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Health hazards

Organization:

  • Responsible(s) Federal Science Policy: Cammaerts Danièle, Vandenput Olivier, Bourgeois Emmanuèle
  • Final decision of the Ministers Council: 7/12/1990
  • Duration of the research: 1/1/1991 - 31/12/1995
  • Budget: 12,064,977.85 EUR
  • Research projects: 32

Objectives:

The objective of this program is to promote scientific research of health hazards linked with:

- the use of new and existing technologies, especially in the occupational and the environmental fields;

- food.

This impulse programme aims to constitute the necessary scientific basis for the formulation of recommendations at a national and international level (standards, good practices, etc.) and also for the public information about those health hazards.

Description:

The following research themes have been identified:

- Health hazards linked with work place and environment:

* biological survey of the human populations;
* databases in the field of health hazards: feasability studies;
* risks of overload in the working environment.

- Health hazards linked with food:

* microbiological contamination,
* chemical contamination (due to environmental pollution),
* safety of novel foods,
* alimentary allergies and intolerances,
* development of a Belgian food composition table and study of correlations with some diseases.

Research projects:

HH/01/034: Determination of risks of overload in the working environment

HH/01/035: Public health and Cadmium exposure via the environment

HH/01/037: Mathematical models for risk analysis (HACCP) and total system analysis in food preservation (Refrigerated Processed Foods of Extended Durability)

HH/01/044: Risk estimation from exposure to carcinogens (PAH and styrene) and their genotoxic effect

HH/02/015: Development of rapid methods for identification and quantification of microbiological contaminants in food

HH/02/030: Development of a personal radon detector

HH/02/036: Study of the radiation damage in human populations exposed to ionizing radiation using the micronucleus assay for peripheral blood lymphocytes

HH/02/040: Evaluation of health hazards due to chemical factors in the textile industry

HH/03/004: Back pain in nursing personnel: prevention, epidemiology, anthropometry and ergonomics

HH/03/010: Study of the effect of physical activity and inactivity on health status and quality of life

HH/06/007: An action oriented food monitoring program

HH/06/038: Study of cancer incidence in workers of the chemical and petrochemical industry

HH/06/043: Prevalence of bronchial asthma and risk factors in young adults in the Flemish region

HH/10/005: The toxicity of aluminium: fact or fiction?

HH/10/014: Detecting genetic effects and carcinogenetic hazards presented by industrial genotoxicants

HH/10/022: Nephrotoxicity of industrial chemicals development of screening tests and search for interaction with degenerative diseases, particularly diabetes

HH/10/024: Muculoskeletal diseases of the upper limb

HH/10/031: Development of a new method to assess safety of non digestible dietary oligasaccharides

HH/10/032: Development of quantification methods for carcinogenic contaminants in foodstuffs

HH/11/012: Cheese contamination by Listeria monocytogenes: assesment of the situation and study of technical improvements in the manufacture

HH/11/029: Use of routinely collected data in occupational health services for policymaking and intervention planning

HH/12/006: Alimentary allergies and intolerances: preventive effect of ingested polyamines

HH/12/021: Effect of electromagnetic fields on health

HH/12/046: Alternative method of evaluating the effects of pollutants on ecosystems and human health

HH/43/045: Development of quick, specific and sensitive identification methods for Listeria monocytogenes

HH/50/003: Residues of pesticides and PCB's in market basket products

HH/50/018: Information programme on toxic chemicals: ISOTOX

HH/50/027: Biocontamination in air-conditioning

HH/52/016: Study of low ionizing radiation damage in mammal embryos

HH/59/039: Belgian Extension on Nutrition Education and Data Input Control, Training, Exchange (BENEDICTE)

HH/82/002: Epidemiological research on occupational factors in primary bronchial frequency (project CABRO)

HH/83/008: Health hazards in the textile industry

Documentation:

Gezondheidsrisico's i.v.m. beroepsblootstellingen: onderzoek, methoden en perspectiven   DWTC, 1996 (SP0391)
[Exhausted] 

Risques pour la santé liés à l'alimentation (1990 - 1995): rapport final   SSTC, 1996 (SP0399)
[To download]  [Exhausted] 

Gezondheidsrisico's i.v.m. voeding (1990 - 1995): eindverslag   DWTC, 1996 (SP0400)
[To download]  [Exhausted] 

Food-related health hazards (1990 - 1995): final report   OSTC, 1996 (SP0401)
[To download]  [Exhausted] 

Deel 1: Arbeid en leefmilieu 1990: 1994: samenvattingen van eindverslagen =
Vol.1: Milieu de travail et environnement 1990 - 1994: résumés des rapports finaux
  DWTC, s.d. (SP0402)
[Exhausted] 

Deel 2: Arbeid en leefmilieu 1990: 1994: samenvattingen van eindverslagen =
Vol.2: Milieu de travail et environnement 1990 - 1994: résumés des rapports finaux
  DWTC, s.d. (SP0403)
[Exhausted] 

