Online journal (e-paper) ISSN: 1618-3258

Archive 2019

[Issue 1/ 2019] [Edition 2/ 2019] [issue 3/ 2019] [issue 4/ 2019]

• PFC contamination in Düsseldorf
• Activity of oestrogenically and androgenically active substances
• Pathways of hexavalent chromium
• Quaternary ammonium compounds in soil
• New section executive committee elected
• Junior professorship for environmental systems analysis Tübingen and "Organic Environmental Geochemistry" working group Aachen
• Event announcements, short news and personalia

For download of issue 1/ 2019
as an e-paper in PDF format 3.8 MB

Original contributions

I. Bantz, I. Valentin: Status of the detection and remediation of PFC contamination in Düsseldorf

L. Gehrmann et al: Activity of estrogenic and androgenic active substances during and after ozonation of hospital wastewater

M. Riegel et al: Entry pathways of hexavalent chromium in raw water from drinking water suppliers

I. Mulder et al: Quaternary ammonium compounds in soil - Implications for the development of antibiotic resistance

Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25th year 2019 No.1, p. 2 - 19

From the specialist group

New Section Executive Committee elected for the term of office from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2022
Review of 2018 Environmental Monitoring Working Group
Dr Schwarz-Schulze retires
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25th vol. 2019 no. 1, p. 20

In brief

Junior Professorship for Environmental Systems Analysis, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
"Organic Environmental Geochemistry" working group, RWTH Aachen
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.1, S. 21 - 23

Information

Announcements of events

Plastics in the Environment - Status Conference, 9-10 April 2019, Berlin
Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology, 1-2 & 2-7 June 2019, Newry, ME, US
The PFAS Management, Mitigation, and Remediation Conference, 19-20 June. 2019, Westerville, Ohio, US
Atmospheric Chemistry - New Science in Air Quality and Climate, 28 July - 2 August 2019, Newry, ME, US
IPTC 2019 - 12th Int. Particle Toxicology Conference, 11-13 September 2019, Salzburg
13th Langenau Water Forum, 11-12 November 2019, Langenau

Brief news

UBA background document: Air quality 2018 - Preliminary evaluation Study by the MPI for Chemistry Mainz: Livestock farming is the main cause of particulate matter
DGP position paper: Breathing: Air pollutants and health
UBA texts 106/2018 and 107/2018: Impacts of Heavy Metal Emission on Air Quality and Ecosystems across Germany
Pesticides: EU Parliament approves proposals for a better EU authorisation procedure
REACH Compliance Workshop at the BfR
EU committee: Statement on emerging health and environmental issues
Leopoldina discussion document: The silent spring - On the need for environmentally sound plant protection
BfR press release 05/2019: EU research project EDCMET
Drugs in bugs: accumulation of pharmaceuticals in aquatic food webs
Hundreds of halogenated compounds in the blood serum of polar bears
CITEPro "Chemicals in the Environment Profiler"

Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. vol. 2019 no.1, p. 24 - 31

Personalia

Join the FG 26 Nov 2018 - 20 Feb 2019
Birthdays 2nd quarter 2019
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25th vol. 2019 no.1, p. 32

Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258

Editorial team:
Prof. Dr Dr Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Chemistry-
University of Trier Campus II Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Sciences-
University of Trier Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Phone and fax: 0651/ 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651/ 201-2243
Email: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design/ Technical realisation:
Dr Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
E-Mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de

Cover image

PFC - groundwater contamination Düsseldorf-Gerresheim, "Lager 61" (source: article by I. Bantz and I. Valentin in this issue)

• New expert group board introduces itself
• In situ monitoring and environmental risk assessment of pesticides
• 1,2,4-Triazole in groundwater
• "Risk Profiler" in use
• Ionic micropollutants
• Report from the board
• In brief: Institute of Water Chemistry at TU Dresden and Laboratory for Biochemistry and Sustainable Chemistry at Münster University of Applied Sciences
• Event announcements, news in brief and personnel news

To download the issue 2/ 2019
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Follow-up to the article by T. Frische et al.

