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Announcements

2018

2018

Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox - Communications of the Division -

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

Archive 2018

[Issue 1/ 2018] [Issue 2/ 2018] [Issue 3/ 2018] [Issue 4/ 2018]

Issue 1/2018

  • Welcome to Münster at “Umwelt 2018”
  • Biotest battery for detecting toxicological effects
  • Sorption on carbon nanomaterials
  • Sorption behaviour of micropollutants
  • Dr. Lörcher Institute in Ludwigsburg
  • Event announcements, brief news and personal details
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Editorial

Welcome to Münster, welcome to "Umwelt 2018"
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 24. Jahrg. 2018 Nr.1, p. 2

Original articles

A. Simon, E. Dopp: Biotest battery: Full-scale toxicological effect detection F. Metzelder et al.: Investigation of sorption on carbon nanomaterials using inverse liquid chromatography T. Vockenberg et al.: Influence of ageing processes on the sorption behaviour of micropollutants on microplastics Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 24. Jahrg. 2018 Nr.1, pp. 3 - 13

From the Division

Umwelt 2018, 09.-12. September 2018, Münster
Working Group Environmental Monitoring - Annual report 2017
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 24. Jahrg. 2018 Nr.1, pp. 14 - 15

Briefly presented

Dr. Lörcher Institute in Ludwigsburg
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 24. Jahrg. 2018 Nr.1, pp. 16 - 17

Information

Event announcements EFSA colloquium “Omics in Risk Assessment”, 24.-25.04.2018, Berlin
3rd Int. Conference Atmospheric Dust – DUST 2018, 29.-31.05.2018, Bari
Int. Symposium on Inorganic and Environmental Materials (ISIEM), 17.-21.06.2018, Ghent,Belgium
Workshop “Assessment of treated wastewater”, 26.-27.06.2018, Koblenz
MWAS 2018 - 3rd Mülheim Water Analytical Seminar, 12.–13.09.2018, Mühlheim a. d. Ruhr
9th Int. Conference on Nanotoxicology, 18.-21.09.2018, Neuss
SUK 2018 – Trace substances and pathogens in the water cycle,23.-24.10.2018, Frankfurt a.M.
15th Int. Symposium on Persistent Toxic Substances, 6.-9.11.2018, Basel News in brief EU recognises bisphenol A as a substance of very high concern
Underestimated danger: microplastics on dry land
Update on how EFSA evaluates genotoxicity
Survey of the trace-substance situation at wastewater treatment plants in Baden-Württemberg
Workshop: Implementation of the Stockholm Convention in Germany
UBA background paper Air quality 2017 – Preliminary evaluation
UBA Texts 09/2018: Assessment of persistence, mobility and toxicity (PMT) of 167 REACH registered substances
UBA Texts 04/2018: Residues of anticoagulants applied as rodenticides in wild biota
UBA Texts 114/2017: Are biocide emissions into the environment already at alarming levels?
UBA Austria: Derived tolerance values for selected pharmaceutical active substances in drinking water
Conference Proceedings: One Hundred Years of Chemical Warfare: Research, Deployment, Consequences Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 24. Jahrg. 2018 Nr.1, pp. 18 - 24

Personal news

New members of the Division 23.11.2017 – 23.02.2018
Birthdays, 2nd quarter 2018
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 24. Jahrg. 2018 Nr.1, p. 25

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 /fileadmin/_processed_/csm_titelbild118_a950eae4ae.jpg
Flow diagram of the bioassay battery for detecting toxicological effects (A. Simon)

Issue 2/2018

  • Detection of PAP and SAmPAP in soils
  • Trifluoroacetate in water bodies
  • UFZ-LSER database
  • Forum of young environmental scientists in Münster
  • Briefly introduced: Professorship of Analytical Chemistry at TH Nürnberg and GreenFacts
  • Event announcements, brief news and personalia
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Original contributions

G. Nürenberg et al.: Detection of polyfluorinated alkyl phosphate esters (PAPs) and perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol-based phosphate esters (SAmPAPs) in soil L. Richters, F. Vietoris: Trifluoroacetate in surface waters and drinking water in North Rhine-Westphalia N. Ulrich, K.-U. Goss: UFZ-LSER database – A useful tool for many physicochemical problems in analytical chemistry Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 24th year 2018 No. 2, pp. 28 - 37

