Call for Delegates

HAZARD IDENTIFCATION APPROACH FOR METALS AND INORGANIC METAL SUBSTANCES

Number of delegates sought: one ENGO representative
Date: May 3-8, 2003
Location: Pensacola Florida
To Apply: Fill out application form below and send back to Barbara Schaefer at: email barbara@cen-rce.org or fax 613-728-2963
Deadline to Apply: March 26, 2003
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Through CEN, the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is requesting the participation of one (1) ENGO representative for its international workshop on persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity (PBT) as it is applied to hazard evaluation of metals. The workshop will be held from 3-8 May, 2003, in Pensacola Florida. There is currently only one other ENGO (out of approximately 50 people who will be attending), and the organizers would like to identify another. Most attendees will be technical experts from either industry, government or academia.

The meeting discussions will be focused on the science behind application of PBT to metals, so the ideal candidate would have an academic background (an M.Sc. or Ph.D.) in a relevant field, some metals experience/knowledge, and ENGO affiliations.

Although the discussions will be technical, the key underlying questions will be policy ones. For example, the workshop will consider possible approaches to evaluating the "persistence" of metals. As you may know, current hazard evaluation approaches identify all metals as "persistent" because they do not degrade. Industry and others are proposing alternative ways of evaluating the persistence of metals (e.g., based on rates of removal from the water column by sedimentation), that would result in some metals being "non-persistent" in surface waters for example. The workshop attendees will be asked to identify the most appropriate approaches for evaluation of persistence, as well as bioaccumulation and toxicity, for metals.

There will be a reading list to help workshop attendees prepare for the discussions. Ideally, attendees should spend some time reviewing the more important documents in advance of the workshop. There will be no need to prepared a formal report.

Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered. If you are interested in participating, please fill out the application form below AND INCLUDE YOUR CV and send it back by March 26th to Barbara Schaefer at barbara@cen-rce.org or fax (613) 728-2963.

Consultation report is available here.