Toxicology & Risk Assessment
Join the Australasian College of Toxicology & Risk Assessment (ACTRA) in a unique webinar series that commenced in June 2020! The webinar series will cover two overarching themes in relation to toxicology and risk assessment in Australia:
- Lessons learnt from case studies.
- Practical applications of theoretical concepts.
These sessions will provide you with an opportunity to gain insight from Australia’s most accomplished and experienced toxicologists and risk assessors, and more importantly encourage an open forum for questions and discussion.
ACTRA is pleased to present this webinar on “Short Term Exposure Limit for Respirable Crystalline Silica” by Tarah Hagen, on 5 December 2024.
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STEL for Respirable Crystalline Silica
There has been a recent worldwide increase in diagnoses of accelerated silicosis amongst artificial (engineered) stone benchtop fabricators exposed to respirable crystalline silica (RCS). In addition, public comments received during the 2018 Safe Work Australia workplace exposure standard (or WES) review raised questions about whether available data sources and scientific literature would support establishment of a short-term exposure limit (STEL) or peak limitation for RCS.
The webinar will cover the results of a review undertaken by SLR Consulting Australia Pty Ltd (SLR) on behalf of Safe Work Australia in 2020. The research report explored whether there is a relationship between the development of ill health effects and short-term exposure to RCS and whether a Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL) or peak limitation could be recommended for RCS.
The session will cover:
- A general introduction to the health effects of RCS and why workplace exposure management is important to protect health.
- An overview of the results of the literature review into the RCS health effects of short term exposure conducted at the time.
- The methodological approaches used to derive a suggested STEL for RCS.
- The implications for the existing Workplace Exposure Standard (WES) for RCS.
About the Presenter: Tarah Hagen
Tarah is a certified toxicologist and fellow of ACTRA who has over 16 years’ experience conducting screening and detailed human health and ecological risk assessments for a variety of industries and government. Included are industrial emissions, contaminated land and water, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, and food. She has written and co-written numerous major reports, which have been influential in shaping Australian health risk assessment methodology and policy decisions in relation to environmental issues. Included are guidance documents for undertaking risk assessments, complicated risk assessments dealing with a variety of emissions to air, deriving the scientific basis for workplace exposure standards and drinking water guidelines, interpretation of biological monitoring results for chemical exposures, toxicological reviews on various chemicals in relation to work and public health and safety, as well as research into clearance and distribution of per- and poly-fluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS) in livestock. She has also acted as an expert witness in a number of legal cases involving chemical exposures.
She is a Technical Director at SLR Consulting, currently President of ACTRA and has been actively involved with ACTRA for over 12 years. She has taught University Masters students in the field of toxicology and risk assessment and is a ministerial appointed member of the Australian Industrial Chemical Environmental Management Standard (IChEMS) advisory committee.
DATE & TIME:
5 December 2024
3pm – 4pm AEDT
FEES PER SESSION (incl. GST):
- ACTRA Members – $25
- Non-Members – $50
- Student members – $15
- Organisation – $200 (maximum of 10 log ons)
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
By 3 pm, AEDT, 4 December 2024
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CPD POINTS (For ACTRA Registration Scheme):
Earn up to 1 CPD Point per session.
Level of previous experience required:
Intermediate
UPCOMING WEBINARS
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #38
Date: Thursday 5th December 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presentation by Tarah Hagen
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PAST WEBINARS
Recordings of each of the webinars listed below can be purchased via the following link:
PURCHASE PAST WEBINARS
Pro tip: Please take note of the number of the webinar which you would like to purchase from the list below (1-30). This will make the purchase process much easier.
The Fees for purchasing past webinars are:
ACTRA Members: $30 per webinar
Non members: $60 per webinar
WEBINAR DETAILS
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #37
Exploring Metal Toxicity: Case Studies in Environmental Health Risk Assessments
Date: Thursday 7th November 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presentation by John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #36
Date: Thursday 3rd October 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Australian Total Diet Study by Keith Henderson
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #35
“Human Health Assessment of Pesticide Food and Feed Metabolites – 2nd Session”
Date: Thursday 1st August 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #34
Topic: “Human Health Assessment of Pesticide Food and Feed Metabolites”
Date: Thursday 4th July 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #33
Topic: “Comments on FDA/CVM guidance for industry #159 (VICH GL36): Studies to Evaluate the Safety of Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Human Food: General Approach to Establish a Microbiological ADI”
Date: Thursday 2nd May 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Silvia Pineiro
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #32
Topic: “enHealth Guidance for the human health risk assessment of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon vapour intrusion”
Date: Thursday 4th April 2024
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Ian Delaere
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #31
Topic: “What currently keeps the OECD Test Guideline Programme busy?”
