A workshop entitled: “Mixtures and metabolites of chemicals of emerging concern” will be held at the VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 18-19 November 2009. The workshop organizers are Network of Reference Laboratories for Monitoring of Emerging Environmental Pollutants – NORMAN, RIVM, IVM and VU University.

This workshop is planned to be a wide-scope workshop, addressing people at the "interface between science and policy", and aimed at providing an overview of the critical issues going from fate of emerging pollutants (methods for studying transformation, metabolisation, etc.), to the progress in: monitoring / analytical techniques, metabolites prediction and validation of predictive models, metabolites toxicity, risk assessment. Given the close link between the two topics, the workshop will start with an overview of the fate, toxicity and emerging research questions in the broader area of mixtures of chemicals.

Sessions to be covered are:

• Fate of emerging chemicals: methods for studying the transformation, metabolisation, and bioavailability of chemicals and their application
• Monitoring of (mixtures of) metabolites and transformation products of selected groups of chemicals in surface and groundwater: recent developments in the analytical technology regarding the evaluation of mixtures of emerging pollutants and metabolites/transformation products in environmental samples: adsorbents, columns, equipment, detection systems, etc.
• Routine level validation (V3 level according to the NORMAN protocol) of methods to measure mixtures of metabolites and transformation products of pesticides in surface and groundwater
• Metabolite prediction and validation of predictive models
• Mixture toxicity as related to modes of action
• Inclusion of information on metabolites and mixtures in regulation: REACH

The workshop is being held at the VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The language of the platform presentations and posters will be English. No translations will be provided.

The workshop will be organised by RIVM and IVM VU University. If you have any questions, please ask:
Willie Peijnenburg , RIVM, tel: +31 30 2743129
or Pim Leonards , IVM, tel: +31 20 5989 509

For more information, please visit the NORMAN web-site.