Plenary Sessions Opening Ceremony 1: Global Health Impact of Asbestos: Urgent Action is needed 2: Environmental Exposure, Crisis Preparedness and Risk Communication 3: Empowerment of Victims and Their Families 4: Medical Aspects: Surveillance and Treatment of Asbestos-related Diseases 5: Compensation for Damages due to Asbestos 6: Identification, Management and Removal of Existing Asbestos 7: A World Free from Asbestos Risks: the Future Strategies Closing Session Workshops A: Asian Network: Scope and Action B: Asbestos and Construction C: Trade Union Initiative D: Asbestos Litigation E: Epidemiology and Public Health F: Victims and Support Organizations G: Multinational Enterprises and Overseas Transfer H: Asbestos and Shipyards Poster Sessions Poster Sessions ILO200 Workshop ILO200 Workshop Photo Exhibition Photo Exhibition Visual Art Competition Together for the Future - Visual Messages (Visual Art Competition) Design Project Introduction of the GAC2004 Designers Abstract Top Friday 19, November, 2004 09:30 - 09:50, International Conference Hall Opening Ceremony Moderators: Yoko Tomiyama and Sugio Furuya Yuji Furukawa, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan Isao Noda, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan Mitsuko Horiuchi, ILO Office in Japan Seiko Hayashi, Japan Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-RENGO), Japan Fiona Murie, International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW), Switzerland Laurie Kazan-Allen, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS), the U.K. Yoshiomi Temmyo, GAC2004 Organizing Committee, Japan Abstract Top Friday 19, November, 2004 09:50- 12:30, International Conference Hall Plenary Session 1 Global Health Impact of Asbestos: Urgent Action is needed Chairs: Kazutaka Kogi and Laurie Kazan-Allen PL-1-01 The WTO Trade Dispute's Impact on Global Efforts to Ban Asbestos Barry Castleman, Environmental Consultant, the U.S.A. PL-1-02 Geography of Mesothelioma: An Overview Claudio Bianchi, Center for the Study of Environmental Cancer - Italian League against Cancer, Monfalcone, Italy PL-1-03 Epidemic of Asbestos-Related Diseases Takehiko Murayama, Division of Multidisciplinary Studies, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan PL-1-04 The Burden of Asbestos-Related Diseases in South Africa and the Struggle for Reparation Sophia Kisting, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa [not-attended] Presented by Fred Gona, National Union of Mineworkers, South Africa Discussion A Panel: Emerging Health Effects of Asbestos in Asia Chairs: Ken Takahashi and Noor Jehan PL-1-05 Korean Asbestos Strategy Domyung Paek, Occupational Health Program, Seoul National University, Korea PL-1-06 Current Status in the Use of Asbestos and Health Effects [moved to WS-E-10] Tao Li, Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Prevention and Control, P.R.China PL-1-07 Current Environmental Pollution at Asbestos-Cement Roofing Tile Production Factories in Vietnam and Its Health Risks to the Workers Nguy Ngoc Toan, National Institute for Labour Protection (NILP), Vietnam PL-1-08 Global Health Impact of Asbestos: An experience from Thailand Somkiat Siriruttanapruk, Research and Development Section, Bureau of Occupational and Environmental Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand PL-1-09 Asbestos Debate in India and South Asia Tushar Kant Joshi, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, India PL-1-10 Asbestos Risks: Occupational and Para-Occupational Health Status in Pakistan Noor Jehan, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan Discussion Abstract Top Friday 19, November, 2004 13:30 - 16:00, International Conference Hall Plenary Session 2 Environmental Exposure, Crisis Preparedness and Risk Communication Chairs: Mari Christine and Sumiko Oshima PL-2-01 Health Effects among World Trade Center Responders Stephen Levin, World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the U.S.A. PL-2-02 Asbestos Emission caused by buildings