Date: Thursday 7th March 2024
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Anne Gourmelon
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #30
Topic: “Human health exposure from legacy gold mining sites using bioaccessibility, bioavailability and speciation”
Date: Thursday 2nd November 2023
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Farzana Kastury
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #29
Topic: ‘The new wave synthetic opioid abuse, trends, trafficking, and the road ahead for public health professionals’
Date: Thursday 5th October 2023
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Paul Newell
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #28
Topic: “Guess who’s back – or maybe they never left?”
Date: Thursday 6th July 2023
4:00PM – 5:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Dr Carolyn Brumley (FACTRA)
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #27
Topic: “Health effects associated with aircraft cabin air quality (“aerotoxic syndrome”)”
Date: Thursday 4th May 2023
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Adjunct Professor Brian G. Priestly
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #26
Topic: “Risk communication for PFAS – Learnings from community events for high profile sites”
Date: Thursday 2nd March 2023
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Ruth Jarman (RACTRA)
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #25
Topic: “WA Guidelines and the Assessment of Asbestos Contaminated Sites”
Date: Thursday 2nd February 2023
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Pierina Otness
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #24
Topic: “Outdoor air pollution and cancer“
Date: Thursday 1st December 2022
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #23
Topic: “So many issues, so little time: the lost art of risk ranking”
Date: Thursday 20th October 2022
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Victor Kabay
All Recordings from 2022 ACTRA ASM & CE Day
24-26 August 2022
Crowne Plaza Melbourne
Exposure Science and New Assessment Methods (NAMs)
Enhancing Risk Assessment
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #22
Topic: Ecological Risk Assessment Approaches
Date: Thursday 7th July 2022
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Katie Richardson
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #21
Topic: Human Health Risk Assessment Approaches
Date: Thursday 2nd June 2022
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Katie Richardson
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #20
Topic: Human Health Screening Approaches
Date: Thursday 5th May 2022
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Katie Richardson
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #19
Topic: Exposure Science tools and case studies (Session 2)
Date: Thursday 7 April 2022
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Dr Len Turczynowicz
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #18
Topic: An introduction to Exposure Science (Session 1)
Date: Thursday 3 March 2022
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Dr Len Turczynowicz
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #17
Topic: Risk assessment – Remember, Exposure is Important!
Thursday 4 November, 2021
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Dr Jackie Wright
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #16
Topic: The Chicken, the Egg and the Holy Grail – Serum PFAS Levels Following Access to Cholestyramine, Plasma Donation or a Combination of Cholestyramine and Plasma Donation
Thursday 7 October, 2021
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Dr Ian Delaere
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #15
Topic: Risk assessment of emerging contaminants – Theory and Practice
Thursday 9 September, 2021
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Victora Lazenby
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #14
Topic: An Introduction to Biomarkers of Lower Urinary Tract Toxicity Plus Case Study
Thursday 5 August, 2021
Presenter: Dr Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #13
Topic: An Introduction to Biomarkers of Renal Toxicity Part 1
Thursday 1 July, 2021
Presenter: Dr Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #12
Topic: An Introduction to Biomarkers of Hepatotoxicity Part 2
Thursday 3 June, 2021
Presenter: Dr Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #11
Topic: An Introduction to Biomarkers of Hepatotoxicity Part 1
Thursday 6 May, 2021
Presenter: Dr Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #10
Topic: Bioavailability – Case studies and worked examples
Thursday 8 April, 2021
Presenter: John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #9
Topic: Key concepts of Bioavailability
Thursday 4 March, 2021
Presenter: John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #8
Topic: Dose Response Assessment within standard setting and HHRA
Thursday 4 February, 2021
Presenter: John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #7
Topic: Application of TTC in Risk Assessment
Thursday 3 December, 2020
Presenter: Roger Drew
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #6
Topic: History and Derivation of TTC Values
Thursday 5 November, 2020
Presenter: Roger Drew
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #5
Topic: Aspects of Risk Communication
Thursday 1 October, 2020
Presenter: Dr Peter N Di Marco
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #4
Topic: Principles of Human Health Risk Assessment
Thursday 3 September, 2020
Presenter: John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #3
Topic: Environmental regulation and guidance
Thursday 6 August, 2020
Presenter: Professor Brian Priestly
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #2
Topic: Product based regulation
Thursday 9 July, 2020
Presenter: Professor Brian Priestly
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #1
Topic: Substance and/or process-based regulation
Thursday 11 June, 2020
Presenter: Professor Brian Priestly