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CleanMed in Stockholm 29 31 May 2006 Ole Grndahl Hansen PVC Information Council Denmark PVC Network Meeting Brussels June 2006 Slide 2 CleanMed 2006 Conference arranged by international NGO: Health Care Without Harm A coalition of 443 organisations in 52 countries Conference sponsored and financed by Swedish environmental authorities Slide 3 CleanMed 2006 3 days 68 presentations 400 participants Slide 4 CleanMed 2006 ExhibitionPosters Slide 5 Phase out of PVC and phthalates dominate exhibition CleanMed 2006 Slide 6 Phase out of PVC and phthalates dominate posters CleanMed 2006 Slide 7 Phase out of PVC and phthalates dominate declaration CleanMed 2006 Slide 8 Phase out of PVC and phthalates dominate presentations CleanMed 2006 Slide 9 Criticism of PVC Andreas Lischka Professor Kinderklinik Glanzing Austria Slide 10 Criticism of PVC industry Andreas Lischka, Professor, Kinderklinik Glansing Austria Slide 11 CleanMed 2006 One of five price winning posters: phase out of IV equipment in South Korea Slide 12 CleanMed 2006 Centrally ruled conference Centrally ruled conference Strong American influence Strong American influence Marked by religeous beliefs Marked by religeous beliefs Marked by Greenpeace influence Marked by Greenpeace influence Slide 13 PVC Industry Activities request for presentation at conference by PVC industry: denied by organisers request for a PVC-industry stand at exhibition: denied by organisers Slide 14 PVC Industry Activities 300 journalists invited to press conference Slide 15 PVC Industry Activities Not a single journalist showed up! Slide 16 PVC Industry Activities Letter in Swedish, Norwegien and Danish sent to 261 participants New article by Ole Grndahl Hansen published in the pan European Medical Device Technology magazine attached to the letter Slide 17 End of presentation! End of presentation!