demolition in The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of Japan 1995 Terazono Atsushi, Social and Environmental System Division and Research Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan PL-2-03 Asbestos in Ship-Breaking Business in Bangladesh Chowdhury Repon, Bangladesh Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Foundation, Bangladesh PL-2-04 Consumers' Activities on Asbestos Issues in Malaysia Thambyappa Jeyabalan, Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP), Malaysia PL-2-05 Living in the Shadow of the Asbestos Hills (The Need for Risk Based Cleanup Strategies for Environmental Asbestos Contamination in South Africa) Robert Jones, Rhodes University Department of Environmental Science, South Africa PL-2-06 Risk communication - A case study : Accidental exposure to asbestos of a nursery school children Iwao Uchiyama, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan PL-2-07 Lessons in risk communication: Nerima Ward's response to sprayed asbestos in the school buildings Seiji Ikejiri, Nerima Ward assembly member, Tokyo, Japan PL-2-08 Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma due to Working at the Stationery Store with Sprayed Asbestos Yuji Natori, Hirano-Kameido Himawari Clinic, Japan Discussion Abstract Top Friday 19, November, 2004 17:00 - 19:30, International Conference Hall Plenary Session 3 Empowerment of Victims and Their Families Chairs: Yuji Natori and Annie Debaud-Mony 17:02-17:40 A Panel of Japanese Asbestos Victims and Families Members of Japan Association of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Related-Diseases Victims and Their Families PL-3-01 Yuji Natori, Japan Association of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Related-Diseases Victims and Their Families, Japan PL-3-02 Kazunori Uekusa, Japan Association of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Related-Diseases Victims and Their Families, Japan PL-3-03 Rinzo Uno, Japan Association of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Related-Diseases Victims and Their Families, Japan PL-3-04 Late Tokuo Kato, Japan Association of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Related-Diseases Victims and Their Families, Japan Presented by Katsuyasu Iida, Tokyo Occupational Safety and Health Center PL-3-05 Fumitoshi Saito, Japan Association of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Related-Diseases Victims and Their Families, Japan PL-3-06 Kaeko Omori, Japan Association of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Related-Diseases Victims and Their Families, Japan PL-3-07 Mie Saito, Japan Association of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Related-Diseases Victims and Their Families, Japan PL-3-08 Kazuko Furukawa, Japan Association of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Related-Diseases Victims and Their Families, Japan PL-3-09 Parental Anti-Asbestos Activity and its Empowerment Anonym, A guardian of S nursery school, Japan PL-3-10 Empowerment of Victims and Their Families in France Annie Thebaud-Mony, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Francee PL-3-11 Situation and Activities of Asbestos Victims in a Developing Country: ABREA in Brazil Fernanda Giannasi, Brazilian Association of Asbestos Victims (ABREA), Brazil PL-3-12 Environmental Prevention in Quebec Roch Lanthier, Asbestos Victims Association of Quebec (AVAQ), Canada PL-3-13 Contributions of the Asbestos Victims to World Public Health James Fite, National Secretary, White Lung Association (WLC), the U.S.A. PL-3-14 Author "Lean on Me" Cancer through a Carer's Eyes Lorraine Kember, Australia PL-3-15 Plight of Asbestos Victims in India Gopal Krishna, Ban Asbsetos India and Toxics Link, India Discussion Abstract Top Saturday 20, November, 2004 09:30 - 12:30, International Conference Hall Plenary Session 4 Medical Aspects: Surveillance and Treatment of Asbestos-related Diseases 4-A: Asbestos and Non-asbestos Agents in Mesothelioma Pathogenesis and Immunology Chairs: