Editorial

New Division Board - Outlook on the work priorities of the coming years
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.1, S. 1 - 2

Original contributions

Wastewater treatment plants as a source of polyfluorinated compounds in the atmosphere
L. Vierke, L. Ahrens, M. Shoeib, T. Harner, W.-U. Palm, R. Ebinghaus
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.1, S. 4 - 7 Bioaccumulation and metabolism studies in fish - current topics in guideline development
C. Schlechtriem, K. Hohgardt, C. Rauert
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.1, S. 11 - 13

From the Divisions

New e-journal Environmental Sciences Europe (ESEU), cooperation between the Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology and Springer Verlag
Notes on publication in the "ESEU"
Hello ESEU - Good bye "Mitteilungen"? On the future of the specialist group journal
Overview of the environmental monitoring working group on investigations of 'emerging substances'
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.1, S. 11 - 13

In brief

Junior Professorship "Applied Environmental Systems Analysis", University of Osnabrück
Chair of Air Chemistry and Air Pollution Control at Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.1, S. 14 - 16

Information

Conference announcements 7th Int. SedNet Conference, 6 - 9. 04. 2011, Venice
13th Workshop on Progress in Trace Metal Speciation for Environmental Analytical Chemistry, May 18-20, Pau (France)
Conference "Per- and polyfluorinated compounds and no end", 24.-25.05.2011, Munich
15th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference of the ACS, 21-23.06.2011, Washington DC, USA
Enzymes in the Environment: Activity, Ecology, & Applications, 17.-21.07. 2011, Bad Nauheim
Status Seminar "Pharmaceuticals in the Environment", 7-8 September 2011, Dresden
1st Int. Conference "Wastes - Solutions, Treatments, Opportunities",12-14.09.2011, Guimarães, Portugal
20. Chemical Colloquium of the BfG "Pollutant Dynamics in River Basins", 19/20 September 2011, Koblenz
BfG Colloquium "Particulate Material Flows in River Catchments", 20/21 September 2011, Koblenz Conference report Report on the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements Brief news Environmental contaminants in food: BfR research project on the uptake of heavy metals and dioxins completed
Assessment of potential cancer risk of nanomaterials and nanoparticles released from products
PhD positions available in ETH-GlazioPOP-Project and EMPA/ETH-CityPOP-Project
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.1, S. 17 - 25

Personalia

Birthday list 2nd quarter 2011
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.1, p. 26

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

Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr Dr Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Geography/ Geotoxicology -
University of Trier Campus II - Behringstr. Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Geography/ Earth 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 realisation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
E-Mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover image
Measuring device for recording the release of PFCs from the secondary clarifier of a wastewater treatment plant (Source: L. Vierke)

From the Divisions

Minutes of the FG Board Meeting of 26 January 2011
Division Awards
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.2, S. 28-30

In brief

ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.2, S. 31

Information

Conference announcements 3rd Int. Workshop Anthropogenic Perfluorinated Compounds, 15-17 June 2011, Amsterdam
3rd Int. Symp. on Metallomics (METALLOMICS 2011), 15-18 June 2011, Münster
10th Int. Conf. on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP), 24-29 July 2011, Halifax, CN
Int. Conf. on Environmental Pollution and Remediation (ICEPR 2011), 17-19 August 2011, Ottawa, CN
25th Int. Applied Geochemistry Symposium 2011, 22.-26.08.2011 Rovaniemi, Finland
Status Seminar Drugs in the Environment, 7-8.09.2011, Dresden
EuCheMS ICCE, 11-15.09.2011, Zurich: Programme notes
16th Int. Symposium on Environmental Pollution and its Impact on Life in the Mediterranean Region, 24-27 September 2011, Ioannina, Greece
20th Int. Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry (ISEB 2011), 27-30 September 2011, Istanbul Conference report Report from the workshop "Co-Evolution of soils and organic substances", 2-4 March 2011, Leinsweiler near Landau Brief news Review of European Community Strategy Concerning Mercury
UBA background information: Preliminary evaluation of the air pollution situation in 2010
The Edinburgh Declaration on Reactive Nitrogen
UBA-Texts 52/2010: Emission of nanoparticles from selected products in their life cycle
UBA-Texts 12/2011: Standardisation of Emission Factors for the Exposure Assessment under REACH
UBA-Texts 18/2011: Carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic (CMR) and other problematic substances in products
UBA Press Release 26/2011: Endosulfan becomes "dirty number 22"
UBA Press Release 27/2011: Use-by date for PFOS-containing fire-fighting foams ends in June 2011
When chemicals disrupt the endocrine system - SIN List 2.0
Diploma/Master's thesis topics at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.2, p. 32 - 46

Personalities

Prof. Dr Klaus Günther, FZ Jülich, appointed honorary professor at Nanchang University
Obituary: Bernd Scharenberg has passed away
New Division members
Birthday list 3rd quarter 2011
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.2, S. 47-49

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

Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr Dr Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Geography/ Geotoxicology -
University of Trier Campus II - Behringstr. Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Geography/ Earth 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 realisation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
E-Mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover image
Aquariums for breeding and keeping zebrafish (Danio rerio) for carrying out ecotoxicological test procedures (source: T. Knacker)

