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Emerging evironmental pollutants: Key issues and challenges
Workshop on emerging evironmental pollutants: Key issues and challenges
19-20 June 2006 - Stresa, Italy
How are emerging pollutants identified? How do emerging substances become regulated pollutants? What investigations should be undertaken when an emerging pollutant is identified? What substances are they, and what information is missing or required for monitoring and assessing their associated risks?
About 120 experts and stakeholders from different scientific communities and environmental compartments from 23 countries attended the workshop to discuss these issues.
Day 1 was dedicated to a general overview of the latest research findings. Special attention was paid to the views of users and key stakeholders (policy-makers, regulatory bodies, organisations in charge of risk assessment and risk management) regarding the current gaps in, and needs for, risk assessment and management.
On Day 2, a presentation of the activities of the NORMAN project was followed by four parallel sessions on specific aspects of emerging pollutants analysis and prioritisation. Detailed questions were prepared, and answers sought and discussed in open forum.
The presentations are available below.
Workshop programme, List of participants and Abstracts .
Workshop proceeding - Key issues and challenges
WORKSHOP PROGRAM AND PRESENTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 Session I : Emerging Environmental Pollutants
- Presentations reflecting the current concerns from the different scientific communities
- Focus on some emerging topics
DAY 1 Session II : Science Needs for Policy Development
- The stakeholders in the management of emerging pollutants
- Steven EISENREICH - JRC-IHCP-European Chemicals Bureau (EC) - not yet available
- Nick CARTWRIGHT - EA - Environment Agency for England and Wales (UK) (198 kB
- Norbert THEOBALD - BSH (Germany) (1411 kB)
- Jürgen VOLZ - KIWA (The Netherlands) (259 kB)
- Claudio CARLON - JRC-IES-RWER (EC) (494 kB)
- Dimitrios KOTZIAS - JRC-IHCP (EC) (34 kB)
- Meeting the science needs for emerging pollutants: current work in EU (including EU FP projects) dealing with assessment of risks
DAY 2 : NORMAN Working Tools and Activities
- NORMAN networking activities Anne STRUGEON - BRGM (France) (837 kB)
- NORMAN databases Jaroslav SLOBODNIK - EI (Slovakia) (2044 kB)
- NORMAN validation protocols David SCHWESIG - IWW (Germany) (186 kB)
- NORMAN case studies Damià BARCELÓ - CSIC (Spain) (375 kB)
DAY 2 : Plenary facilitated discussion: Introduction to parallel sessions