Yasunosuke Suzuki and Iguchi Hiroshi PL-4-01 Asbestos Fiber Analysis in the Lung and Mesothelial Tissues from 168 Cases of Human Malignant Mesothelioma Yasunosuke Suzuki, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the U.S.A. PL-4-02 Mesothelioma in Japan - It's Characteristics of Pathology Kohki Inai, Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan Asbestos Hazards and Mesothelioma Study Group, Japan PL-4-03 Clinicopathological Study on Malignant Pleural Mesotheliomas Kenzo Hiroshima, Chiba University, Japan PL-4-04 PCR/SSCP analyses of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in malignant mesothelioma Kazuhiko Takabe, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan PL-4-05 Cellular Characteristics of an Asbestos (Chrysotile-B) Resistant Subline of HTLV-1-Immortalized Human Polyclonal T Cell Line (MT-2) Takemi Ohtsuki, Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan PL-4-06 Exposure of Macrophages to Asbestos or Man-Made Mineral Fibers Causes Oxidative Stress through a Change in the Levels of S-nitrosothiol and Cellular Glutathione Tamako Nishiike, Department of Hygiene, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan PL-4-07 Functional Alteration of the Alveolar Macrophages Exposed to Asbestos Fiber: the Production of TGF-ƒÀ, Apoptosis and the Generation of Multinucleated Giant Cells Yasumitsu Nishimura, Department of Hygiene, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan Discussion 4-B: Diagnosis and Treatment of Asbestos-Related Diseases Chairs: Bruce Robinsoni and Takashi Nakano PL-4-08 Clinical Diagnosis of Asbestos-Related Diseases Gunnar Hillerdal, Lung Department, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden PL-4-09 New Treatments and Early Detection of Mesothelioma Using Blood Teests Bruce Robinson, University Department Medicine, Perth, University of Western Australia, Australia PL-4-10 Irinotecan-Based Chemothearpy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Shigeru Miyata, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan PL-4-11 Helsinki Criteria for Asbestos-Related Disease Antti Tossavainen, Department of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Finland PL-4-12 Diffuse Pleural Thickening related to Asbestos Exposure Hirotaro Miura, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Japan PL-4-13 Differentiating between Benign Pleuritis and Mesothelioma by Radiograph using ILO2000 Yukinori Kusaka, Fukui University, Japan Discussion Abstract Top Saturday 20, November, 2004 13:30 - 16:00, International Conference Hall Plenary Session 5 Compensation for Damages due to Asbestos Chairs: Akira Morita and Satomi_Usijima PL-5-01 Compensation for Environmental and Domestic Exposure Cases Bob Ruers, Former Dutch Senator, founding member of Dutch Asbestos Committee and Solicitor, the Netherlands PL-5-02 Comparative Study on Workers Compensation Sugio Furuya, Ban Asbestos Network Japan (BANJAN) and Japan Occupational Safety and Health Resource Center (JOSHRC), Japan PL-5-03 Summary of Asbestos Litigation in Japan Akira Morita, Lawyer, Kanagawa University Graduate Division, School of Law, Japan PL-5-04 A Case of Accidental Exposure of Kindergarten Children [tentative] Satomi Usijima, Lawyer, Satomi Ushijima Law Office, Japan PL-5-05 Asbestos Litigation in Australia: Past Trends and Future Directions Tim Hammond, Lawyer, Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PL-5-06 Asbestos Litigation in New South Wales John O'Meally, Judge, Dust Disease Tribunal of New South Wales, Australia PL-5-07 Philippine Case: Asbestosis Victems Left by U.S. Navy at Subic Naval Base Alexander L. Lacson, Legal Counsel, Subic Asbestosis Victims Association (SAVA) People's Task Force For Bases Clean-Up, Phils. PL-5-08 Asbestos and Money: a Local Perspective from South African Asbestos Claimants Linda Waldman, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, the U.K. PL-5-09 Transnational Asbestos Litigation: Cape Case Richard Meeran, Solicitor, Slater & Gordon, Australia [not- attended, paper submission] Discussion Abstract Top Saturday 20, November, 2004 17:00 - 19:30, International Conference Hall Plenary Session 6 Identification, Management and Removal of Existing Asbestos Chairs: Shigeharu Nakachi and Anders Englund PL-6-01 Prevention of Asbestos Risks in the Construction Sector Anders Englund, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Ume University, Sweden PL-6-02 Defining a Minimum Global Standard for the Training and Competency of Persons Involved in Management and Work with Asbestos Max Lopacki, National Asbestos Training & Accreditation Scheme (NATAS), the U.K..[not-attended] PL-6-03 Asbestos Management Plan for the Vienna International Center Heinz Kropiunik, aetas Ziviltechniker GmbH, Austria PL-6-04 A Case Study: Former Caseros Prison - First Asbestos Removal Project in Argentina Susana Muhlmann, Architect, Asbestos Removal Procedures and Legal Aspects Technical Advisor, Government of Buenos Aires, Argentina PL-6-05 COSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) Report Andy White, Councilor, Leader of the Council, West Dunbartonshire Council, the U.K. [Not-confirmed] PL-6-06 A New Standard for Repair and Maintenance of Installed Asbestos-Cement Materials Andy Oberta, Environmental Consultant, Environmental Consultancy, the U.S.A. PL-6-07 Asbestos Control Programs in Schools, Industry and the Environment in Maryland, USA Mardel Knight, Maryland Department of the Environment, the U.S.A. PL-6-08 Status of the Use and Environmental Release of Asbestos analyzed by using PRTR Data in Japan Shigeharu Nakachi, Environmental Monitoring Laboratory (EML), Toxic Watch Network (T-Watch), Japan Discussion Abstract Top Sunday 21, November, 2004 10:40 - 13:00, International Conference Hall Plenary Session 7 A World Free from Asbestos Risks: the Future Strategies Chairs: Yoshiomi Temmyo and Barry Castleman PL-7-01 From the �hControlled-Use�h of ASBESTOS to the Ban on Main ASBESTOS Products - The Process in JAPAN: June 2002 - Oct. 2004 Kazuko Ouchi,, Citizens Group "Let's Think About Asbestos !", Japan PL-7-02 The Situation in the European Union after the Total Ban on Asbestos Laurent Vogel, European Trades Union Confederation (ETUC), Belgium PL-7-03 The Study of Asbestos Use in China: Challenges and Opportunities Arthur Frank, Public Health, Drexel University School of Public Health, the U.S.A. PL-7-04 Possibility of Using Substitutive Materials for Fibro Cement Roofing Tile Non-Asbestos in Vietnam Dang Dinh Tri, National Institute for Labour Protection (NILP), Vietnam PL-7-05 Asian Initiative to Stop the Spread of Asbestos-Related Diseases in the Region, A Proposal Ken Takahashi, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health (UOEH), Japan PL-7-06 Banning Asbestos in Asia, Campaigns and Strategies by the Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational Accident Victims (ANROAV) Sanjiv Pandita, Occupational Safety and Health Officer of the Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC) and Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational Accident Victims (ANROAV), Hong Kong PL-7-07 The Trade Union Campaign for a World-Wide Ban Fiona Murie, International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW), Switzerland PL-7-08 Towards an Asbestos Free World! Laurie Kazan-Allen, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS), the U.K. Discussion Abstract Top Sunday 21, November, 2004 13:00-13:45, International Conference Hall Closing Session Chairs: Yoshiomi Temmyo and Barry Castlema Workshops' Reports Sumiko Oshima, Hokusei-Gakuen University, Science Journalist, Japan Joint Declaration from the International Building Trade Union Federations, made at the Global Asbestos Congress Presented by Fiona Murie, International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW), Switzerland Tokyo Declaration Presented by Yoshiomi Temmyo, GAC2004 Organizing Committee Working Party: Yoshiomi Temmyo, Domyung Paek, Tushar Kant Joshi, Barry Castleman, Fernanda Giannasi, Fiona