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Editorial

The new term of office of the section board
U. Schlottmann
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 1, p. 3

Manifest Ecotoxicology

Berlin Declaration on Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicology Training - October 2002
Mit Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 1, pp. 4 - 5

Original contributions

Toxicogenomics: The use of gene expression analysis for the risk assessment of chemicals
A. Oberemm, U. Gunert-Remy
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 1, pp. 6 - 8
Peer review of ICCA substances in BUA
H. Greim
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 11th year 2004 No. 1, pp. 9-11

Briefly introduced

WZW - Weihenstephan Science Center
Committed to the environment
MESAEP - Mediterian Scientific Association of Environmental Protection
Acta Hydrochemica et Hydrobiologica
Our young people in environmental chemistry

From the Division

New Division Board constituted
Promotion of young members
Announcement for the year 2003

information

Environmental NGOs in Germany in the chemicals sector
Survey on the study of ecotoxicology in Germany
Upcoming Conferences

Personnel

Book review / honor / birthdays

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Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258 Editorial Board :
M. Bahdir, H. Parlar, H. Richter and a member of the FG board
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Lethal amounts of some substances (graphic: M. Bahadir)

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environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology in Germany and Europe
G. Lammel
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 2, p. 3

Speaking of ...

Mobile measurement platforms and modeling of the chemistry of the atmosphere
M. Schulz
Mit Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 2, pp. 4 - 5

Original contributions

On the history of air chemistry in Germany
P. Warneck
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 2, pp. 6 - 8, 21
Cloud chemistry - meaning, status and perspectives
D. Moller
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 11th year 2004 No. 2, pp. 9 - 10, 22 Special aspects of semi-volatile and difficult to degrade organic trace substances
W.-U. Palm
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 11th year 2004 No. 2, pp. 12, 23

Briefly introduced

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Sustainability in the Henkel Group
International Society of Environmental Medicine
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Our young people in environmental chemistry

From the Division

New review boards in the DFG - changes in the review system
From the board meeting of the Division

Information, Conferences, personnel

Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Fresenius turns 90
Prof. Jastorff receives an honorary doctorate
Birthdays
Upcoming Conferences
Letter to the editor Prof. Heyke, Lichtenwalde

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Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258 Editorial Board :
M. Bahdir, H. Parlar, H. Richter and a member of the FG board
Editorial staff:
PSP-Parlar Scientific Publications
Angerstr. 12, D-85354 Freising
Printing: Rheinhessische Druckwerkstätte 55232 Alzey
Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, D-69469 Weinheim

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Chemical safety through laws and regulations
(Photo montage: M. Bahadir, Braunschweig)

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Alternative forecasting tools for environmental risk assessment
W. Sterzel
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 3, p. 3

Pro and Con: REACH

Pro: opportunities and problems of REACH
KG stone houses
CONtra: Associations of the textile and clothing industry & IG Metall NRW
M. Kohla
Mit Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 3, p. 4 Pro: Opportunities and problems of REACH
KG stone houses

Member and reader survey

We face your critical judgment
M. Bahadir, H. Parlar, H. Richter

Original contributions

Open questions and current tasks of exposure analysis
M. Scheringer
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 3, pp. 6 - 8 Bioaccumulation of organic environmental chemicals - current aspects in the assessment
J. Tolls
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 11th year 2004 No. 3, pp. 9 - 11, 23

Briefly introduced

Self-portraits
Institute for Aquatic Sciences and Water Pollution Control (IGW) - ETH / EAWAG
Meeting the changing requirements - environmental analysis at Bayer AG Leverkusen
Federation of German Consumer Organizations - The political power of consumers
International Review of Hydrobiology - A Journal covering all Aspects of Limnology and Marine Biology
Our environmental chemistry offspring

From the Division

Report on the information meeting between the DFG and the FG UC & ÖT of the GDCh on June 27, 2003 in Bonn
M. Bahadir

Information, Conferences, personnel

Closure of the Academy for Technology Assessment in Baden-Würtemberg, O. Renn, Stuttgart
Reviews
Joachim Nölte: "ICP emission spectrometry for practitioners"
Uwe Schleiff: "Handbook for the Salinity and Soil Fertility Kit"
Honors
Prof. Dr. Bernd Ondruschka elected member of the Berlin Academy Leibniz Society eV in the class for natural sciences
BAUM Prize for preventive environmental protection for Prof. Dr. Bernd Jastorff
Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Korte turns 80
Birthdays

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Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the Society of German Chemists ISSN: 1618-3258 Editorial Board :
M. Bahdir, H. Parlar, H. Richter and a member of the FG board
Editorial staff:
PSP-Parlar Scientific Publications
Angerstr. 12, D-85354 Freising
Printing: Rheinhessische Druckwerkstätte 55232 Alzey
Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, D-69469 Weinheim

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Chemical safety through laws and regulations (photo montage: M. Bahadir, Braunschweig)

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Is the year of chemistry also a year of environmental chemistry?
G. Schüürmann
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 4, p. 3

Speaking of ... phenols

Classification of phenol derivatives according to toxicity mechanisms - structure-activity model for harmful effects in the ciliate assay Tetrahymena pyriformis
G. Schuermann et al.
Mit Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 4, p., 23

Original contributions

Synthesis and behavior of polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT) under thermal stress
A. Pieper, R. Voigt, H. Wichmann, M. Bahadir
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 9th year 2003 No. 4, pp. 6 - 8, 19
Biorefinery principles
B. Comb, M. Comb
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 11th year 2004 No. 4, pp. 9 - 11, 22

Briefly introduced

Self-portraits
Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Dortmund (INFU)
Clausthal Environmental Technology Institute (CUTEC)
Öko-Institut eV Institute for Applied Ecology
Chemosphere, An international journal designed for rapid publication
Our environmental chemistry offspring

From the Division

Annual meeting of the Division in Munich
W. Kördel, G. Schüürmann
Division Award 2003

Information, Conferences, personnel

Workshop "Ecotoxicology" (University of Bayreuth, July 10-11, 2003)
Reviews
Compendium of wood preservative analysis (JP Lay, R. Marutzky (Ed.))
Green Chemistry Sustainability in Chemistry (Ed. GDCH)
Upcoming Conferences
Birthdays
Letters to the editor
Answers to letters to the editor from Prof. Dr. Dr. HE Heyke in Mitt. 2, 2003,
on the pros and cons of sustainable chemistry vs. green chemistry

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Published by the Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the German Chemical Society
ISSN: 1618-3258 Editorial Board :
M. Bahdir, H. Parlar, H. Richter and a member of the FG board
Editorial staff:
PSP-Parlar Scientific Publications
Angerstr. 12, D-85354 Freising
Printing: Rheinhessische Druckwerkstätte 55232 Alzey
Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, D-69469 Weinheim

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Cargill-Dow biorefinery (in Blair, Nebraska, USA) with production stage I, the polylactic acid plant (140,000 t / a)

Cargill Dow is a joint venture between the food company Cargill and chemical giant Dow. The small town of Blair is a traditional Cargill starch manufacturing facility.