent Publications by Health Protection Agency: |  |
Epidemiological typing of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from Pakistan and India.
The rates of MRSA in Pakistan and India are known to be high, but few... | 21st November, 2009
| 1 West Midlands Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency,;
| J Med Microbiol. 2009 Nov 19.
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Estimating unreported malaria cases in England: a capture-recapture study.
SUMMARYA capture-recapture study was undertaken to estimate the incidence... | 19th November, 2009
| North East and North Central London Health Protection Unit, Health
| Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Nov 18:1-7.
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Survey of Salmonella contamination of edible nut kernels on retail sale in the UK.
Consumption of nut kernels has shown an upward trend due to people's... | 17th November, 2009
| Department of Gastrointestinal, Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Health
| Food Microbiol. 2010 Feb;27(1):171-4. Epub 2009 Aug 14.
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Clinical, molecular and epidemiological description of a cluster of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from injecting drug users with bacteraemia.
Clin Microbiol InfectAbstract Community-associated methicillin-resistant... | 17th November, 2009
| Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection
| Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Nov 11.
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Hospital Admissions Due to Norovirus in Adult and Elderly Patients in England.
Norovirus generally causes a mild illness in the community. However,... | 17th November, 2009
| Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals,
| Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 13.
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Press Releases on Health Protection Agency:
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| Are we Ignoring H2N3 at our Peril? |
1st May, 2009 |
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LONDON, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinica is investigating the details and significance of Mexican health
ministry statements that the H2N3 influenza virus was responsible for "the
majority of cases
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| Swine Flu: Filtering Fact From Fiction About Face Masks |
1st May, 2009 |
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SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- People who want to take extra precautions against swine flu should look
for masks with built-in filters, according to Dr Robin J Harman, a
pharmaceutical
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| RPSGB Warns Against Counterfeit Drugs for Swine Flu |
29th April, 2009 |
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LONDON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) today issued a
warning to the public about the risks of buying online medicines for swine
influenza, such as
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| Cepheid Announces European Release of First On-Demand Molecular Test for Simultaneous Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and Resistance to Rifampicin |
27th April, 2009 |
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SUNNYVALE, California, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced the release of Xpert(R) MTB/RIF as
a CE IVD Mark product under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic
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| Phico Therapeutics Receives GBP1 Million Award From the Wellcome Trust to Take Anti-MRSA Nasal Product Through Early Clinical Trials |
28th January, 2009 |
Phico Therapeutics |
CAMBRIDGE, England, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Phico Therapeutics today
announced it has been granted a Wellcome Trust Strategic Translational Award
totalling GBP1.03 million to cover Phase I and
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