Murie, Lauernt Vogel and Laurie Kazan-Allen Awards Conferments Tajiri Muneaki Memorial Award Presenter: Ryuta Saito Award winner: Fernanda Giannasi Selikoff Award Presenter: Arthur Frank and Yasunosuke Suzuki Award winner: Tushar Kant Joshi Ray Sentes Award 2004 Presenter: Kyla Sentes Award winner: GAC2004 Organizing Committee Sebastiao Ararecido Alves da Silva (Chorao) Memoarial Award Presenter: Fernanda Giannasi Award winner: Sugio Furuya Closing Remark Yoshiomi Temmyo, GAC2004 Organizing Committee Abstract Top Friday 19, November, 2004 14:30 - 16:00, No.2 Conference Room Workshop A Asian Network: Scope and Action Chairs: Sugio Furuya and Tushar Kant Joshi WS-A-01 OHSEI, the Asian Workers Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Institute Jesper Christensen, Asian Workers Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Institute (OHSEI), Thailand [not-attended, paper submission] WS-A-02 Role of Trade Unions in Prohibition of Asbestos Madhukar Pandhe, Centre for Indian Trade Unions(CITU), India WS-A-03 Asbestos Issues in Hong Kong Kan Hong, Chan, Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims (ARIAV), Hong Kong WS-A-04 Asbestos current situation in Taiwan Kuang-wan, Ho , Taiwan Association for Victims of Occupational Injuries (TAVOI), Taiwan Discussion Abstract Top Friday 19, November, 2004 17:45 - 19:30, No.2 Conference Room Workshop B Asbestos and Construction Chairs: Naoki Toyama and Anders Englund WS-B-01 Asbestos Related Findings among Construction Workers and Educational Effects for Prevention Toshio Hirano, Kameido-Himawari Clinic, Japan WS-B-02 Check of Medical Receipt for Detection of Pneumoconiosis and Asbestos-Related Diseases at the Tokyo Construction Health Insurance Society Kyoichi Yamada, Tokyo Construction Health Insurance Society, Japan WS-B-03 The Activities on Pneumoconiosis and Asbestos Measures by the Tokyo Federation of the National Federation of Construction Workers' Unions Morimitsu Watanabe, The Tokyo Federation of National Federation of Construction Workers' Unions ("Zenkensoren-Tokyo-Toren") WS-B-04 Efforts of Tokyo Doken for the measures against Asbestos and Pneumoconiosis Kazuya Miyake, Tokyo Construction Workers' General Union (Tokyo Doken), Japan WS-B-05 OSH Activities based on Participatory Approach at Construction Worksites Naoki Toyama, Tokyo Occupational Safety and Health Center, Japan WS-B-06 A Study on Asbestos Exposure, Health Effects and Causes of Deaths among Construction Workers Eiji Shibata, Aichi Medical University, Japan WS-B-07 Surface of Asbestos-Cement (AC) Roof Sheets and Assessment of Risk of Asbestos Release Jerzy Dycze, Technology Building Materials Department, Krakow Technical University of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland WS-B-08 Tracing the White Enemy: A Brief Guide to Recognize Installed Asbestos in Buildings Susana Muhlmann, Architect, Asbestos Removal Procedures and Legal Aspects Technical Advisor, Government of Buenos Aires, Argentina Discussion Abstract Top Saturday 20, November, 2004 09:30 - 11:00, No.2 Conference Room Workshop C Trade Union Initiative Chairs: Shigeki Yamaguchi and Hajime Miyamoto A Panel of Representatives of Japanese Trade Unions WS-C-01 Efforts of Local Workers' Unions to Address Asbestos Issue Hiroo MoritAll, Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union (JICHIRO) WS-C-02 Prevention of Asbestos Exposure to Cconstruction Workers and Workers Compensation Sato Masaaki, National Federation of Construction Workers' Unions (ZENKENSOREN) WS-C-03 Asbestos issues that highlight labor union's social responsibilities Kinya Mizuguchi, All Japan Shipbuilding and Engineering Union (ZENZOSEN) WS-C-04 Prevention of Further Asbestos Exposure during Water Pipe Work And Survey on Health Effects of Asbestos Exposure among Active and Retired Employees Hiroshi Watanabe, Japan Water Supply Workers' Union (ZENSUIDO) WS-C-05 Efforts to Establish A System to Ccompensate Asbestos Victims Tomohiro Konya, All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union (ZENTYURO) WS-C-06 Prefectural High Schools' Asbestos Issues Yasunari Fujimoto, Japan Teachers' Union (JTU) Discussion Abstract Top Saturday 20, November, 2004 11:10 - 12:30, No.2 Conference Room Workshop D Asbestos Litigation Chairs: Takeshi Furukawai and Barry Castleman WS-D-01 Jons Manvil Case: Claims from Japan Naoya Endo, Lawyer, Toin Yokohama University, Japan WS-D-02 US Naval Base Workers' Legal Fights for Pneumoconiosis Damages Takeshi Furukawa, Lawyer, Takeshi Furukawa Law Office, Japan WS-D-03 Asbestos-related Pneumoconiosis Lawsuits by Shipyard Workers in Yokosuka Kazuzo Nomura, Lawyer, Japan WS-D-04 Close Plaintiffs-Lawyers Collaboration in a Lawsuit Tetsuro Ota, Chief Lawyer of the primary plaintiff party for the Mitsubishi-Nagasaki Shipbuilding Pneumoconiosis Lawsuit, Japan WS-D-05 The first malignant mesothelioma case in power plant worker in Japan Akio Shiraishi, Ehime Occipational Safety and Health Center, Japan WS-D-06 Domestic Exposure Case of Cement Pipe Worker's Son in Saitama Hiroko Murakami, Japan Eternit Pipe Co. Branch, General Workers' Union, Tokyo, National Trade Union Council (Zenrokyo) , Japan WS-D-07 Case Study: Death of a Hotel Boiler Maintenance Man by Mesothelioma Ryu Matsuda, Lawyer, Kodera-Matsuda Law Office, Japan Discussion Abstract Top Saturday 20, November, 2004 13:30 - 15:30, No.2 Conference Room Workshop E Epidemiology and Public Health Chairs: Gunnar Hillerdal and Kohki Inai WS-E-01 Women Health and the Environmental Exposure / Risks of Asbestos in the Scrapes of old Ships in Sarai Kili, District Mardan, NWFP, Pakistan Noor Jehan, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan WS-E-02 Implications of the excessive asbestos related disease burden among retrenched South African miners exposed to chrysotile asbestos Sophia Kisting, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa [not-attended] WS-E-03 Mortality Experience in a Historical Cohort of Chrysotile Asbestos Textile Workers Carlo Mamo, Epidemiology Unit, Piedmont Region, Grugliasco, Turin, Italy WS-E-04 The Asbestos as the Environmental Hazards - The Example of the Szczucin Community Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland WS-E-05 Why is the Lung Cancer Mortality among Ironworkers High? Hitoshi Kubota, National Institute of Industrial Health, Japan WS-E-06 Time Trend of Asbestos Concentration in the Lung of Lung Cancer Patients in the Japanese General Population Yuichi Ishikawa, Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Japan Presented by Yukitoshi Satoh, Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Japan WS-E-07 Is Chrysotile Asbestos Safe and Healthy for Developing World? Zulmiar Yanri, Department of Manpower and Transmigration, Republic of Indonesia WS-E-08 The Study Project for Health Hazards Evaluation in Asbestos-Processing Industries in Thailand Wisanti Laohaudomchok, National Institute for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment (NICE), Thailand WS-E-09 Tackling with Asbestos in an Iron Foundry Hiroshi Udo, Department of Human Science, Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University, Japan WS-E-10 Current Status in the Use of Asbestos and Health Effects in China Tao Li, Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Prevention and Control, China Discussion WS-E-11 Implantation of an Integrated Health Surveillance System of Workers for the Areas that Use Asbestos in Brazil Hermano Castro, Institutional Project: CESTEH/ENSP/FIOCRUZ (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation), Brazil [not- attended, paper submission] WS-E-12 Survey on the Mortality of Malignant Tumors in Asbestos Manual Spinning Female Workers Zhang Xing, Zhejiang Cixi City Sanitation and Epidemic Prevention Station, China Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Hangzhou, P.R.China [not- attended, paper submission] WS-E-13 Are the Asbestos Substitutes Hazardous as well? Reza Gholamnia, Uromia of Medical Science University, Iran [not- attended, paper