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- Bryan Brooks, Baylor University
Ecotoxicology of Pharmaceuticals and other Emerging Contaminants: Progress and Perspectives
- Ed Topp, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Biosolids, Land Management and the Transport and Transformation of Emerging Contaminants
- Thomas Heberer, Technical University Berlin, Germany
Transformation and Occurrence of Emerging Contaminants in the Aqueous Environment
Conference Themes
Terrasphere
- Impacts on urban-to-rural landscapes
- Land applications of biosolids and/or livestock manure
- Reclaimed water-agricultural and urban/suburban application
Hydrosphere
- Transport and transformation - from source to the sea
- Watershed, Marine and Estuarine studies
- Atmospheric transport of emerging contaminants to watersheds
Biosphere
- Ecosystems effects - beyond organisms to communities
- Endocrine disruption of aquatic and terrestrial organisms
- Uptake and accumulation of ECs (e.g., plant and animal uptake)
Anthroposphere
- Human health - understanding exposure & effect
- Exposure pathways (e.g. drinking water, air)
- Diet and exposure to emerging contaminants
Contaminants in 2080
- The Long View - priorities and implications
- Peptide toxins as drugs and pesticides (e.g., from cone shell snails)
- Can we design more sustainable drugs and pesticides?
- Predicting the next generations of emerging contaminants
Tools and techniques
- Applying next-generation analytical tools
- The Long View - priorities and implications
- Innovative passive sampling technology
- Quantum and QSAR models
- New tools for identifying emerging contaminants and transformation products
Transformation products
- The next “emerging contaminants”
- Understanding transformation mechanisms
- Transformation product prediction
Dealing with EC complexities
- Prioritizing research for complex samples and mixtures
- Regulation of new contaminants
- Managing Emerging Contaminants before and after use or disposal
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