Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox - Communications of the Division -

Original Articles

Non-target analysis in ecology
T.L.H. Pham in cooperation with H. Weisshoff, C. Mügge, E. Krause, W. Rotard, A. Preiss and I. Zaspel
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year 2010 No.1, pp. 2 - 8
Transfer of antibiotics from soil to crops
M. Grote, D. H. Meric
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year 2010 No.1, pp. 9 -12 Detection of aircraft and runway de-icing agents in the surface runoff of Hanover-Langenhagen Airport using solid-phase microextraction
E. Fries, S. Ernesti, J. Klasmeier, H. Fletemeyer
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year 2010 No.1, pp. 13 -15

From the Division

GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology prize announced
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year 2010 No.1, p. 16

Introduced briefly

Junior professorship in environmental geochemistry, University of Bayreuth
Master’s degree programme in environmental protection at the Faculty of Angewandte Chemie of Reutlingen University
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year 2010 No.1, pp. 16 - 18

Information

Conference announcements Int. PCB Workshop, Visby, Sweden
Int. Polar Year - Oslo Science Conference, Oslo
M3 (Modelling, Monitoring, Management) Workshop
2nd Int. Workshop on Fluorinated Substances
14th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference
Conf. Urban Environmental Pollution, Boston, USA
Atmospheric Chemistry Symposium and Conference, Halifax, Canada
5th Int. Conf. on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew, Münster
Gordon Research Conference: Water & Aqueous Solutions, Holderness, NH, USA
3rd European Chemistry Congress (EuCheMS)
International Aerosol Conference, Helsinki
TransCon2010
15th Int. Conf. on Heavy Metals in the Environment
2nd Int. Symp. Green Chem for Environment and Health, 27.-29.09.2010, Mykonos, Greece Conference report Environmental Specimen Bank workshop on monitoring priority substances and "emerging pollutants" in sewage sludge (24/25 June 2009 in Schmallenberg) News in brief UBA Texts 04/2009: Taking current concepts of bioavailability into account in the environmental risk assessment of metals
UBA Texts 06/09: Environmental risk assessment of cytostatics
CVUA report dated 23.11.2009 on levels of perfluorinated surfactants in Lake Constance fish
AGÖF launches new research project on indoor air quality
New BfR brochure on cadmium in foodstuffs
Assessment of the air pollution situation in 2009 - UBA background information dated 19.01.2010
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year 2010 No.1, pp. 19 - 34

People

Birthday list, 2nd quarter 2011
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17th year 2011 No.1, p. 26

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 - 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
Workflow diagram of the process network for non-target analysis (Source: Pham, TLH et al.) :

Original Contributions

Volatile polyfluorinated compounds in indoor air
V. Langer, A. Dreyer, R. Ebinghaus
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 16, 2010 No. 2, pp. 38 - 40
Antibiotic residues in slurry and soils
M. Lamshöft, S. Zühlke, P. Sukul, S. Kusari, M. Spiteller
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 16, 2010 No. 2, pp. 41 - 44

From the Division

New election of the Division's executive committee for the term of office from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2014
Division Award - application deadline extended
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 16, 2010 No. 2, p. 45

Briefly Presented

Working group on contaminant hydrology at the Chair of Hydrology at the University of Bayreuth
Centre for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technologies (UFT) of the University of Bremen
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 16, 2010 No. 2, pp. 45 - 47

Information

Conference Announcements 3rd Int. IUPAC Conference on Green Chemistry, 15.-18.08.2010, Ottawa, Canada
Environment 2010, 6.-9.09.2010, Dessau
9th Int. AeroCom Workshop, 27.-30.09.2010, Oxford, UK
4th Environmental Monitoring Conference, 23.-24.09.2010, Essen
26th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Limnology, 27.09.-01.10.2010, Bayreuth
36th Int. Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry - ISEAC - 5.-9.10.2010, Rome
EMEC 11- 11th European Meeting on Environ. Chemistry, 8.-11.12.2010, Portoroz, Slovenia
ICENV 2010 - Int. Conference on Environment, 13.-15.12.2010, Penang, Malaysi News in Brief New DIN standard for heavy metal measurement
Press release: Hormonal disorders caused by plasticisers
UBA Texts 12/2010: Dioxins and dl-PCBs in the environment
UBA-TEXTS 14/2010: Mathematical simulation of the introduction of pharmaceuticals
New web applications of the Environmental Specimen Bank
LUBW Guidelines for Contaminated Site Assessment
BMU-VCI cooperation on human biomonitoring
BfR draft assessment concept for plant protection products
Transfer of mineral oil from packaging materials to food
Dioxin and PCB contamination in river fish
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 16, 2010 No. 2, pp. 48 - 57

People

Birthday List, 3rd Quarter 2011
New Division Members
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox Vol. 16, 2010 No. 2, pp. 57 - 60