Editorial

New Division Executive Committee introduces itself
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.2, S. 34

Original contributions

M. Lesch et al. In situ monitoring of freshly applied plant protection products

C. Teuner et al.: A challenge for the authorisation authority of plant protection products: The occurrence of the metabolite 1,2,4-triazole in groundwater

A. Focks: Use of mechanistic effect models in the prospective environmental risk assessment of plant protection products

T. Frische et al: "Risk Profiler" in use - a comparison of the environmental risk profiles of insecticides

S. Knoll et al: Relevance of ionic micropollutants - quantification of metformin and its transformation product guanylurea in biota

Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.2, p. 35 - 54

From the specialist group

Report from the Executive Board
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.2, p. 55

In brief

Institute for Water Chemistry at the Technical University of Dresden

Laboratory for Biochemistry and Sustainable Chemistry at Münster University of Applied Sciences
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.2, S. 55 - 57

Information

Event announcements

Symposium "Innovative Chemistry for Environmental Enhancement", 7-12 July 2019, Paris
23rd Annual Meeting of SETAC-GLB with the participation of the GDCh Division "Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology", 4-6 September 2019, Landau, France.-6. 09. 2019, Landau (Pfalz)
SWEMSA-2019 Workshop, 21-23. 10. 2019, Erding b. München
21st DECHEMA Symposium "Strategies for Soil and Groundwater Remediation", 25-26. 11. 2019, Frankfurt a. M.

Brief news

Research initiative to preserve biodiversity - a FONA flagship initiative
Pesticide use permitted in hundreds of nature reserves
Field trial with neonicotinoids: Honey bees are significantly more robust than bumblebees
IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Too many pesticides in small streams in Switzerland
Risk assessment of pesticides: Scientists call for a revision of the authorisation procedure
Results of phase 2 of the stakeholder dialogue "Federal Trace Substance Strategy"
coastMap - the marine geoportal of the Institute of Coastal Research
Particulate matter pollutes the air over Africa
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25th vol. 2019 no.2, p. 58 - 62

Personalia

Join the FG 26 Nov 2018 - 20 Feb 2019
Birthdays 2nd quarter 2019
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25th vol. 2019 no.2, p. 63

Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258

Editorial team:
Prof. Dr Dr Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Chemistry-
University of Trier Campus II Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Sciences-
University of Trier Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Phone and fax: 0651/ 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651/ 201-2243
Email: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design/ Technical realisation:
Dr Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
E-Mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de

Cover image

Multiple sources can contribute to the transfer of 1,2,4-triazole to groundwater (Teubner et al. article in this issue)

• (Micro-) plastics in the environment
• New life without mine water
• Trace substances in flowing waters
• KOLa for trace substance removal
• Mining of LC-HRMS data
• Report from the Executive Board
• In brief: Marine Bioanalytical Chemistry Geesthacht, Instrumentelle Analytik Hochschule Niederrhein and AG "Functional Aquatic Ecotoxicology" Landau
• Event announcements, news in brief and personalia

For download of issue 3/ 2019
as an e-paper in PDF format 5.0 MB

Editorial

(Micro-)plastics in the environment - a persistent topic in science?
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.3, S. 66

Original contributions

H. Rahm et al.: New life without mine water?

W. Seitz et al.: Systematic recording of the trace substance load of a river water in the inflow for drinking water extraction

J. Funke et al: Amidosulfonic acid - quantification of a small, highly polar molecule with reversed-phase LC-MS-MS

O. Happel et al.: KOLa - Continuous ozonation with slow sand filtration for oxidative and microbiological studies on organic compounds

T. Bader: Data mining of LC-HRMS data for the evaluation of water treatment processes

Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25th vol. 2019 no.3, p. 67 - 88

From the specialist group

Report from the Executive Board
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.3, p. 89

In brief

Department of Marine Bioanalytical Chemistry of the Institute of Biogeochemistry in Coastal Seas, Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht

Professorship for Instrumental Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences

Working group "Functional Aquatic Ecotoxicology" at the iES Landau
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.3, S. 89 - 93

Information

Announcements of events

#EnvChem2019: Advances in Environmental Chemistry, 15 October 2019, London
16th Int. Symposium on Persistent Toxic Substances, 25-29 October 2019, Hoboken, New York
5th Perspectives Day of the Division, 20 November 2019, Dessau
22nd Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, 12-16 January 2020, Boston, MA, USA

Short news

UBA brochure: Plastics in the environment
WHO study on microplastics in drinking water
Study on the degradation behaviour of various types of plastic
BfR: New health-based guideline values for the industrial chemicals PFOS and PFOA
Degradation products of pesticides pollute Swiss groundwater
LAWA report on groundwater quality - pesticides
LfU report: Per- and polyfluorinated chemicals in Bavaria - investigations 2006 - 2018

Supplement

Supplement to the article by T. Frische et al, Mitt. Umweltchem. Ecotox 2019, 2, pp.47-50
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.3, pp. 94 - 98

Personalia

Join the FG 15 May 2018 - 25 August 2019
Birthdays 4th quarter 2019
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.3, p. 99

Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258

Editorial team:
Prof. Dr Dr Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Chemistry-
University of Trier Campus II Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Sciences-
University of Trier Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Phone and fax: 0651/ 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651/ 201-2243
Email: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design/ Technical realisation:
Dr Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
E-Mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de

Cover image

Beach littered with plastic waste (source: sablin/ fotolia.com)

• Review of the environmental conference in Landau
• Alps, persistent pollutants and insects
• In-vitro toxicity of plastics
• Transformation Products of Fluoxetine
• Paul Crutzen Prize 2019 awarded
• In brief: Common Forum on Contaminated Land in Europe and adelphi
• Event announcements, news in brief and personalia

To download the issue 4/ 2019
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Editorial

Review of the environmental conference in Landau
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.4, S. 100

Original contributions

V. Hierlmeier et al: ProtectAlps: Alps, persistent pollutants and insects

L. Zimmermann et al: In-vitro toxicity and chemical composition of plastic products

S. Tisler and C. Zwiener: Transformation Products of Fluoxetine Formed by Photodegradation in Water and Biodegradation in Zebrafish Embryos

Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.4, S. 101-108

From the specialist group

Paul Crutzen Prize 2019 awarded to Dr Richter-Brockmann, University of Münster
Report from the Executive Board
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.4, p. 109

In brief

Common Forum on Contaminated Land in Europe
adelphi
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.4, S. 110 - 111

Information

Announcements of events

Intersoil 2020, 2 - 3 March 2020, Brussels
5th German Pharm-Tox Summit, 2 - 5 March 2020, Leipzig
Biomonitoring - Fit for the Future, 4 - 5 March 2020, Augsburg
12th Int. Conference on Air Quality - Science and Application, 9 - 13 March.2020, Thessaloniki
International Conference on Resource Chemistry (ICRC), 23-24 March 2020, Darmstadt
8th Global Nitrogen Conference, 3-7 May 2020, Berlin
Water 2020, 18-20 May 2020, Potsdam
Gordon Research Conference: Environmental Endocrine Disruptors, 31 May-5 June 2020, Newry, US

Short news

Reducing aluminium intake can minimise potential health risks
Review article in "Nature Sustainability" on the Montreal Protocol
OECD Report: Pharmaceutical Residues in Freshwater
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL): Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet
UNEP: Global Chemicals Outlook II
Current texts and information from the Federal Environment Agency
Detection of pyrethroid and organophosphate insecticides in Swiss streams

Corrigendum

Corrigendum to the report from the FG Executive Committee of 12 June 2019
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25. Jahrg. 2019 Nr.4, p. 111- 120

Personalia

Join the FG 26 August - 15 November 2019
Birthdays 1st quarter 2020
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 25th vol. 2019 no.4, p. 121

Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258

Editorial team:
Prof. Dr Dr Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Chemistry-
University of Trier Campus II Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Sciences-
University of Trier Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Phone and fax: 0651/ 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651/ 201-2243
Email: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design/ Technical realisation:
Dr Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
E-Mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de

Cover image

Presentation of this year's Paul Crutzen Prize to Dr Richter-Brockmann by Dr Hahn, chairman of the specialist group (source: S. Wieck)