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Announcements

2013

2013

Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox - Communications of the Division -

Online Journal (E-Paper) ISSN: 1618-3258

Archive 2013

[Issue 1/ 2013] [Issue 2/ 2013] [Issue 3/ 2013] [Issue 4/ 2013]

Issue 1/2013

  • Long-range transport potential of chemicals
  • Forum of Young Environmental Scientists 2013
  • call for proposals for the Paul Crutzen Prize
  • Brief introduction:
    Physiological ecology of animals at the Institute of Evolution and Ecology at the University of Tübingen
  • Event announcements, brief news and personal details
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Original Articles

https://cdn.gdch.de/prod/RT_Emagic_C_pdf_01_gif_5b49599355.gifLong-range transport potential of chemicals – How can this concerning substance property be taken into account in the PBT assessment under REACH?
J. Ackermann et al.
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 19, 2013 No. 1, pp. 2 - 4

From the Division

Minutes of the meeting of the board of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology on 5 December 2012
New Division event: Forum of Young Environmental Scientists 2013
Paul-Crutzen Award of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 19, 2013 No. 1, pp. 5 - 9

Briefly Introduced

Physiological ecology of animals at the Institute of Evolution and Ecology of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 19, 2013 No. 1, pp. 10 - 11 - 11

Information

Event announcements
Wasser 2013, annual conference of the Society of Water Chemistry, 6–8 May 2013, Goslar
Gordon Research Conference: Environmental Nanotechnology - Novel Approaches to Meet Global Challenges, 2–7 June 2013, Stowe, USA
6th Int. Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research, 3–7 June 2013, Koblenz
UBA Workshop: Pharmaceuticals in Soil, Sludge and Slurry - Hidden Danger or Overestimated Risk? 18–19 June 2013, Dessau-Roßlau
Karlsruhe River Basin Conference: Int. Conference on Solids in River Basins, 20–21 June 2013
EuCheMS Int. Conference on Chemistry and the Environment - ICCE 2013, 25–28 June, Barcelona
8th Int. Conference on the Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials, 3–5 July 2013, Aix-en- Provence
29th International Conference of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 8–12 July 2013, Toulouse
Faraday Discussion 165: Tropospheric Aerosol – Formation, Transformation, Fate and Impacts, 22–24 July 2013, University of Leeds, UK
13th Int. Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST2013), 5–7 September 2013, Athens
246th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, 8–12 September 2013, Indianapolis
20th Int. Conference on Environmental Indicators, 16–19 September 2013, Trier
10th Applied Isotope Geochemistry Conference (AIG10), 22–27 September 2013, Budapest
17th Int. Symposium on Environmental Pollution and its Impact on Life in the Mediterranean Region, 28 September–1 October 2013, İstanbul
22nd Chemical Colloquium of the bfg: „Perspectives for transboundary waters in Europe“, 24–25 October 2013, Koblenz News in Brief Final report: „Extent of the migration of undesirable substances from packaging materials made from recovered paper into food“
WHO / UNEP - Report: State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 2012
UBA press information No. 48/2012: New Thru.de internet service provides information on environmental quality in Germany
UBA press information No. 50/2012: Mothers and children across Europe tested for pollutants
Minamata Convention Agreed by Nations Jan 19, 2013
Press release 06/2013: Regulating nanomaterials effectively under the REACH Regulation
UBA press release 07/2013: Pesticides can endanger amphibians - Need for action regarding plant protection products
FP7 Environment 2013 - Water Innovation & Demonstration Projects Call
Ring test: transformation of veterinary pharmaceuticals and biocides in liquid manure
Diploma or Master's thesis available at the Federal Institute of Hydrology in Koblenz Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 19, 2013 No. 1, pp. 10 - 26

Personal Details

New Division members (joined between 24 August and 13 December 2012)
Birthday list, 2nd quarter 2013
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 18, 2012 No. 1, pp. 27 - 28

Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258

Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry, Department VI – Geography/ Geosciences –
Trier University Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Tel. and fax: 0651/ 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651/ 201-2243
E-mail: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design/ Technical implementation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, Leipzig University
E-mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover image /fileadmin/downloads/Netzwerk_und_Strukturen/Fachgruppen/Umweltchemie_OEkotoxikologie/mblatt/2013/titelbild113.jpg “Borderline” PBT substances are those for which at least one of the PBT criteria was narrowly missed (shortfall of up to 10%, Matthies et al., submitted). By additionally taking account of the long-range transport potential (LRTP), these substances can be assessed as PBT substances despite failing to meet a numerical criterion (see contribution by J. Ackermann et al.)

Issue 2/2013

  • Perfluorinated carboxylic acids are a cause for concern
  • PBT assessment of pharmaceuticals
  • Position paper from the Divisions Board
  • Introduced briefly:
    Environmental trace analysis, Ulm University and WSC Scientific GmbH
  • In memoriam Friedhelm Korte
    (1923 - 2013)
  • Event announcements and brief news
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Original articles

https://cdn.gdch.de/prod/RT_Emagic_C_pdf_01_gif_5b49599355.gifPerfluorinated carboxylic acids – not only perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is
of concern

C. Staude and L. Vierke
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 19. Jahrg. 2013 Nr.2, pp. 30 - 33
https://cdn.gdch.de/prod/RT_Emagic_C_pdf_01_gif_5b49599355.gifHazardous substance properties: PBT assessment of pharmaceuticals
I. Prutz et al.
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 19. Jahrg. 2013 Nr.2, pp. 34 - 37

From the Division

Position paper of the Division Board
Minutes of the meeting of the board of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology on 8.03.2013
Minutes of the meeting of the board of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology on 27.05.2013
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 19. Jahrg. 2013 Nr.2, pp. 38 - 42

Briefly introduced

Environmental trace analysis at the Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry of Ulm University
WSC Scientific GmbH
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 19. Jahrg. 2013 Nr.2, pp. 43 - 45

Information

Event announcements DanTox Symposium, 10.-11.06.2013, Aachen
4th Water Research Horizon Conference, 25.-26.06.2013, Berlin
IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, 11.-16.08.2013, Istanbul
8th Int. SedNet Conference, 6.-9.11.2013, Lisbon,Portugal
10th Langenau Water Forum, 11.-12.11.2013, Langenau, Lake Constance
Int. Symposium “Emerging Pollutants in Irrigation Waters”, 25.-28.11.2013, Tunis News in brief LfU research project on the purification of PFC-containing water
BfR press report 11/2013: Recommendations for assessing multiple residues of plant protection products in food
Joint press release by the BfR and UBA: Plasticiser DEHP is primarily absorbed through food
UBA press information 23/2013: Worldwide “end” for the flame retardant HBCD
EEA press release: Europe’s environment now healthier – but new risks emerging Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 19. Jahrg. 2013 Nr.2, pp. 49 - 52

Obituaries and personalia

Obituary for Prof. Friedhelm Korte
Obituary for Prof. Siegmar Gäb
New Division members (joined between 13.12.2012 and 04.03.2013)
Birthday list, 3rd quarter of 2013
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 18. Jahrg. 2012 Nr.2, pp. 53 - 57

Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258

Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty VI - Geography/ Geosciences -
University of Trier, Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Tel. and fax: 0651/ 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651/ 201-2243
E-mail: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design/ Technical implementation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, Leipzig University
E-mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover image /fileadmin/_migrated/RTE/RTEmagicC_titelbild213.jpg.jpg Friedhelm Korte (1923-2013)

Issue 3/2013

  • Persistent pollutants in the sea
  • Metabolite screening in environmental samples
  • Report on the 1st Forum of Young Environmental Scientists 2013 in Blomberg
  • Brief introduction: Hydrochemistry working group (University of Göttingen) and Chair of Hydrochemistry and Hydrobiology at ISWA (University of Stuttgart)
  • Programme of the 18th SETAC-GLB annual conference from 23–26 September 2013 in Essen, with the participation of the Division
  • Event announcements, brief news and personal details
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Original Contributions

https://cdn.gdch.de/prod/RT_Emagic_C_pdf_01_gif_5b49599355.gifWhere do persistent pollutants remain in the ocean? Evidence of the local recurrence of previously recorded pollution maxima
I. Stemmler and G. Lammel
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 19. Jahrg. 2013 Nr.3, pp. 60 - 62
https://cdn.gdch.de/prod/RT_Emagic_C_pdf_01_gif_5b49599355.gifMetabolite screening in environmental samples using LC-Q-TOF and electrochemical-
mass spectrometry

M. Zedda and C. Zwiener
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 19. Jahrg. 2013 Nr.3, pp. 62 - 67

From the Division

Invitation to the General Assembly
Report on the first Forum of Young Environmental Scientists 2013 in Blomberg
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 19. Jahrg. 2013 Nr.3, pp. 68 - 69

Briefly Introduced

Hydrochemistry working group, University of Göttingen
Chair of Hydrochemistry and Hydrobiology at ISWA, University of Stuttgart
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 19. Jahrg. 2013 Nr.2, pp. 70 - 72

Information

Event announcements Conference on air quality at the German Environment Agency, 16–17 September 2013, Dessau
18th Annual Conference of SETAC-GLB with the participation of the Division, 23–26 September 2013, Essen
Nanosafety 2013, 20–22 November 2013, Saarbrücken
“The Anthropocen”, symposium marking the 80th birthday of Nobel Prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen, 2 December 2013, Mainz
Int. Conference on Atmospheric Dust (DUST 2014), 1–6 June 2014, Castellaneta Marina, Italy
AIRMON 2014 - 8th Int. Symposium on Modern Principles for Air Monitoring and Biomonitoring, 15–19 June 2014, Marseille
38th Int. Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry – ISEAC38, 17–20 June 2014, Lausanne
BIOGEOMON 2014: 8th Int. Symposium on Ecosystem Behaviour, 13–17 July 2014, Bayreuth News in Brief EU research project “NanoRem”
EFSA: Scientific Opinion on the identification of pesticides
The 2013 Berlaymont Declaration on Endocrine Disrupters
UBA press information 26/2013: Health assessment of perchlorate findings in foodstuffs
Health assessment of perchlorate findings in foodstuffs
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 19. Jahrg. 2013 Nr.3, pp. 73 - 83

Personal Details

New Division members (joined 04.03 to 10.06.2013)
Birthday list, 4th quarter 2013
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 18. Jahrg. 2012 Nr.3, pp. 84 - 85

Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258

Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Sciences -
University of Trier Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Tel. and fax: 0651/ 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651/ 201-2243
E-mail: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design/ Technical implementation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, Leipzig University
E-mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover image https://cdn.gdch.de/prod/RT_Emagic_C_titelbild313_jpg_06da849956.jpg Participants in the first Forum of Young Environmental Scientists
at Blomberg Castle (source: C. Achten)

Issue 4/2013

  • Dispute over endocrine disruptors
  • Assessment of unidentified anthropogenic trace substances
  • Pd nanoparticles as recyclates
  • Do cemeteries emit pharmaceuticals?
  • Reports on the 2013 annual meeting with SETAC-GLB
  • Brief introduction: Working Group for Residue Analysis (University of Gießen) and the “RISK-IDENT” project
  • Event announcements, short news and personalia
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Editorial

Dispute over endocrine disruptors divides the scientific community
Mitt Environmental Chemistry Ecotoxicology 19th year 2013 No.4, p. 87

Original Articles

https://cdn.gdch.de/prod/RT_Emagic_C_pdf_01_gif_5b49599355.gifProject “RISK-IDENT” – Assessment of previously unidentified
anthropogenic trace substances in the aquatic system

R. Asner
Mitt Environmental Chemistry Ecotoxicology 19th year 2013 No.4, pp. 89 - 91
https://cdn.gdch.de/prod/RT_Emagic_C_pdf_01_gif_5b49599355.gifCan Pd nanoparticles as recyclates help to degrade persistent
organic pollutants?

