VERT® Focus Event 16.03.2018
Effect- and toxicity-based assessment of exhausts
Advanced and reliable hazard assessment tools for the implementation of new technology
Welcome
D. Bleiner | Empa
>> Welcome
Key Adresses
A. Mayer | TTM
>> Exhaust assessment beyond the legal framework
B. Rothen-Rutishauser| AMI
>> The human lung and its susceptibility against combustion-generated and manmade nanoparticles
Assessment of Nanoparticle Properties
H. Burtscher | UASNWS
>> Relevant nanoparticle properties and how to measure them and expose them to cells
J. Czerwinski | AFHB
>> Nanoparticle emissions of combustion engines
T. Bürki | Empa
>> Nanoparticle – biobarrier interactions: Impact of particle properties on barrier penetration and functionality
Chemical Assessment of Exhausts
N. Heeb | Empa
>> Chemistry-based assessment of combustion exhausts
M. Muñoz | Empa
>> Comparison of genotoxic potentials of diesel and gasoline vehicles
Cell-Based Assays with Specific Receptors
H.P. Nägeli | University of Zurich
>> ELISA in exhaust characterization, Experiences from Arylhydrocarbon-Receptor Callux measurements
R. Schins | IUF
>> Modern mutagenicity tests, Ames revisited
Alternative Cell-Based Methods to Assess Hazards of Exhausts
B. Rothen-Rutishauser| AMI
>> Human lung cell co-cultures – state of the art
C. Bisig | AMI
>> Lung cell responses upon diesel and GDI vehicle exposures
L. Müller | UKBB
>> Impact of vehicle exhaust exposure on respiratory epithelial and natural killer cells
M. Geiser | University Bern
>> Health effects of combustion and ambient aerosols on normal and diseased airway epithelia
L. Müller | UKBB, P. Gehr | University Bern
>> Health Impact: Solid Conclusions and Volatile Questions
Possibilities for a Toxicity-Based Legislation
C. Studer | BAG
>> Options for effect- and toxicology-based legislation, the precautionary principle
N. Heeb | Empa
>> Closing remarks