From the Division

Forum of Young Environmental Scientists on 9 September 2018 in Münster
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 24th year 2018 No. 2, p. 38

Briefly presented

Professorship of Analytical Chemistry at TH Nuremberg
GreenFacts – Facts on Health and the Environment
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 24th year 2018 No. 1, pp. 39 - 40

Information

Event announcements Status colloquium on microplastics in the environment, 5–6 July 2018, Augsburg
DIOXIN2018, 26–31 August 2018, Kraków
EUROTOX 2018, 2–5 September 2018, Brussels
Halting Antimicrobial Resistance Dissemination in Aquatic Environments (HEARD2018), 16–19 September 2018, Ascona, Switzerland
Conference “Pharmaceuticals and micropollutants in surface waters”, 18–19 June 2018, Düsseldorf
X2018 – the 9th Int. Conference on the Science of Exposure Assessment, 24–26 September 2018, Manchester
Xenowac II, 10–12 October 2018, Limassol, Cyprus
20th Int. Congress on In Vitro Toxicology (ESTIV2018), 15–18 October 2018, Berlin
Symposium “Strategies for soil and groundwater remediation”, 19–20 November 2018, Frankfurt a. M.
MICRO2018 – Fate and Impacts of Microplastics, 19–23 November 2018, Lanzarote News in brief Development of pesticide contamination in Bavarian surface waters – Review after 30 years of pesticide monitoring
UBA background paper: Recommendations for reducing micropollutants in surface waters
Identifying gaps in transboundary water protection
Reading water quality from trout genes
Microplastics in inland waters of southern and western Germany
Importance of the Arctic Ocean as a sink and transport medium for microplastics
CJEU: Confirmation of the restriction on 3 neonicotinoids
EU Parliament establishes special committee on pesticides – focus on glyphosate
Environmentally related disease burden caused by NO2
PFCs on Bundeswehr properties

Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 24th year 2018 No. 2, pp. 41 - 49

Personal announcements

New members of the Division 23 February – 28 May 2018
Birthdays, 3rd quarter 2018
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 24th year 2018 No. 1, p. 50

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/downloads/Netzwerk_und_Strukturen/Fachgruppen/Umweltchemie_OEkotoxikologie/mblatt/2018/titelbild218.jpg Prediction of the distribution behaviour of environmental chemicals using polyparametric linear free-energy relationships (Angelika Stenzel, UFZ Leipzig)

Issue 3/2018

  • Management strategies for organic trace substances
  • Priority substances in wastewater samples
  • Amines in drinking water
  • Programme of the “Umwelt 2018” Conference in Münster and invitation to the Division’s General Assembly
  • Brief introductions: Institute for Water Resources and Water Supply, Hamburg University of Technology; Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences; and Research Institute for Non-Target Screening
  • Event announcements, brief news and personalia

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Original Contributions

S. Bieber et al.: International management strategies for organic trace substances in water bodies and supporting advanced analytical techniques

F. Sacher et al.: Analysis of priority substances in wastewater samples – An important prerequisite for an inventory of German wastewater treatment plants
S. Johann, A. Schmohl: Detection and purification of amines in drinking water and complex aqueous matrices

Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 24, 2018 No. 3, pp. 52 - 61

From the Division

Provisional programme of the “Umwelt 2018” Conference in Münster
Invitation to the General Assembly of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 24, 2018 No. 3, pp. 62-64

Introduced Briefly

Institute for Water Resources and Water Supply at Hamburg University of Technology
(TUHH) and DVGW Research Centre TUHH
Professorship of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Department of Applied Natural Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Campus
Rheinbach
Analytical Research Institute for Non-Target Screening GmbH (AFIN-TS)
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 24, 2018 No. 3, pp. 65 - 70

Information

Event Announcements

ERA-ENVHEALTH Conference, 11.09.2018, Berlin
Remediate Conference, 19.-20.09.2018, Belfast
15th Int. Symposium on Persistent Toxic Substances, 6.-11.11.2018, Basel
ENSOr – Int. Workshop “Emerging Policy Challenges on New Soil Contaminants”, 19.-20.11.2018, Brussels
3rd Congress on Trace Substances in the Aquatic Environment, 20.-21.11.2018, Heidelberg
Atmospheric Chemical Mechanisms Conference, 5.-7.12.2018, Davis, U.S.
Advanced Workshop on Solution Chemistry of Trace Elements, 22.-23.01.2019, Białystok, Poland

News in Brief

BLGL final report: Human biomonitoring of perfluorinated substances
EDA-EMERGE: New findings thanks to more efficient and interdisciplinary testing methods
UNEP Overview Reports on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
REACH Candidate List: Cyclosiloxanes identified as SVHCs
EU-Interreg 2 (Baltic Sea Region)
Research project “CWPharma – Removal of pharmaceuticals from water”
Scientific Opinion on the State of the Art of Toxicokinetic /Toxicodynamic (TKTD) Effect Models
Stricter EU rules for plasticisers in plastics
EU Plastics Strategy– Single-use Plastics Targeted
Too much nitrate in groundwater: CJEU condemns Germany
Critical Review: Priority Research Questions for Europe
German Environmental Award presented to marine biologist Boetius and Leipzig wastewater experts
IYPT2019 - International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 24, 2018 No. 3, pp. 71 - 79

Personal News

New members of the Division 29.05. – 23.08.2018
Birthdays, 4th quarter 2018
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 24, 2018 No.1, p. 80

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

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Münster Town Hall (Münster Press Office / MünsterView)

Issue 4/2018

  • Pollutant monitoring in fish and mussels
  • Rodenticide residues in fish
  • Sum parameters EOF and AOF in the analysis of PFAS
  • Solid-phase microextraction SPME
  • Pop Cycling in India
  • Report from the General Assembly
  • Paul-Crutzen Award: call for proposals 2019 and 2018 award winner
  • Review of 11 years of REACH
  • Wastewater management at TU Darmstadt

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Original contributions

M. Jarosch, M. Brunke: Monitoring pollutants in fish and mussels in waters in Schleswig-Holstein
J. Regnery et al.: Rodenticide residues in fish – investigating causes and risk mitigation measures
R. Söhlmann et al.: Application of the sum parameters EOF and AOF in investigating the downward migration of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in contaminated soils in Central Baden
L. Böhm et al.: Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) for determining hydrophobic organic chemicals in bioconcentration studies
G. Lammel et al.: POP cycling in India - influenced by the monsoon

Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 24, 2018 No. 4, pp. 82 - 100

From the Division

Report on the General Assembly of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology on 10 September 2018 in Münster
Dr. Anika Pohlabeln is the 2018 Paul Crutzen Prize winner
Call for proposals for the 2019 Paul Crutzen Prize of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
M. Telscher, A. Willing: Looking back at 11 years of REACH
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 24, 2018 No. 4, pp. 101 - 105

Briefly introduced

Department of Wastewater Management at Technische Universität Darmstadt
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 24, 2018 No. 3, pp. 65 - 70

Information

Event announcements

90th Darmstadt Wastewater Seminar, 31.01.2019, Darmstadt
Intersol 2019, 26.-28.03.2019, Lille, France
11th Int. SedNet Conference, 3.-5.04.2019, Dubrovnik, Croatia
20th Int. Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO20), 19.-22.05.2019, Charleston, SC, USA
AquaConSoil 15th Int. Conference, 20.-24.05.2019, Antwerp
Wasser 2019 – Annual Meeting of the Society of Water Chemistry – 27.-29.05.2019, Erfurt
SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, 26.-30.05.2019, Helsinki
ICCE 2019 — 17th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, 16.-20. 06.2019, Thessaloniki

Brief news

Tracking down clues in the atmosphere: On the trail of an ozone-depleting substance
UBA background paper: 1987–2017: 30th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol
UBA Texts 79/2018: PINETI-3: Modelling atmospheric substance deposition
NO2 pollution 2017 – updated data available
VDI press release: Emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from motor vehicle traffic
New decree on PFC contamination Plan for phasing out glyphosate
UBA background paper on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in the environment
A blind spot in the assessment of POP/PBT/vPvB properties
“EffectNet” research network
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 24, 2018 No. 4, pp. 108-116

Personal news

New members of the Division 24.08. - 25.11.2018
Birthdays 1st quarter 2019
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 24, 2018 No. 4, p. 117

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 –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

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Umwelt 2018 in Münster: Outstanding awardees and the Division's Chairs, Prof. Achten and Prof. Reemtsma, and the Chair of SETAC-GLB, Dr. Knäbe