Original contributions

Evaluation of the persistence of selected priority substances in the aquatic environment
M. Peschka
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.3, S. 52-53 Screening the behaviour of active pharmaceutical ingredients in a water-sediment test system
M. Radke, M. Maier
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.3, S. 54-56

From the Divisions

Excerpts from the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology on 11 April 2011
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox. 18. Jahrg. 2012 Nr.3, p. 57

A brief introduction

The Biocides Division at the Federal Environment Agency
Chair of Instrumental Analytical Chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen and IWW Centre Water, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health (Springer) An International Journal
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.3, S. 58-61

Information

Conference announcements 20th Chemical Colloquium "Pollutant Dynamics in River Basins - Causes, Effects and Consequences of Material Changes in Space and Time", 19/20 September 2011 in Koblenz
Colloquium Particulate Material Fluxes in River Catchments, 20/21 September 2011 in Koblenz Conference reports Workshop report: Interim review of the POPs Convention and declaration on the implementation of the agreements of the Stockholm Convention 2001
Per- and polyfluorinated compounds and no end in sight - data, trends and new findings
Notes from the annual meeting of the Society of Water Chemistry Short news The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register E-PRTR
Press release: EFSA publishes first practical guidance for assessing nano applications in food & feed
UBA (Vienna)-Study (REP-0324) "Pollutants in humans - Results of a human biomonitoring study in Austria" published
UBA-Press release 037/2011: Study on human exposure to pollutants in Europe Federal Environment Agency leads German part of pilot study DEMOCOPHES
EU bans cadmium in jewellery, in alloys for soldering and in PVC
UBA-Texte 15/2011 published: Comparative analysis of estimated and measured BCF data (OECD 305)
Report of the CVUA (Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt) Karlsruhe: Veterinary drug residues in animal foodstuffs -conspicuous samples from slaughterhouses
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.3, S. 62-78

Personalia

New Division members (entries 24 Feb - 11 July 2011)
Birthday list 4th quarter 2011
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.3, p. 79-80

Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258 Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr Dr Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Geography/ Earth 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 realisation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
E-Mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover image
Dependence of the biodegradability of various fluorinated basic structures on the number of methyl groups n (Fig. 1, contribution by M. Peschka)

Original contributions

Occurrence of heterocyclic PAHs in streams in Lower Saxony
A.-K. Siemers, J. S. Mänz, W.-U. Palm, D. Steffen, W. K. L. Ruck
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.4, S. 82-85 Non-extractable residues formed during biodegradation of 2,4-D in soil are biogenic
K. M. Nowaka; A. Miltnera, M. Gehreb, A. Schäffer, M. Kästnera
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.4, S. 86-87 Oxidation of the tolylfluanid metabolite N,N-dimethylsulfamide (DMS)
N. Schatz, O. Happel, D. Richter
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.4, S. 88-89

From the Divisions

Awarding of the Division Publication Prize 2011 to Dr Karolina Nowak and Dr Andreas Kretschmann
Minutes of the DFG Round Table on 08.07.2011 at RWTH Aachen University
Minutes of the Board Meeting of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology on 15 July and 19 November 2011

Minutes of the Board Meeting of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology on 15 July and 19 November 2011


Minutes of the Board Meeting of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology on 15 July and 19 November 2011

Minutes of the Board Meeting of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology on 15 July and 19 July 2011

Minutes of the Board Meeting of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology on 15 July and 19 July 2011

Minutes of the Board Meeting of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology on 15 July and 19 July 2011

Minutes of the Board Meeting of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology on 15 July and 19 July 2011. November 2011
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 18. Jahrg. 2012 Nr.4, p. 91-95

A brief introduction

The Institute of Environmental Research at RWTH Aachen University
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 18. Jahrg. 2012 Nr.4, p. 96-98

Information

Conference announcements Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors, 3 - 8 June 2012, West Dover, Vermount, USA
Conference "Urban Environmental Pollution", 17 - 20 June 2012, Amsterdam
6th Int. Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, 25 - 29 June 2012, Houston
.-29.06.2012, Houston, Texas, USA
Eurosoil 2012, 2 - 6.07.2012, Bari, Italy
4th European Chemical Societies Congress, 26 - 30.08.2012, Prague
2nd Int. Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation, 28 - 30.08.2012, Montreal, Canada Conference reports Report from the 23rd International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Münster, September 2011 Brief news New VDI guideline on bioindication: Sampling of bream (Abramis brama)
UBA press release 56/2011: Mineral oil-free inks for newspaper printing
UBA-Texte 63/2011 published: Forecast of the concentration of PPP active substances in groundwater
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.4, S. 99-105

Personalities

In memoriam Dr Thomas Knacker
New Division members (joining 12.07.-06.09.2011)
Birthdays 1st quarter 2012
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 17. Jahrg. 2011 Nr.4, S. 106-108

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

Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr Dr Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Geography/ Geotoxicology -
University of Trier Campus II - Behringstr. Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Geography/ Earth 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 realisation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
E-Mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover picture
The Chair of the Division, Prof Andreas Schäffer, presents the Division Prize for the best publication by a young environmental scientist to Dr Karolina Nowak and Dr Andreas Kretschmann at the ICCE 2011