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Development of a label-free biosensor for the detection of
Diclofenac in wastewater polluted surface waters
S. Rau et al. Determination of priority organic substances in surface water containing suspended matter using solid phase extraction disks and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
C. Erger
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 1, pp. 2 - 8

Briefly introduced

Environmental geochemistry working group at the Institute for Geoecology at the Technical University of Braunschweig
Professorship for Environmental Analysis, Eberhard-Karls-University
Tubingen
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 1, pp. 9-11

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Event announcements Workshop "Novel tools and methods for the screening of chemicals for developmental neurotoxicity", 11.-12. 03.2014, Amsterdam
Air Quality 2014 - 9th Int. Conference on Air Quality - Science and Application, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 24.-28. 03. 2014
The ETEAM Conference - Challenges and Perspectives of Tier 1 Exposure Assessment, March 25-26, 2014, Dortmund
Conference "Advances in Suspected and Non-Target Analytics", March 27-28, 2014, Augsburg
Symposium: PFC Damage Cases - Exploration, Rehabilitation and Future Perspectives, April 8, 2014, Augsburg
7th Int. Conference "Environmental Science and Technology", June 9-13, 2014, Houston, Texas
Summer School: Sustainable Waste and Waste Water Management, July 7-12, 2014, City of Luxembourg
248th ACS National Meeting with 13th IUPAC Int. Congress of Pesticide Chemistry, August 10-14, 2014, San Francisco
Workshop "Relevance of transformation products in the urban water cycle",
September 23-24, 2014, Koblenz
DBP 2014: Disinfection By-products in drinking water, October 27-29, 2014, Mühlheim an der Ruhr
Workshop "Wastewater treatment solutions targeted for organic micropollutant
biodegradation ", 11.-12. 11. 2014, Koblenz Kurznachrichten EU study ESCAPE: Increased risk of death from air pollution
UBA press release: Fine dust and nitrogen dioxide continue to have a negative impact on health in 2013
Are the composition of pesticides more hazardous to health than their active ingredients?
Restriction of carcinogenic PAHs in consumer products
RiSKWa guide "Polar organic trace substances as indicators in anthropogenic
influenced water cycle "
UBA-Texte 05/2014 published: Georeferenced Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Pesticides
Report: Ecotoxicological combined effects from chemical mixtures Part 1 and 2
UBA texts 76/2013: Mobility, fate and behavior of TiO2 nanomaterials in different environmental media
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 1, p. 12. 22nd

Personnel

Birthday list 2nd quarter 2014
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 1, p. 23

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

Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Sciences?
University of Trier Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Tel. And Fax: 0651 / 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651 / 201-2243
Email: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
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Dr. Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
E-Mail: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover picture Building blocks of ionic liquids using the example of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate.
Source: J. Neumann et al. in this issue

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Human drug residues in sewage sludge - prioritization concept for the classification of the environmental hazard potential for the soil
S. Konradi et al. Degradability of ionic liquids
J. Neumann
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 2, pp. 26 - 34

From the Division

Minutes of the section board meeting on 14.
February 2014
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 2, pp. 35 - 36

Briefly introduced

Working group "Epidemiology of the Environmental Impact on Aging Processes" of the IUF Leibniz Institute for Environmental Medicine Research gGmbH, Düsseldorf
Professorship "Biomarkers in Occupational Medicine",
Institute and Polyclinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine (IPASUM) of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
IBACON GmbH
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 2, pp. 37- 41

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Event announcements UBA workshop on bioaccumulation, June 26-27, 2014, Dessau
Conference pollutant monitoring with fish and mussels, 1.-2.07. 2014, Augsburg
Air Pollution Conference 2014, 7-9 July 2014, Opatija, Croatia
20th EuroQSAR: Understanding Chemical-Biological Interactions, August 31 - September 4, 2014, St.Petersburg
6th joint annual meeting of SETAC-GLB and GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, September 7-10, 2014, Giessen
4th Int. Symposium Green Chemistry, September 24-26, 2014, Kos Island, Greece
Annual conference of the GDCh Division "sustainable chemistry", September 28-30, 2014, Erlangen
Int. Conference "Our Climate - Our Future", October 6-8, 2014, Berlin Conference reports Conference report: Progress in Suspected and Non-Target Analytics
Interview with Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen on the occasion of the symposium ?The Anthropocene Kurznachrichten MPG Research News (May 12, 2014): Endocrine disruptors impair human sperm function
UBA press release 18/2014: Medicines in the environment are a global challenge
UBA-Texte 30/2014: Protection of biodiversity of free living birds and mammals in respect of the effects of pesticides
UBA-Texts 27/2014: Antibiotics and antiparasitics in the groundwater under locations with a high density of livestock
UBA-Texte 26/2014: Inventory and effectiveness of air pollution control measures
UBA background paper: Medicines in the environment - avoid, reduce, monitor
UBA background paper: Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in the environment and food chains
3. Report on antibiotic use
Pesticides and organic contaminants in food of animal origin
origin
EFSA supporting publication 2014: EN-547: New methodology to identify chemical risks in the food and feed chain
Background information: neonicotinoids and the "death of bees"
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 2, pp. 48 - 56

Personnel

Entry into the FG November 18, 2013 to May 19, 2014
Birthday list 2nd quarter 2014
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 2, pp. 57 - 58

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

Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Sciences?
University of Trier Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Tel. And Fax: 0651 / 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651 / 201-2243
Email: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design / technical implementation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
Email: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover picture Head group, side chain and anion (square, circle, triangle) - The
three building blocks of ionic liquids using the example of 1- (3-
hydroxypropyl) pyridinium tricyanomethanide (source: J. Neumann and
S. Stolte, see article in this issue)

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Use of an LC-MS screening method to identify historical
and current trace substances in the ground and surface water of a former sewage field
F. Wode et al. Behavior of selected pesticides in the system of water- soil plants in
the lysimeters at the Wagna research station
A. Fuhrmann et al.
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 3, pp. 60 - 67

From the Division

Minutes of the section board meeting on May 23, 2014
Invitation to the FG general meeting on September 8, 2014
Current program information for the 6th joint SETAC-GLB and GDCh-FG annual conference
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 3, pp. 68 - 70

Briefly introduced

Chair and research institute for urban water management at the Technical University of Munich
An institute with a bite - Bauhaus Institute for pioneering infrastructure systems
GBA laboratory group
Institute Alpha - Water and Environmental Analysis
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 3, pp. 71-78

information

Event announcements Mülheim Water Analysis Seminar, September 11-12, 2014, Mühlheim adR
Conference "Microplastics in the Environment", September 15, 2014, Mainz
NORMAN-SOLUTIONS Workshop on Non-Target Screening, September 16-17, 2014, Dübendorf, Switzerland
NORMAN MassBank Workshop, 17.-18. 09. 2014, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Symposium "Anthropogenic trace substances between scientific knowledge and practical need for action", October 9-10, 2014, Augsburg
Int. Conference "Occupational Exposure to Pesticides", October 28-29, 2014, Maisons-Alfort, France
1st VDI-Expert Forum on Atmospheric Chemistry, November 19-20, 2014, Bonn
EDAR 3 - 3rd Int. Symposium on Environmental Dimension of Antibiotic Resistance, May 17-21, 2015, Wernigerode
Air Pollution 2015, 1.-3.06.2015, Valencia Kurznachrichten Helsingør Statement on poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances
Public consultation of the EFSA draft opinion on acrylamide in food
EC-JRC-report: Considerations on information needs for nanomaterials in consumer products
UBA-Texte 65/2014: Mixtures in the Environment - Development of Assessment Strategies for the Regulation of Chemicals under REACH
UBA-Texte 64/2014: From Theory to Reality - Evaluation of Suitable Organisms and Test Systems for the Biomonitoring of Pharmaceuticals
UBA texts 50/2014: Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity of Nanoparticles
UBA-Texte 41/2014: Identification of Relevant Emission Pathways to the Environment and Quantification of Environmental Exposure for Bisphenol A
Results of the groundwater monitoring Rhineland-Palatinate 2011/12
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 3, pp. 79 - 89

Personnel

Entry into the FG 19.05.2014-13.08.2014
Birthday list 4th quarter 2014
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 3, p. 90

imprint

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

Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Sciences?
University of Trier Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Tel. And Fax: 0651 / 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651 / 201-2243
Email: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design / technical implementation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
Email: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover picture physics lecture hall of the Justus Liebig University in Gießen, venue of this year's joint SETAC-GLB and GDCh environmental conference

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Investigations into the chemical load of side structures on the Elbe
S. Heise
What can modern mass spectrometric in-situ analysis achieve in environmental and food research?
S. Schulz et al. Planar SPE and Microliter Flow Injection Analysis-TOFMS - a rapid pesticide screening for fruits and vegetables
C. Oellig and W. Schwack
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 4, pp. 92-103

From the Division

Report on the FG annual conference in Giessen
Report on the FG general meeting on September 8, 2014
Report of the AK atmospheric chemistry
Annual report 2013/14 of the environmental monitoring working group
Announcement of the Paul Crutzen Specialist Group Prize 2015
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 4, pp. 104 - 108

Briefly introduced

Department of Water Management in the Faculty of Civil Engineering / Architecture at the Dresden University of Technology and Economics
Ecossa - ecological sediment & soil assessment
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 4, pp. 109 - 112

information

Event announcements Contaminated Sediments 2015 - March 8-13, 2015, Ascona, Switzerland
3rd Int. Symposium on Green Chemistry, May 3-7, 2015, La Rochelle, France
Water 2015 - Annual Conference of the Society of Water Chemistry in the GDCh, May 11-13, 2015, Schwerin
Gordon Research Conference: Atmospheric Chemistry, August 2-7, 2015, Waterville Valley, USA
Gordon Research Conference: Drinking Water Disinfection By-Products, August 9-14, 2015, South Hadley, USA
EAC 2015 - European Aerosol Conference, 6.-11. 09.2015, Milan
15. EuCheMS Int. Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, September 20-25, 2015, Leipzig Short news Nanosafety research - are we on the right track?
EFSA Risk Assessment Guidance for Plant Protection Products
Worldwide integrated assessment of systemic pesticides
Planned free trade agreement (TTIP) under fire - negative consequences for environmental standards feared
EuCheMS urges action against climate change
Public Consultation on the Ratification by the EU of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
EU Joint Research Center (JRC): Chemical pollutant mixtures: how safe are they?
UBA texts 72/2014: Environmental hazard of selected TiO2 nanomaterials
EEA-Report: Costs of air pollution from European industrial facilities 2008?2012
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 4, pp. 113 - 120

Personnel

Entry into the FG 13.08.2014-24.11.2014
Birthdays 1st quarter 2015
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 20th year 2014 No. 4, pp. 121, 122

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

Editorial staff:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Fischer
Analytical and Ecological Chemistry FB VI - Spatial and Environmental Sciences?
University of Trier Campus II, Behringstr. 21, D-54296 Trier
Tel. And Fax: 0651 / 201-3617 Secretariat: 0651 / 201-2243
Email: fischerk@uni-trier.de
Abbreviation: Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox
Design / technical implementation:
Dr. Matthias Kudra, University of Leipzig
Email: kudra@uni-leipzig.de Cover picture Presentation of the Paul Crutzen Prize to Thorsten Hüffer by Prof. Andreas Schäffer during the annual conference in Giessen