R.-A. Düring and L. Böhm
Mitt Environmental Chemistry Ecotoxicology 19th year 2013 No.4, pp. 92 - 95 https://cdn.gdch.de/prod/RT_Emagic_C_pdf_01_gif_5b49599355.gif Do cemeteries emit pharmaceuticals?
R.-A. Düring and L. Böhm
Mitt Environmental Chemistry Ecotoxicology 19th year 2013 No.4, pp. 96 - 98

Division contributions in ESEU

C. Eadsforth et al.: Ring testing of the AnBUSDiC test; a new screening method for the anaerobic degradability of surfactants
M. Nendza et al.: Suitable test substances for proof of concept regarding infochemical effects in surface waters
Mitt Environmental Chemistry Ecotoxicology 19th year 2013 No.4, pp. 99 - 100

From the Division

Report on the 2013 annual Conference of SETAC-GLB and the GDCh Division of environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology
Annual report of the Working Group Environmental Monitoring
The Working Group Chemical Assessment of the GDCh Division of environmental chemistry and
ecotoxicology – Key activities in 2013
Report from the Working Group Atmospheric Chemistry
Minutes of the Division Board meeting on 2 October 2013
Advance notice: Forum of Young Environmental Scientists, 22–24 June 2015
Mitt Environmental Chemistry Ecotoxicology 19th year 2013 No.4, pp. 101 - 106

Briefly presented

Working Group for Residue Analysis at the Institute of Food Chemistry and Food Biotechnology at Justus Liebig University Gießen
Project RISK-IDENT – Assessment of previously unidentified anthropogenic trace substances
Mitt Environmental Chemistry Ecotoxicology 19th year 2013 No.4, pp. 107 - 110

Information

Event announcements Conference “Non-target screening and STOFFIDENT”, 27 and 28 March 2014, Augsburg
5th Int. Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (As2014), 11–16 May 2014; Buenos Aires
GRC: Environmental Endocrine Disruptors, 11–16 May 2014, Lucca (Barga), Italy
Annual Conference of the Water Chemistry Society, 26–28 May 2014, Haltern am See
Colloquium “LC-MS in Environmental Analysis 2014”, 16–18 June 2014, Leipzig
GRC: Environmental Sciences: Water, 22–27 June 2014, Holderness, USA
Int. Conference ACEM14, 24–29 August 2014, Busan, Korea
5th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress, 31 August–4 September 2014, Istanbul
TraceSpec Conference, 31 August–4 September 2014
Aberdeen, Scotland
CLEAR Conference, 5–8 October 2014, Chuncheon, Korea News in brief Green Cross and Blacksmith Institute: The world‘s ten worst polluted places
Controversy over “Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC)”
  • Comment on EC recommendations on EDC regulation
  • Open Letter to Prof. Anne Glover
EEA Press Release: Air pollution still harming health across Europe
New limit value for lead in drinking water
Mitt Environmental Chemistry Ecotoxicology 19th year 2013 No.4, pp. 117 - 123

Personalia

New Division members (joined 06.06–18.11.2013)
Birthday list, 1st quarter 2014
Mitt Environmental Chemistry Ecotoxicology 19th year 2013 No.4, p. 124

Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258

Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry, FB VI – Spatial and Environmental Sciences –
Trier University Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Tel. and fax: 0651/ 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651/ 201-2243
E-mail: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design/Technical implementation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, Leipzig University
E-mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover image /fileadmin/_migrated/RTE/RTEmagicC_titelbild413.jpg.jpg Presentation of the 2013 Paul Crutzen Prize to Christoph Moschet
by Prof. A. Schäffer as part of this year’s SETAC-GLB /
GDCh Division Conference in Essen