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Summer School "Ecology and Society: Frontiers and Boundaries" / 3 - 7 June 2019

Ecosystems societies Climate change Forests Hydrosystems Atmosphere Biodiversity Agrosystems Pressures Impacts Modelling Pollution Ecotoxicology Biogeochimical cycles Ecology Adaptability
Round table - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Round table - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Field trip - Salles
Field trip - Salles
Group Picture - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Group Picture - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Vineyards
Vineyards
Field trip - Salles
Field trip - Salles
Vineyards
Vineyards
Round table Global ecology
Round table Global ecology
Visiting Bordeaux
Visiting Bordeaux
Forest Trip - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Forest Trip - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Tasting
Tasting
Field Trip
Field Trip
Cellars
Cellars
Introduction : why a global ecology ?
Introduction : why a global ecology ?
Field Trip
Field Trip
Field trip 2015 - Château Suduiraut, Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Field trip 2015 - Château Suduiraut, Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Boat trip
Boat trip
Class room - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Class room - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Hôtel Chateau Latour - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Hôtel Chateau Latour - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
City trip - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
City trip - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Cellars
Cellars

Emergent organic pollutants: myth or reality?

Last update Tuesday 30 May 2017

by Hélène Budzinski

The preservation of water quality is a major issue for both Environment and Human Health and it is thus important to characterize and comprehend the factors that can affect it. Amongst these factors is chemical contamination, with the aquatic environment being its ultimate sink. The knowledge concerning presence, pathways of introduction, sources of micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems, has considerably increased in recent years. Beside historical contaminants such as PCBs, PAHs, the concept of emerging contaminants has arised in the past decade in relation with instrumental improvements. This presentation will present the status of current knowledge about these compounds on the analytical and environmental point of view. The presentation will discuss analytical developments and especially analytical challenges regarding these compounds (trace levels, complex mixtures and matrices) and will debate about the source, introduction pathways and fate in the environment, highlighting related challenges and need of future developments.