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• Dates for the MITHE-SN 2009 annual symposium are January 20-21, 2009 in the Gatineau Québec area.

Metals in the Human Environment Strategic Network (MITHE-SN) 2005-09

The MITHE Strategic Network is a collaboration of academia, government, and industry. The Network conducts research in support of science-based environmental and human health risk assessments for metals in water, soil and food, within well articulated and planned inter-disciplinary research themes. Our research program is strongly linked across Canada, with field sites in the Maritimes, Québec, Ontario, The Prairies, British Columbia, the Yukon and Nunavut. The Network also features strong links among academic and government scientists. Implicit in the MITHE-SN approach is a commitment to joint, interactive, centralized planning, project accountability for both intellectual and financial objectives, and regular reporting of research progress beyond the usual publication in scientific journals.

Location of the MITHE-SN field research in 2006
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The MITHE-SN program is intended to advance Canada-specific research on metals with a new focus on links to the exposure of humans to metals. The research program will not address human health effects, but will address the Entry Characterization and Exposure Characterization components of Risk Assessment. The research program comprises three themes Aquatic Ecosystems, Soils and Plants and Foods and Ingested Particles. These theme research areas represent a cascade of effects along food webs, from the lowest trophic levels to the highest consumers. The specific metals to be studied in each theme project will be similarly tailored to the project; however, metals and metalloids of prime interest include Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni, T1, U, Zn, As and Se.