submission] WS-E-14 The Lombardy Mesothelioma Registry (Northern Italy): Results of Three Years of Surveillance Carolina Mensi, Department of Occupational Health - University of Milano, Italy [not- attended, paper submission] WS-E-15 Use of Exposure Information and Nordic Incidence Data to Predict the Expected Decline in the Mesothelioma Incidence Sverre Langard, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Norway[not-attended] Abstract Top Saturday 20, November, 2004 17:45 - 19:30, No.2 Conference Room Workshop F Victims and Support Organizations Chairs: Kazunori Uekusa and Kyla Sentes WS-F-01 Victims Helping Victims John Flanagan, Merseyside Asbestos Victims Support Group (Liverpool), the U.K. WS-F-02 The Psyco-Social Effects of Asbestos Ddisease on the Victim and the Family Mrs. Michele Olivia Hax Fite, Member, National Board of Directors, White Lung Association, the U.S.A. WS-F-03 Ban Asbestos Canada Kyla Sentes, Ban Asbestos Canada (BAC), Canada WS-F-04 Medical vs. Medico Legal Diagnosis of Asbestos Disease in Western Australia Gregory Deleuil, Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia, Australia[not-attended] WS-F-05 Struggle of Justice; Case Study of the Asbestos Victims in Gujarat, India Mangabhai Nathabhai Patel, Asbestosis victim, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Raghunath Kasalji Manavar, Occupational Health and Safety Association, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India WS-F-06 Activities of Victims and Supporting Organizations to tackle Pneumoconiosis and Asbestos-Related Diseases in Yokosuka Munehiro Yasumoto, Yokosuka Pneumoconiosis (Asbestos) Victims' Group, Japan WS-F-07 Activities of Victims' Group in Nagasaki Area Shigeji Tsukahara, Mitsubishi-Nagasaki Pneumoconiosis Patients Association, Japan WS-F-08 The Brazilian Asbestos Mafia Counter: the Last Battle Fernanda Giannasi, Brazilian Association of Asbestos Victims (ABREA), Brazil Discussion Abstract Top Sunday 21, November, 2004 09:30 - 10:30, International Conference Hall Workshop G Multinational Enterprises and Overseas Transfer Chairs: Takehiko Murayama and Domyung Paek WS-G-01 Increase of asbestos use in Asian region and the commitment of Japanese companies Takehiko Murayama, Division of Multidisciplinary Studies, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan WS-G-02 Global Phase-Out of Asbestos Products Barry Castleman, Environmental Consultant, the U.S.A. WS-G-03 A multinational corporation against the workers : Saint Gobain strategies in France and Brasil Annie Thebaud-Mony, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), France WS-G-04 The International Asbestos Cartel Bob Ruers, Former Dutch Senator, founding member of Dutch Asbestos Committee and Solicitor, the Netherlands Discussion Abstract Top Sunday 21, November, 2004 09:30 - 10:30, No.2 Conference Room Workshop H Asbestos and Shipyards Chairs: Hirtaro Miura and Claudio Bianchi WS-H-01 Asbestos and Shipyards Claudio Bianchi, Center for the Study of Environmental Cancer - Italian League against Cancer, Italy WS-H-02 U.S. Shipyards: A History of Massive Asbestos Exposure and Disease James Fite, National Secretary, White Lung Association (WLC), the U.S.A. WS-H-03 Problems faced By Shipbuilding Communities Andy White, Councilor, Leader of the Council, West Dunbartonshire Council, the U.K. WS-H-04 Mesothelioma of the Shipyard Workers in Miura Peninsula Naohiko Inase, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Japan WS-H-05 Findings of Chest X-rays and Asbestos-Related Diseases among Workers of a Shipyard Meiro Haruta, Yokosuka Chuo Clinic, Japan WS-H-06 Collaborative Actions for the Justice of Victims in Yokosuka Area Michitaka Hayashi, Pneumoconiosis and Asbestos Victims' Relief Fund, Japan Abstract Top     Friday 19, November, 2004, 12:30-18:30, (16:00-17:00, Q&A) No.3 CR Saturday 20, November, 2004, 09:30-18:30, (16:00-17:00, Q&A) No.3 CR    Sunday 21, November, 2004, 09:30-12:30, No.3 CR Poster Sessions PS-01 Contribution to the Prevention of