3rd International Conference on Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Water

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is one of the co-sponsors of the National Ground Water Association's 3rd International Conference on Pharmaceuticals in Water Resources. The conference will take place on March 19-21, 2003, in Minneapolis, MN. Information on the occurrence, fate, effects, and implications of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting chemicals in water resources will be presented at the conference. Ten papers by USGS scientists will be presented that highlight the USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program's research on emerging contaminants in water resources.

Conference Topics

• Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Human Health
• Drug-Resistant Bacteria
• Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Wildlife
• Risk Management and Treatment Technologies for Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
• Sources and Fate and Transport of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
• Proteomic and Genomic Approaches for Assessing Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals' Effects on Cells
• Technologies for Detection, Evaluation of Metabolism, and Activities of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
• Innovative and Cost-Effective Remediation and Treatment Technologies
• Analytical Methods

USGS Presentations

• A National Reconnaissance for Pharmaceuticals and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in Untreated Drinking Water Sources, by Michael J. Focazio, Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong, Michael T. Meyer, E. Michael Thurman, and Steven D. Zaugg, U.S. Geological Survey
• A National Reconnaissance of Pharmaceuticals and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in Ground Water, by Kimberlee K. Barnes, Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong, Michael T. Meyer, and Steven D. Zaugg, U.S. Geological Survey
• Sources, Temporal Variations, and Fate and Transport of Selected Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and Pharmaceuticals, Nebraska, USA, by Ingrid M. Verstraeten and Michael T. Meyer, U.S. Geological Survey; Joe Skopp, University of Nebraska; Thomas Speth, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Jerry G. Obrist, City of Lincoln; Jason R. Vogel, U.S. Geological Survey
• Pharmaceuticals and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in Streams: Urban Contributions During Varying Flow Conditions, by Dana W. Kolpin, U.S. Geological Survey; Mary Skopec, Indiana Department of Natural Resources; Edward T. Furlong, Michael T. Meyer, and Steven D. Zaugg, U.S. Geological Survey
• Distributions of Organic Wastewater Contaminants Between Water and Sediment in Surface-Water Samples of the United States, by Edward T. Furlong and Imma Ferrer, U.S. