5th International Conference on Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Water

Filling a sample bottle for analysis of emerging contaminants during the USGS's National Ground-Water Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants Project (Click on photo for larger version)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is a cosponsor of the National Ground Water Association's (NGWA) 5th International Conference on Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Water, Costa Mesa, California, March 13-15, 2006. The conference highlights the latest information on the origin, transport, fate, and manner of detection of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the environment. USGS scientist presentations feature information from the USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program's investigation on emerging contaminants in the environment.

Conference Topics

• Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the environment
• Human and veterinary sources of pharmaceuticals and EDCs to the environment
• Fate and transport of pharmaceuticals and EDCs in the environment
• Modeling and measurement of pharmaceuticals from hospitals, municipal and veterinary sources
• Natural attenuation of pharmaceuticals and EDCs
• Human health effects from exposure to EDCs and pharmaceuticals
• Antibiotics and drug resistant bacteria
• Uptake of pharmaceuticals and EDCs by terrestrial and aquatic organisms
• Effects of pharmaceuticals and EDCs on wildlife
• Environmental and Human Risk Assessment and Management of Pharmaceuticals and EDCs
• New Regulatory Approaches in the U.S. and in Europe
• Proteomic and Genomic Approaches for Assessing EDCs Effects on Cells
• Technologies for Detection, Evaluation of Metabolism, and Activities of EDCs
• Innovative and Cost-Effective Remediation and Treatment Technologies

USGS Presentations

• Behavior and Occurrence of Antidepressant Pharmaceuticals and Their Degradates in Municipal Waste Water, by Schultz, M.M. (USGS), and Furlong, E.T. (USGS)
• Using Fish as Indicators for Quantifying Endocrine Disruption in Effluent-Dominated and Effluent-Dependent Streams, by Paretti, N. (University of Arizona and USGS), Walker, D. (University of Arizona), Cordy, G.E. (USGS)
• A Final Report on Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in a Riverbank Filtration System, Platte River, Nebraska, by Vogel, J.R. (USGS), Meyer, M.T. (USGS), and Furlong, E.T. (USGS)
• Bioaccumulation of Organic Waste Water Contaminants in Earthworms: Sentinel Indicators of Terrestrial Waste Water Contamination, by Kinney, C.A. (Eastern Washington University), Furlong, E.T. (USGS), Kolpin, D.W. (USGS), Burkhardt, M.R. (USGS), Zaugg, S.D. (USGS), and Werner, S.L. (USGS)
• Concentrations and Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds at Three Waste Water Plants in New York State, 2003-2004. by Phillips, P.J. (USGS), Furlong, E.T. (USGS), Stinson, B. (Metcalf and Eddy), Zaugg, S.D. (USGS), Smith, S.G. (USGS), Esposito, K. (Metcalf and Eddy), Kolpin, D.W., (USGS), Schultz, M.M. (USGS)
• Detection of Environmental Estrogens and Concurrent Observation of Feminization of Fathead Minnows in Waste Water Effluent, by Gray, J. (USGS), Vajda, A. (University of Colorado), Norris, D. (University of Colorado), Barber, L. (USGS)
• The Fate of Selected Veterinary Antibiotics in Two Missouri Anaerobic Swine Lagoons, by Loftin, K.A. (USGS), Adams, C.D. (University of Missouri-Rolla), Henny, C. (Indonesia Institute of Sciences), Mormile, M.R. (University of Missouri-Rolla), Meyer, M.T. (USGS), Surampalli, R. (U.S. EPA)
• Fate of Organic Waste Water Contaminants in Onsite Waste Water Treatment Systems, by DeJong, K.E. (Colorado School of Mines), Siegrist, R.L. (Colorado School of Mines), Barber, L.B. (USGS)

Conveners

• Bob Masters, NGWA,
• Dana Kolpin, USGS,

Conference Information

• General Conference Information

More Information on Emerging Contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, …)

• Emerging Contaminants in the Environment
• USGS Scientists Contribute to New Book on Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
• USGS Scientists Develop New Method to Measure Pharmaceuticals in Water
• Developing Methods to Measure New Contaminants in Aquatic Environments
• Glyphosate Herbicide Found in Many Midwestern Streams, Antibiotics Not Common
• National Reconnaissance of Pharmaceuticals, Hormones and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams is Making an Impact
• "National Reconnaissance of Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in Streams" Named as One of the Top 100 Science Stories of the Year
• What's in Our Wastewaters and Where Does it Go?