Analytical and Risk Considerations for Emerging Environmental Issues

Convener: 

Hemda Garelick, Middlesex University, UK

Programme:

Tuesday 4 August (morning and afternoon)

Keynote Speakers

Arsenic and mercury in rice - an emerging problem
Jörg Feldmann, University of Aberdeen, UK

The role of non-living organic matter in the environmental fate of organic chemicals
Nicola Senesi, Università di Bari, Italy

Speakers

Remote sensing techniques in coastal water monitoring of Eastern Mediterranean
Manos Dassenakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Extraction and fractionation methods for exposure assessment related to metals, metalloids, and organic compounds in terrestrial systems
Petr S. Fedotov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Integrated monitoring of air pollution
Ole Hertel, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Impacts of physicochemical-biological interactions on metal and metalloid transformations in soils: an overview
P. Ming Huang, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Synthesis of new chelating materials for recovery of metal ions
Nadia G. Kandile, Ain Shams University, Egypt

Reference matrices: An essential tool for testing extrinsic substance properties
Werner Kördel, Fraunhofer-Institut für Molekularbiologie und Angewandte Ökologie IME, Germany

Challenges in air quality research: defining risks from agricultural operations
Laura L. McConnell, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA

Nanoparticles: Human health and the environment
Vicki Stone, Napier University, UK

Symposium Information

This symposium is supported by the IUPAC Division of Chemistry and the Environment (VI) and focuses on the complex interrelationship between environmental chemistry and sustainable environmental management with specific reference to areas of human activities such as industrial and agricultural activities as well as the effects of naturally occurring materials of toxicological significance.

The full understanding of chemical processes in the environment should involve:

• Consideration of the underlying natural processes
• Introduction of new materials
• Sources of pollution
• Risk that chemical pollution can pose both to human and ecological health

The interactions between the different environmental compartments of air, soil and water also play a major role in the above interactions and strongly influence potential routes of human exposure via inhalation and/or consumption of food and water. 

The above issues and interactions will be addressed in a range of papers presented by speakers from different chemical disciplines and geographical location with the aim to identify coherent themes from analytical and risk considerations that impinges on emerging environmental issues.