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May 06-07, 2019 Tokyo, Japan
20th World Congress on
Toxicology Congress 2019
May 06-07, 2019
Toxicology and Pharmacology
Environmental melamine exposure and renal diseases
We are still exposed to low-dose melamine in daily-life environment, even after 2008 toxic milk food scandal. One of the
main sources is the intake of melamine chemical from the migration of melamine-made tableware, when contacted with
high-temperature soup/water. Our previous study has found that chronic low-dose melamine exposure is associated with the
risk of renal stones in adults, but the data about the relationship between environmental melamine exposure and the risk of
renal damage in humans is still lacking. In this talk, I will present our recent findings about that link from different susceptible
populations and propose the mechanisms behind that.
Biography
Ming-Tsang Wu has completed his MD from Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan and PhD from Harvard School of Public Health in the USA. He is a Professor
in the Department of Public Health and also the Director in Research Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medicine University, Taiwan. His major
research interest is on the interactive effects of environmental and occupational exposures, genetic factors and biomarkers on the health outcomes.
Ming-Tsang Wu
Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
Ming-Tsang Wu, Toxicol Open Access 2019, Volume 5
DOI: 10.4172/2476-2067-C1-007