Air- and Biomonitoring
Journal of Environmental Monitoring (JEM) features selected papers presented at AIRMON 2008, held at Geilo, Norway, January 28-31, 2008.  The aim of this conference was to discuss recent advances in modern principles of airmonitoring and biomonitoring.  
This issue features selected papers on exposure monitoring within the preventive framework of identifying and controlling health hazards within the workplace and in the environment.

• Aerosol sampling by annular aspiration slots by Peter Görner et al. 
• Experimental methods to determine inhalability and personal sampler performance for aerosols in ultra-low windspeed environments by James Vincent et al.
• A study of the bio-accessibility of welding fumes by Yngvar Thomassen et al. 
• ALASCA Proficiency testing scheme for occupational hygiene laboratories by Eddy Langlois
• Production of test gases in the ppb range for round-robin tests and quality assurance measures during the measurement of VOCs by Dietmar Breuer 
• Three dimensional modeling of air flow, aerosol distribution and aerosol samplers for unsteady conditions by Albert Gilmutdinov         

Medical Geology 

Guest Editor of the Medical Geology theme, José A. Centeno commented: "On its 10^th Anniversary, the Journal of Environmental Monitoring (JEM) marks an important step in the growth and maturation of medical geology. The two reviews in this theme issue of JEM by Jardine et al. on the study of mosquito-borne disease as an environmental monitoring tool in tropical ecosystems;   and by Harper on asbestos, respectively, are only two of many articles which the journal is anticipating publishing.The publication of these manuscripts in JEM is a further demonstration that medical geology is taking strong root in the international arena and that biomedical/health professionals and geoscientists will soon be demonstrating its value to the global society. On behalf of the International Medical Geology Association and its worldwide membership, I would like to congratulate JEM for its vision and interest in the field of Medical Geology, and wish it many more years of success in continuing to publish outstanding work."