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 - Geography/ Geosciences -
University of Trier Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Tel. and fax: 0651/ 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651/ 201-2243
Email: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design/ Technical implementation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, Leipzig University
Email: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover image
Passive samplers for determining PFCs in indoor air (source: Vera Langer)

Editorial

Advance publication of the greeting from the Division Chair, Prof. Dr Gerhard Lammel, for the opening of the “Umwelt 2010” Conference in Dessau
G. Lammel
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year. 2010 No. 3, p. 62

Original contributions

Retrospective monitoring of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in archived herring gull eggs
H. Rüdel, J. Müller, H. Jürling, M. Paulus and C. Schröter-Kermani
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year. 2010 No. 3, pp. 64–66 Integration of bioavailability into soil protection
K. Terytze, I. Vogel and R. Wagner
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year. 2010 No. 3, pp. 67–69 Assessment of the availability of non-extractable PAH residues in soil
A. Eschenbach, B. Mahro, B. and R. Wienberg R.
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year. 2010 No. 3, pp. 70–72

From the Division

Minutes of the Board meeting of 8 April 2010
Minutes of the closed meeting of the extended Board of 24 June 2010
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year. 2010 No. 3, pp. 73–78

In brief

Analytical chemistry and instrumental analysis in the Department of Applied Natural Sciences at Lübeck University of Applied Sciences
Research focus: environmental analysis and ecotoxicology at the Faculty of Life Sciences at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year. 2010 No. 3, pp. 79–81

Information

Conference announcements Umwelt 2010 – joint annual Conference of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology and SETAC-GLB, 6–9 September 2010, Dessau
DFG-SPP1315: Biogeocgemicak Interfaces in Soil, 4–6 October 2010, Jena
26th Annual Conference of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements, 7–9 October 2010, Leipzig
BfG workshop “Screening methods for detecting endocrine effects in the aquatic environment”, 11 November 2010, Koblenz
ANAKON 2011, 22–25 March 2011, Zurich News in brief Environmental chemistry project wins “Jugend forscht” prizes
UBA information publication on bisphenol A published
UBA Texts 38/2010: Guide: Degradation of biocides in slurry
BfR statement on restricting PAHs in consumer products
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year. 2010 No. 3, pp. 82–88

People

Annette Barthelt Prize awarded to Dr. Lutz Ahrens
Birthday list for the fourth quarter of 2010
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16th year. 2010 No. 3, pp. 88–91

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 - 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, University of Leipzig
E-mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover image
European herring gulls (Larus argentatus) at a sampling site (Darß peninsula on the Baltic Sea) of the Environmental Specimen Bank (source: UPB)

Editorial

How can the connection between research in environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology and decision-making processes in public authorities and industry be strengthened?
M. Scheringer
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16. Jahrg. 2010 Nr.4, pp. 93 - 94

Original Contributions

Pharmaceuticals and their metabolites in the water cycle
M. Letzel, K. Weiß, W. Schüßler, M. Sengl
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16. Jahrg. 2010 Nr.4, pp. 95 - 99
Trend monitoring of pollutants in sediments and suspended matter in the inland Elbe
E. Claus, J. Pelzer, J, P. Heininger
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16. Jahrg. 2010 Nr.4, pp. 100 - 102 Long-range transport of organic substances in water
C. Zarfl, M. Scheringer, M. Matthies
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16. Jahrg. 2010 Nr.4, pp. 103 - 105

From the Division

Report on the election of the Division’s executive committee for the term of office from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2014
Minutes of the meeting of the Division’s executive committee
Minutes of the Division’s 2010 General Assembly
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16. Jahrg. 2010 Nr.4, pp. 106 - 108

Briefly Introduced

The National Reference Laboratory for Dioxins and PCBs at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16. Jahrg. 2010 Nr.4, pp. 109 - 110

Information

Conference Announcements Dioxin 2011, 21–25 August, Brussels (Belgium)
23rd International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC 23), 4–8 September 2011, Münster
EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, 11–15 September 2011, Zurich, Switzerland
Air Pollution 2011, 19–21 September 2011, Malta
Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases (NCGG-6), 2–4 November 2011, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Conference Reports
Notes from the “Umwelt 2010” Conference in Dessau, 6–9 September 2010
Workshop report “Screening methods for detecting endocrine effects in the aquatic environment” News in Brief Regulating fluorinated greenhouse gases internationally (UBA press information)
UBA report “Development of criteria and methods for sustainable chemicals (FKZ 3708 65 402)” published
PhD positions available at RECETOX – Research Centre of Masaryk University in Brno
German Körber Foundation Student Award for Leipzig environmental lawyer
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16. Jahrg. 2010 Nr.4, pp. 111 - 119

People

Our new members
Birthday list for the first quarter of 2011
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 16. Jahrg. 2010 Nr.4, pp. 120 - 121

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 - 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
Presentation of the Division's 2010 publication award to Dr Annekatrin Dreyer by the Division Chair, Prof. G. Lammel, during the evening event of the annual conference at the "Hugo Junkers" Museum of Technology (source: K. Fischer)