News Release
Archive - New Contact Information
Wednesday, February 6, 2002, 12:00 p.m. EDT
In an initial effort at scientific cooperation on studies of the use of chemical defoliants during the Vietnam War, the U.S.-Vietnam Scientific Conference on Human Health and Environmental Effects of Agent Orange/Dioxins will be held March 3 to 6 at the Daewoo Hotel (http://www.hanoi-daewoohotel.com/) in Hanoi, the United States' organizing group announced today.
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (http://www.niehs.nih.gov), a part of the federal National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov/) , said the meeting will bring together experts from around the world to discuss what's known about the effects of Agent Orange and its major contaminants - the Dioxins, what's known about reducing the exposures of people to these chemicals, and what further research may be needed. The conference is expected to provide a foundation for cooperative research projects and future research funding.
For registration and accommodations information, scientists should contact Amy Hartlaub at (202) 973-8693 or US-Vietnam@courtesyassoc.com.
The U.S. members of the organizing committee are Christopher Portier and Walter Rogan of the NIEHS; William Farland of the Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov) ; Drue Barrett of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov) ; Linda Schwartz of the Yale University School of Nursing (http://nursing.yale.edu/) ; Brenda Eskenazi of the University of California at Berkeley (http://www.berkeley.edu/) , and Sandra Lange (US coordinator) of NIEHS. The Vietnamese members are Le Ngoc Trong, Vice Minister of Health; Nguyen Ngoc Sinh, director general of the National Environment Agency; Nguyen Van Tuong of Hanoi Medicine College; Tran Van Phuong of the Ministry of Health (Vietnamese coordinator); Tran Van Tu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dang Vinh Thien of the Vietnam Association on Conservation of Nature and Environment Protection; and Tran Manh Hung of the General Association of Medicine and Pharmacy of Vietnam.
Reporters interested in covering the conference should contact the office listed below to indicate an interest as soon as possible. A visa to enter the country is required.
Contact: Ms. Angie Sanders, (919) 541- 0530; fax (919) 541- 0295; sanders5@niehs.nih.gov.
About the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): NIEHS supports research to understand the effects of the environment on human health and is part of the National Institutes of Health. For more information on NIEHS or environmental health topics, visit www.niehs.nih.gov or subscribe to a news list.
About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
NIH...Turning Discovery Into Health®
to Top