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/


AGENDA

The list of participants:

- Effects: Valeryj Petrosjan, Ake Bergman, Martin van den Berg, Miroslav Machala, Peter
Bureaul, Michal Krzyzanowski, Svetlana Koroleyva
- Movement: Eva Brorstrom-Lundén, Andreas Beyer, Gerhard Lammel, Jan Duyzer, Viktor
Shatalov, Michael McLachlan, Anna Palm, Jan Vanderborght, Ivan Holoubek
- UNEP: Paul Whylie
- RT: Ruth Alcock, Ott Roots
- Ludek Blaha (R-T&A) ­ co-organizator


Tuesday, February 19, 2002
Afternoon or
Arrival, accommodation
Scandic Hotel Opalen Göteborg
evening
Wednesday, February 20, 2002
09.00-10.30
Opening of the Workshop, Agenda
Holoubek ­ 10 min.
Introduction of participants
Participants ­ 10 min.
Stockholm Convention
Holoubek ­ 10 min.
Overview of UNEP/GEF Project Regionally
Holoubek ­ 10 min.
Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic
Substances
Regional list of PTS, definition of PTS
Holoubek ­ 10 min.
Outlines for Regional Report
Holoubek ­ 10 min.
Scoring System
Holoubek ­ 10 min.
Discussion

10.30 ­ 11.00
Coffee break

11.00 ­ 12.30
Introduction of background document No. 1
Holoubek ­ 5 min.
Background document No. 1
Petrosjan ­ 30 min.
Introduction of background document No. 2
Holoubek ­ 5 min.
Background document No. 2
Brorstrom-Lundén ­ 30 min.
Discussion

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12.30-14.00
Lunch

14.00-18.30
The contribution of participants (themes) (15-20 min.):

Effects:

ˇ Ake Bergman ­ Toxicological effects of PTS or some more specific topic

based on your work

ˇ Martin van den Berg ­ The effects of dioxin like compounds and PCBs on
wildlife

ˇ Miroslav Machala ­ The new approaches in the field of interpretation of

toxicological and ecotoxicological results

ˇ Peter Bureaul ­ Long-term behaviour of xenobiotics in the soil-water-

plant and air system

ˇ Michal Krzyzanowski ­ WHO Europe strategy/WHO-UNEEC Task Force
on Health Aspects of Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution

ˇ Ivan Holoubek ­ PTS human exposure in CEECs

Movement:

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Andreas Beyer ­
16.00 ­ 16.30 ­
ˇ Gerhard Lammel ­ Global modelling
Coffee break
ˇ Dick van den Meent ­ Nested multi-media PTS modelling on regional,
continental and global scales
ˇ Viktor Shatalov ­ POP modelling within UN ECE CLRTAP
ˇ Michael McLachlan ­ PTS movement in aquatic ecosystem
ˇ Anna Palm ­ Modelling on the local scale
ˇ Jan Vanderborght ­ Modelling the fate and transport of xenobiotics
through the soil compartment into the groundwater
ˇ Jan Duyzer ­ Models and monitoring ­ Experiences from the Netherlands
ˇ Ivan Holoubek ­ Measurements vs. modelling
ˇ Andy Sweetman ­ Modelling the Environmental Distribution and Fate of
Persistent Organic Pollutants on a European Scale

You can use for your presentation overheads or LVD projector, please prepare a copy of
your presentation for the rest of participants
18.30 ­ 19.00
The participants will be broken into two groups to analyse the presentations and
make recommendations to plenary regarding effects and transboundary movement
of PTS and key data gaps
Working group 1 (chairs ­ Valeryj Petrosjan,
Working group strategy (WG 1 ­
Ake Bergman)
by effects; WG2 ­ by
Working group 2 (chairs ­ Eva Brorstrom-
compartments ???) ­ based on the
Lundén, Andy Sweetman)
structure of Final Report ­
evaluation of existing/lack of
information, hot spots

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Thursday, February 21, 2001
09.00-12.30
Working group 1 (chairs - Valeryj Petrosjan,

Ake Bergman)
Working group 2 (chairs ­ Eva Brorstrom-

Lundén, Andy Sweetman)
12.30-14.00
Lunch

14.00-17.00
Working group 1 (chairs - Valeryj Petrosjan,

Ake Bergman)
Working group 2 (chairs ­ Eva Brorstrom-

Lundén, Andy Sweetman)
17.00-18.00
Plenary session ­ overview of working group

results ­ chairs
19.30
Common dinner

Friday, February 22, 2001
09.00-12.30
Working group 1 (chairs - Valeryj Petrosjan,

Ake Bergman)
Working group 2 (chairs ­ Eva Brorstrom-
Lundén, Andy Sweetman)
12.30 ­ 14.00
Lunch

14.00-18.00
The presentation of group reports, final

discussion, conclusions
Evening
Departures of participants

Saturday, February 23, 2001
Morning
Departures of participants

09.00 ­ 13.00
The meeting of RT ­ the finalisation of group
Holoubek, Alckock, Roots,
reports
Brorstrom-Lundén, Petrosjan,
Shatalov, Machala, Blaha
Sunday, February 24, 2001
Morning
Departures of RT members

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2nd TW - Preliminary structure of background documents:

a) Effects:
- Overview of main toxicological effects of PTS of regional contents
- Harmful effects (genotoxic, estrogenic, others..)
- Overview of main ecotoxicological effects
- Overview of human exposure
- Ecotoxicological databases and laboratory and field studies
- Existing epidemiological studies
- Human risk assessment studies
- Ecological risk assessment studies

b) Movement ­ assessment of major pathways of contaminants transport
- Overview of existing modelling programmes and projects
- The trans-boundary movement of PTS by air, water, biota
- Atmosphere
- Single and multi-hop pathways
- Atmospheric transport
- Atmospheric-surface exchange
- Terrestrial/freshwater
- Atmospheric deposition
- Local wastewater discharges
- Regional wastewater sources
- Snowpack and snowmelt
- Hydrology
- Ice
- Oceans
- Rivers discharges
- Atmospheric deposition
- Ice
- Transport pathways and hydrographic conditions
- Overview of existing monitoring programmes
- The comparison of advantages/disadvantages of measurements/modelling approaches

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