[Pharmwaste] webinar on Identifying, Prioritizing & Addressing Emerging Pollutants

[Tenace, Laurie]

Improved Process for Identifying, Prioritizing and Addressing Emerging Pollutants - March 25, 2010, 2:00PM-3:30PM EDT (18:00-19:30 GMT). As of January 2006, there were more than 239,000 substances on the Chemical Abstracts Service list of regulated chemicals. The production of more than 4,800 of these chemicals exceeded 1,000 metric ton/year. This total does not include the massive quantities of "naturally occurring" contaminants that may enter the human environment due to resource extraction and production such as mining, groundwater pumping and agricultural practices. That said, how is it possible to identify those contaminants of most environmental concern, and then winnow that list further to those contaminants most likely to be the foci of attention in future mega-contamination sites? In short, how can we identify the contaminants most likely to create the next generation of Superfund sites? Motivated by this challenge, a workshop of 24 experts was convened in August 2009 with the express purpose of answering this question. The participants were specifically chosen to encompass the broad spectrum of disciplines with insight into the issue's many different facets, including toxicology; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; risk assessment; contaminant fate and transport; chemical bioaccumulation, bioavailability and persistence; chemical parameter estimation and modeling; analytic chemistry; chemical production, use and disposal, and monitoring and assessment technology. It is the intent of this seminar to summarize the discussions, conclusions, and identification of challenges that have evolved (so far) out of the workshop. For more information and to register, see http://clu-in.org/live 

>From http://www.clu-in.org/techdirect/td032010.htm 

Laurie Tenace
Environmental Specialist
Waste Reduction Section
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 4555
Tallahassee FL 32399-2400
P: 850.245.8759
F: 850.245.8811
Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us  

Mercury: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm  

Unwanted Medicine: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/medications/default.htm 

Batteries: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm