Mitt Environmental Chem Ecotox - Communications of the Division -

Original Contributions

Development of a label-free biosensor for detecting
diclofenac in wastewater-contaminated surface waters
S. Rau et al. Determination of priority organic substances in suspended-solid-containing surface water using solid-phase extraction discs and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
C. Erger
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 1, pp. 2–8

Briefly Presented

Environmental Geochemistry working group at the Institute of Geoecology of Technische Universität Braunschweig
Professorship of Environmental Analytics, Eberhard Karls University
Tübingen
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 1, pp. 9–11

Information

Event Announcements Workshop "Novel tools and methods for the screening of chemicals for developmental neurotoxicity", 11–12 March 2014, Amsterdam
Air Quality 2014 - 9th Int. Conference on Air Quality - Science and Application, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 24–28 March 2014
The ETEAM Conference - Challenges and Perspectives of Tier 1 Exposure Assessment, 25–26 March 2014, Dortmund
Conference "Advances in Suspected and Non-Target Analysis", 27–28 March 2014, Augsburg
Conference: PFC contamination incidents – investigation, remediation and future prospects, 8 April 2014, Augsburg
7th Int. Conference „Environmental Science and Technology“, 9–13 June 2014, Houston, Texas
Summer School: Sustainable Waste and Waste Water Management, 7–12 July 2014, Luxembourg City
248th ACS National Meeting with 13th IUPAC Int. Congress of Pesticide Chemistry, 10–14 August 2014, San Francisco
Workshop „Relevance of transformation products in the urban water cycle“,
23–24 September 2014, Koblenz
DBP 2014: Disinfection By-products in drinking water, 27–29 October 2014, Mühlheim an der Ruhr
Workshop „Wastewater treatment solutions targeted for organic micropollutant
biodegradation“, 11–12 November 2014, Koblenz News in Brief EU study ESCAPE: Increased risk of death due to air pollution
UBA press release: Particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide continued to adversely affect health in 2013
Are plant protection products more hazardous to health in the composition in which they are applied than their active substances?
Restriction of carcinogenic PAHs in consumer products
RiSKWa guide "Polar organic trace substances as indicators in the anthropogenically
influenced water cycle"
UBA Texts 05/2014 published: Georeferenced Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Pesticides
Report: Ecotoxicological combined effects from chemical mixtures Part 1 and 2
UBA Texts 76/2013: Mobility, fate and behaviour of TiO2 nanomaterials in different environmental media
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 1, pp. 12–22

Personal News

Birthday list, 2nd quarter 2014
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 1, p. 23

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 Building blocks of ionic liquids using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate as an example.
Source: J. Neumann et al. in this issue

Original Articles

Residues of human medicinal products in sewage sludge – prioritisation concept for classifying the environmental hazard potential for soil
S. Konradi et al. Biodegradability of ionic liquids
J. Neumann
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year, 2014 No. 2, pp. 26–34

From the Division

Minutes of the Division Board meeting on 14
February 2014
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year, 2014 No. 2, pp. 35–36

In Brief

Working Group “Epidemiology of the Environmental Influence on Ageing Processes” of the IUF Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine gGmbH, Düsseldorf
Professorship “Biomarkers in Occupational Medicine”,
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine (IPASUM) of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
IBACON GmbH
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year, 2014 No. 2, pp. 37–41

Information

Event Announcements UBA workshop on bioaccumulation, 26–27 June 2014, Dessau
Conference on pollutant monitoring using fish and mussels, 1–2 July 2014, Augsburg
Air Pollution Conference 2014, 7–9 July 2014, Opatija, Croatia
20th EuroQSAR: Understanding Chemical-Biological Interactions, 31 August–4 September 2014, St Petersburg
6th Joint Annual Conference of SETAC-GLB and the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, 7–10 September 2014, Gießen
4th International Symposium on Green Chemistry, 24–26 September 2014, Kos, Greece
Annual Conference of the GDCh Division “sustainable chemistry”, 28–30 September 2014, Erlangen
International Conference “Our Climate – Our Future”, 6–8 October 2014, Berlin Conference Reports Conference report: Advances in Suspected and Non-Target Analysis
Interview with Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen on the occasion of the symposium “The Anthropocene News in Brief MPG Research News (12 May 2014): Endocrine disruptors impair human sperm function
UBA press release 18/2014: Pharmaceuticals in the environment are a global challenge
UBA Texts 30/2014: Protection of biodiversity of free living birds and mammals in respect of the effects of pesticides
UBA Texts 27/2014: Antibiotics and antiparasitics in groundwater beneath sites with high livestock densities
UBA Texts 26/2014: Inventory and effectiveness of air pollution control measures
UBA background paper: Pharmaceuticals in the environment – avoid, reduce, monitor
UBA background paper: Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in the environment and food chains
3rd report on antibiotic consumption
Plant protection products and organic contaminants in food of animal
origin
EFSA supporting publication 2014:EN-547: New methodology to identify chemical risks in the food and feed chain
Background information: Neonicotinoids and the “bee die-off”
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year, 2014 No. 2, pp. 48–56

People

New members of the Division 18 November 2013–19 May 2014
Birthday list, 2nd quarter 2014
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year, 2014 No. 2, pp. 57–58

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 Head group, side chain and anion (square, circles, triangle) – The
three building blocks of ionic liquids, using 1-(3-
hydroxypropyl)pyridinium tricyanomethanide as an example (Source: J. Neumann and
S. Stolte, see article in this issue)

Original Articles

Application of an LC-MS screening method for identifying historical
and current trace substances in groundwater and surface water of a former sewage farm
F. Wode et al. Behaviour of selected pesticides in the water-soil-plant system in
the lysimeters at the Wagna research station
A. Fuhrmann et al.
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No.3, pp. 60 - 67

From the Division

Minutes of the Division executive committee meeting on 23 May 2014
Invitation to the Division General Assembly on 8 September 2014
Current programme information on the 6th joint SETAC-GLB and GDCh Division annual conference
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No.3, pp. 68 - 70

Featured briefly

Chair and Experimental Institute for Urban Water Management at the Technical University of Munich
An institute with bite – Bauhaus Institute for Future-Oriented Infrastructure Systems
GBA Laboratory Group
Institute Alpha – Water and Environmental Analysis
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No.3, pp. 71- 78

Information

Event announcements Mülheim Water Analytical Seminar, 11–12 September 2014, Mülheim a.d.R.
Conference "Microplastics in the Environment", 15 September 2014, Mainz
NORMAN-SOLUTIONS Workshop on Non-Target Screening, 16–17 September 2014, Dübendorf, Switzerland
NORMAN MassBank Workshop, 17–18 September 2014, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Conference "Anthropogenic Trace Substances between Scientific Knowledge and Practical Need for Action", 9–10 October 2014, Augsburg
Int. Conference "Occupational Exposure to Pesticides", 28–29 October 2014, Maisons-Alfort, France
1st VDI Expert Forum on Atmospheric Chemistry, 19–20 November 2014, Bonn
EDAR 3 – 3rd Int. Symposium on Environmental Dimension of Antibiotic Resistance, 17–21 May 2015, Wernigerode
Air Pollution 2015, 1–3 June 2015, Valencia News in brief Helsingør Statement on poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances
Public consultation on the draft EFSA opinion on acrylamide in food
EC-JRC-report: Considerations on information needs for nanomaterials in consumer products
UBA-Texte 65/2014: Mixtures in the Environment – Development of Assessment Strategies for the Regulation of Chemicals under REACH
UBA-Texte 64/2014: From Theory to Reality – Evaluation of Suitable Organisms and Test Systems for the Biomonitoring of Pharmaceuticals
UBA-Texte 50/2014: Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity of Nanoparticles
UBA-Texte 41/2014: Identification of Relevant Emission Pathways to the Environment and Quantification of Environmental Exposure for Bisphenol A
Results of groundwater monitoring in Rhineland-Palatinate 2011/12
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No.3, pp. 79 - 89

People

New members joining the Division 19 May 2014–13 August 2014
Birthday list, 4th quarter 2014
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No.3, p. 90

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, University of Leipzig
E-mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover image Physics lecture hall building of Justus Liebig University Gießen, venue for this year’s joint SETAC-GLB and GDCh environmental conference

Original Articles

Investigations into the chemical contamination of bank structures along the Elbe
S. Heise
What can modern mass spectrometric in-situ analysis contribute to environmental and food research?
S. Schulz et al. Planar SPE and Microlitre Flow Injection Analysis-TOFMS – rapid pesticide screening for fruit and vegetables
C. Oellig and W. Schwack
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 4, pp. 92–103

From the Division

Report on the Division’s annual conference in Gießen
Report on the Division’s General Assembly on 8 September 2014
Report of the Working Group Atmospheric Chemistry
2013/14 annual report of the Environmental Monitoring Working Group
Call for proposals for the 2015 Paul Crutzen Division Prize
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 4, pp. 104–108

Briefly Introduced

Water management teaching area in the Faculty of Civil Engineering/Architecture at Dresden University of Applied Sciences
Ecossa – ecological sediment & soil assessment
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 4, pp. 109–112

Information

Events Contaminated Sediments 2015 – 8–13 March 2015, Ascona, Switzerland
3rd Int. Symposium on Green Chemistry, 3–7 May 2015, La Rochelle, France
Wasser 2015 – Annual Conference of the Society of Water Chemistry in the GDCh, 11–13 May 2015, Schwerin
Gordon Research Conference: Atmospheric Chemistry, 2–7 August 2015, Waterville Valley, USA
Gordon Research Conference: Drinking Water Disinfection By-Products, 9–14 August 2015, South Hadley, USA
EAC 2015 - European Aerosol Conference, 6–11 September 2015, Milan
15th EuCheMS Int. Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, 20–25 September 2015, Leipzig News in Brief Nan safety research – are we on the right track?
EFSA Risk Assessment Guidance for Plant Protection Products
Worldwide integrated assessment of systemic pesticides
Planned free trade agreement (TTIP) criticised – negative consequences for environmental standards feared
EuCheMS calls for action against climate change
Public Consultation on the Ratification by the EU of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
EU Joint Research Centre (JRC): Chemical pollutant mixtures: how safe are they?
UBA-Texte 72/2014: Environmental hazard of selected TiO2 nanomaterials
EEA-Report: Costs of air pollution from European industrial facilities 2008–2012
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 4, pp. 113–120

People

New members of the Division 13 August 2014–24 November 2014
Birthdays, 1st quarter 2015
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 4, pp. 121, 122

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, University of Leipzig
E-mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover image Presentation of the Paul Crutzen Prize to Thorsten Hüffer by Prof. Andreas Schäffer during the annual conference in Gießen