RECETOX TOCOEN
& Associates
GEF: Regionally
Prof. Dr. Ivan Holoubek
Regional Co-ordinator
Based Assessment
Veslarská 230B, 637 00 Brno, Czech Republic
of Persistent Toxic
Tel.: +420 5 43 21 03 95, Mobile: +420 602 753 138
Fax: +420 5 43 32 12 95
Substances
E-mail: holoubek@chemi.muni.cz
http://recetox.chemi.muni.cz/
Brno, October 18, 2001
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Dear colleagues,
I send you my best regards and additional information and Agenda of the 1st
Technical Workshop of UNEP/GEF Project "Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic
Substances Project (RBA PTS)".
The 1st Technical Workshop on Sources and Environmental Levels will be organize in Brussels,
Belgium in CEFIC/Eurochlor building.
The participants the list still is not final unfortunately, some proposed participant from the serious
reasons could not participate:
- Sources: Ruth Alcock, Knut Breivik, Peter Coleman, Roland Kubiak, Anton Kocan, Rainer
Koch, Victor Shatalov, Heidi Fiedler
- Levels: Ott Roots, Kevin Jones, Peter Weiss, Andy Sweetman, Robin Law, Jerzy Falandysz,
Andre Lecloux, Ivan Holoubek, Christine Fuell, Emanuel Heinisch, Antonius Kettrup, John
Vijgen
- UNEP Chemicals: Paul Whylie
- RT: Eva Brorstrom-Lundén, Valeryj Petrosjan
- Pavel Cupr, Jiri Kohoutek (R-T&A) co-organizators
Accommodation is booked in:
Hotel Europa Inter-Continental
107 rue de la Loi
1040 Brussels
Tel.: +32 2 230 13 33
Fax: +32 2 230 03 26
E-mail: brussels@inerconti.com
Internet: http://www.interconti.com
Agenda of 1st TW:
Tuesday, December 04, 2001
Afternoon or evening
Arrival, accommodation
Hotel Europa Inter-Continental
Wednesday, December 05, 2001
09.00-10.45
Introduction Holoubek 10 min
Overview of Stockholm Convention
Holoubek 15 min.
Overview of GEF RBA PTS Project
Holoubek 20 min.
Introduction of background documents
No. 1 and 2 Holoubek 5 min.
Background document No. 1 (Alcock)
50 min
10.45
Coffee break
11.15-12.30
Background document No. 2 (Holoubek)
50 min
Discussion
12.30-14.00
Lunch covered by CEFIC
14.00-16.00
The contribution of participants
16.00
Coffee break
16.30 18.00
Working group 1 (chairs - Ruth Alcock,
Anton Kocan)
Working group 2 (chairs Ott Roots,
Andy Sweetman)
Thursday, December 06, 2001
09.00-12.30
Working group 1 (chairs - Ruth Alcock,
Anton Kocan)
Working group 2 (chairs Ott Roots,
Andy Sweetman)
12.30-14.00
Lunch covered by CEFIC
14.00-17.00
Working group 1 (chairs - Ruth Alcock,
Anton Kocan)
Working group 2 (chairs Ott Roots,
Andy Sweetman)
17.00-18.00
Plenary session overview of working
group results chairs
19.30
Common dinner covered by CEFIC
Aux Armes de Bruxelles
Rue des Bouchers 13, Brussels
Friday, December 07, 2001
09.00-12.30
Working group 1 (chairs Ruth Alcock,
Anton Kocan)
Working group 2 (chairs Ott Roots,
Andy Sweetman)
12.30-14.00
Lunch covered by CEFIC
14.00-18.00
The presentation of group reports, final
discussion
Saturday, December 08, 2001
Morning
Departures of participants
09.00 13.00
The meeting of RT the finalisation of
Holoubek, Alckock, Roots,
group reports
Brorstrom-Lundén, Petrosjan,
Kocan, Shatalov, Cupr,
Kohoutek
Sunday, December 09, 2001
Morning
Departures of RT members
1st TW - Preliminary structure of background documents:
a) Sources:
Executive summary
1. Background information to PTS sources
2. Data collection and quality control issues
3. Pesticides
3.1 Aldrin
3.1.1 Sources to air
3.1.2 Sources to water
3.1.3 Sources to land
3.1.4 Summary
3.2 Chlordane
3.3 DDTs
3.4 Dieldrin
3.5 Endrin
3.6 Heptachlor
3.7 Hexachlorobenzene
3.8 Mirex
3.9 Toxaphene
4.0 Industrial Chemicals
4.1 Polychlorinated biphenyls
5.0 Unintended by-products
5.1 Dioxins and Furans
6.0 Other PTS of emerging concern in Europe
6.1 Atrazine
6.2 Brominated flame retardants
6.3 Lindane (?-HCH)
6.4 Organic mercury
6.5 Organic tin
6.6 Pentachlorophenol (PCP)
6.7 Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
6.8 Short chain chlorinated paraffins
7.0 Literature Cited
b) Environmental levels:
Overview of levels, projects, monitoring programmes, hot spots, lack of information
- Air
- Deposition
- Surface waters (water and sediments)
- Seas:
- Nothern
- Baltic
- Black
- Caspic
- Inland waters:
- Rivers
- Lakes, ponds, dams
- Soils
- Aquatic biota
- Terrestrial biota
Sincerely Yours
Prof. Dr. Ivan Holoubek
Regional Co-ordinator