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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>**Reminder**: Abstract submissions for the 2007
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: State of the Science Conference are
due on January 31, 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>NEIWPCC’s 2007 Water Science Forum<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>State of the Science</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>August 8 - 9, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Holiday Inn by the Bay<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Portland</span></font></b></st1:City><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Maine</st1:State></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Call for Abstracts </span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>The <st1:place w:st="on">New England</st1:place>
Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) is seeking
presentations for the 2007 Northeast Water Science Forum - Pharmaceuticals and
Personal Care Products: State of the Science. The primary goal of this
two-day conference is to bring together scientists, regulators, water and
wastewater professionals, and other technical experts to disseminate and
evaluate the latest research findings and technical data on pharmaceuticals and
personal care products in the water environment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Possible session topics include, but are
not limited to the following list of issues:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>- identifying PPCPs of concern;<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>- occurrence of PPCPs in surface water,
groundwater and coastal areas;<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>- PPCP impacts on aquatic ecosystems;<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>- PPCP impacts on human health;<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>- fate and removal of PPCPs in drinking
water systems;<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>- fate and removal of PPCPs in wastewater
systems (e.g., onsite systems, sludges, biosolids);<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>- PPCP policy, regulatory, and legal
issues;<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>- sampling and analytical methods;<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>- public education (e.g., risk
communication, product labeling programs); and<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>- product stewardship (e.g., take back
programs, collection programs).<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Abstracts are due January 31, 2007!</span></font></u></b></strong><b><u><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To submit your abstract online visit our
website at </span></font></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><u><font color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.neiwpcc.org/ppcpconference"
title="http://www.neiwpcc.org/ppcpconference">www.neiwpcc.org/ppcpconference</a></span></font></u></b></span><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Please contact <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Marianna
Vulli</st1:PersonName> (<a href="mailto:mvulli@neiwpcc.org"
title="mailto:mvulli@neiwpcc.org">mvulli@neiwpcc.org</a>)
at NEIWPCC, (978) 323-7929 ext. 256 for more information. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Since 1947, NEIWPCC has been a leader in
the fight for clean water. As a not-for-profit interstate agency, NEIWPCC
serves and assists its member states—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont—in many ways: by
coordinating activities and forums that encourage cooperation among the states,
educating the public about key water quality issues, supporting research
projects, training environmental professionals, and providing overall
leadership in water management and protection. (<a
href="http://www.neiwpcc.org/">www.neiwpcc.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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