Session Topics

General Sessions

Advances in the (bio)remediation of POPs
Determination of PFAS in emissions and ambient air
Ecotoxicology
Environmental and human exposure to plasticizers and other consumer product chemicals
Environmental legislation in the post-Seveso era
Epidemiology
European POPs monitoring
Exposome of Emerging Contaminants in the Global Environment
Fate and Transport
Formation, Sources and Control
From Science to Policy
Human Exposure
Levels and Trends (Abiotic)
Levels and Trends (Biota)
Levels and Trends (Foods and Feeds)
Metabolism
Micro(nano)plastics as Environmental Vectors for POPs and Additives
Optimization of microplastic analysis for environmental and biological samples
Per and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS): Occurrence and exposure
Per and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS): Toxicity
Physico-chemical Properties and Modeling
POPs in polar regions
Progress in Methods for POPs Analysis
Risk Assessment and Risk Management
Screening and identification of novel contaminants
Status and Perspective on Waste Management of POPs
Toxicology

Advancements in pharmacokinetic modeling of persistent chemicals and mixtures - US-EPA
Biodetection methods for POPs in food and environmental samples
European POPs monitoring
POPs in Pets and their Applicability as Models for Human Health
POPs in the Developing World

Biomonitoring/Human Exposure/epidemiology
Fate & Transport (levels in the environment and transport measurements)
Fate, Detection and Analysis of Chlorinated Paraffins
History of flame retardant use/ development potentially with a forensic perspective
Legacy and Emerging Flame Retardants: Biotransformation and Toxicity
Legacy and Emerging Flame Retardants: Occurrence and Exposure
Occupational exposures (firefighters, e-waste workers, etc)
Regulatory policy
Remediation/destruction technologies
Toxicology (eco and human)