Deel 3: Arbeid en leefmilieu 1990: 1994: samenvattingen van eindverslagen =
Vol.3: Milieu de travail et environnement 1990 - 1994: résumés des rapports finaux
  DWTC, s.d. (SP0404)
[Exhausted] 

Recherche épidémiologique sur l'origine des cancers primaires des bronches: rapport final Bartsch, P. - Rondia, D.  SSTC, 1995 (SP0405)
[Exhausted] 

Gezondheidsrisico's in de textielsector: eindverslag De Geest, F. - Dooms, F.  DWTC, 1995 (SP0406)
[Exhausted] 

Studie omtrent de kankerincidentiebij werknemers van de chemische en petrochemische nijverheid: eindverslag Van Damme, K.  DWTC, 1995 (SP0407)
[Exhausted] 

Gezondheidsrisico's in textielsector: eindverslag Vanhoorne, M.  DWTC, 1995 (SP0408)
[Exhausted] 

Ontwikkeling van een persoons-radondetector: eindverslag Poffijn, A. - Vanmarcke, H.  DWTC, 1995 (SP0409)
[Exhausted] 

Prevalentie van bronchiaal astma en risicofactoren bij jongere volwassenen in de Vlaamse Regio: eindverslag Vermeire, P.  DWTC,1995 (SP0410)
[Exhausted] 

La toxcité de l'aluminium: réalité ou fiction?: rapport final Crichton, R. - Van Den Bosch De Aguilar, Ph.  SSTC, 1995 (SP0411)
[Exhausted] 

Effets de faibles doses de radiations ionisantes sur le développement de l'embryon de mammifère: rapport final Jacquet, P.  SSTC, 1995 (SP0412)
[Exhausted] 

Risicoschatting van blootstelling aan carcinogenen (polycyclische aromatische koolwaterstoffen - PAK's - en systeem) door biomonitoring in het arbiedsmilieu: eindverslag Kirsch-Volders, M. - Lakhanisky, Th. - Lauwerys, R. .... et al.  DWTC, 1995 (SP0413)
[Exhausted] 

Modèle alternatif aux expérimentations in vivo pour évaluer les risques engendrés par les micropolluants organiques sur l'équilibre des écosystèmes et sur la santé humaine: rapport final Kremers, P. - Thome, J.P.  SSTC, 1995 (SP0414)
[Exhausted] 

Détection des effets génétiques et des dangers cancérogènes présentés par les toxiques industriels: rapport final Laurent, Ch. - Foidart, J.M. - Duverger, M. ... et al.  SSTC, 1995 (SP0415)
[Exhausted] 

Néphrotoxicité des toxiques industriels: développement et validation épidémiologique de marqueurs biologiques d'effets rénaux: rapport final Lauwerys, R.  SSTC, 1995 (SP0416)
[Exhausted] 

Air conditionné et santé: évaluation des biocontaminants: rapport final Nolard, N.  SSTC, 1995 (SP0417)
[Exhausted] 

Onderzoek van de stralingsschade bij aan straling blootgestelde populaties door middel van de micronucleus techniek voor perifere bloed lymfocyten: eindverslag Thierens, H.  DWTC, 1995 (SP0418)
[Exhausted] 

Programme d'information sur les substances toxiques: ISOTOX: rapport final Lakhanisky, Th.  SSTC, 1995 (SP0419)
[Exhausted] 

Utilisation des données collectées de manière continue dans les services de médecine du travail pour la définition des politiques d'intervention et de prévention: rapport final Piette, D.  SSTC, 1995 (SP0420)
[Exhausted] 

Effecten van beweging en gebrek aan beweging op gezondheid en levenskwaliteit van de mens: eindverslag De Meirleir, K.  DWTC, 1995 (SP0421)
[Exhausted] 

Bepaling van overbelastingsrisico's in het arbiedsmilieu: eindverslag Spaepen, A.  DWTC, 1995 (SP0422)
[Exhausted] 

Effets des champs électromagnétiques sur la santé Lapière, Ch.M. - Dresse, A. - Legros, J.J. ... et al.  SSTC, 1995 (SP0423)
[Exhausted] 

Rugklachten bij het verplegend personeel: preventief, epidemiologisch, antropometrisch en ergonomisch onderzoek: eindverslag Clarijs, J.P.  DWTC, 1995 (SP0424)
[Exhausted] 

Pathologie musculosquelettique du membre supérieur: rapport final Malchaire, J.  SSTC, 1995 (SP0425)
[Exhausted] 

La santé sur les lieux de travail: actes de la journée d'étude, 16 décembre 1992   SPPS, 1993 (SP0426)
[Exhausted] 

De gezondheid op de werkplaats: akten van de studiedag, 16 december 1992   DPWB, 1993 (SP0427)
[Exhausted]