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Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Kristine Bjerve Gutzkow, Birgitte Lindeman, Trygve Danielsen
An overview
23.06.2011
Division of Environmental medicine
Department of Chemicals and Radiation
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The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH in Oslo and Bergen)
More than 1000 employees
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Aims of the NIPH
• Provide evidence based advice to the government and to the public at large
• Prevention of disease through– Health surveillance– Research– Advice and services
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Main areas
– Infectious disease control
– Environmental medicine
– Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases
– Mental health
– Forensic medicine and drug abuse research
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Environmental Medicine
We provide expert knowledge of environmental medicine:
– prevent disease and health injuries caused by environmental toxicants and other hazardous factors in the environment
– perform research and surveillance on environmental factors
– food and water safety, research on air pollution, noise pollution. Close collaboration with other relevant institutes and authorities
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Department of Chemicals and Radiation (MIKS)
• Experience in regulation of chemicals (at National and European levels)
• Identification of chemicals posing threats to humans and/or the environment
• Persistent chemicals
• Vision: No use of potentially harmful chemicals
• Classification and labelling of chemicals and products
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Our research interest
• Chemical and radiation threats to fertility and offspringWe are active in research on agents and mechanisms relevant for:
–Genotoxicity and mutagenicity
–Reprotoxicity – male fertility and offspring health
–Neurodevelopment
–Implications of the exposome – cocktail effect
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Close collaboration with our Directorate for the Environment (MDir)
Norway is not a full member of EU! However, as an associate member we have adopted most of EU’s regulations of chemicals•Pesticides•REACH•Biocide Directive
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Safe use of chemicals – public health issues
• Population studies: – Used to monitor possible health problems when they
have occurred– Associations are found, but the existence of
causation is most often not known
• Experimental studies (in vivo and in vitro)– Provide mechanistic information– Essential for testing new substances, new products,
or new treatments (drugs)
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Thank you!