Asbestos-Related Hazards Ivancica Trosic, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Croatia PS-02 4 Wives and A Solicitor Mary Nicol, et al, Aebestos Awareness Wales, the U.K. PS-03 A Model of Compensation for Morbidity and Mortality Arising from Occupational Exposure to Asbestos and Silica: Workers Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942-1967 Geoff Lansley, Workers Compensation Dust Diseases Board of New South Wales, Australia PS-04 Review of NSW Dust Disease Board Clients Compensated for Asbestos Induced Lung Cancer: 1998-2003 Rebecca Hyland, Workers Compensation Dust Diseases Boadr of New South Wales, Australia PS-05 Incidence of Mesothelioma in New South Wales (NSW) Australia Anthony Johnson, Workers Compensation Dust Diseases Boadr of New South Wales, Australia PS-06 Asbestos Occupational Exposure in Some Industries from Romania Rodica Dumitru, et al, Occupational Heatth Department,Institute of Public Health Bucharest, Romania [not-attended] PS-07 Supervision and Cooperation of the Medical Examinations for the Workers of Asbestos-Processing Plants in Poland: AMIANTUS Project Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska et al, et al, Ministry of Health, Poland PS-08 Mortality due to Malignant AND Non-Malignant Respiratory Diseases among Workers Compensated for Asbestosis Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska, et al, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland PS-09 "Elimination of Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Products Used in Poland" Government Program Stanislawa Szalucha, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy, Poland PS-10 Chest Radiographic Study of Plumbers Shigemitsu Takayama, et al, Kan-Kogyo Health Care Center Clinic, Japan PS-11 Asbestos Pollution and Lessons Learned from the Hanshin Great Earthquake Shigeharu Nakachi, Environmental Monitoring Laboratory (EML), Toxic Watch Network (T-Watch), Japan PS-12 Airborne Asbestos Concentration Measurements and Preventive Measures against Asbestos Exposure at Construction Worksites Naoki Toyama, et al,Tokyo Occupational Safety and Health Center, Japan PS-13 Japan's Miracle Other "Experience": from the Minamata Tragedy to the Creation of JOSHRC, the Birth of a New Spirit Paul Jobin, INSERM, University of Paris 7, France PS-14 The Effect on Lung Cancer Risk of Having Asbestosis beyond The Dose Related Effect of Asbestos Alone Alison Reid, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Australia PS-15 Asbestos Exposure in the Ports and Pleural Mesothelioma Claudio Bianchi, Center for the Study of Environmental Cancer - Italian League against Cancer, Monfalcone, Italy PS-16 Asbestos Exposure in Shipbreaking Claudio Bianchi, Center for the Study of Environmental Cancer - Italian League against Cancer, Monfalcone, Italy PS-17 Towards an International Standard for Compensation: A Holistic Approach to the Assessment of the Human Consequences of Exposure to Asbestos Lundy Braun, Africana Studies, Environmental Studies, and Pathology, Brown University (USA) [not-attended] Sophie Kisting, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa [not-attended] PS-18 Turning Anger into Action Linda Reinstein, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), the U.S.A. PS-19 Current Status of Using Asbestos in The Roofing Sheet Factories of Vietnam Nguyen Ba Toai, Civil Engineering, Hanoi University, Vietnam PS-20 A New Standard for Repair and Maintenance of Installed Asbestos-Cement Materials Andy Oberta, Environmental Consultant, Environmental Consultancy, the U.S.A. PS-21 Ban Asbestos Canada Kyla Sentes, Ban Asbestos Canada (BAC), Canada PS-22 Asbestos and Cancer Swallow Egyption Workers in Eleven Companies for Asbestos Prodeces Rahma Refaat , Lawyer, Center for Trade Union and Workers Services, Egypt PS-23 Asbestos Pictures in Pakistan and in Thailand Noor Jehan, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan PS-24 The Search for Justice Corrinne Heaney, Justice for Asbestos Victims Northern Ireland, UK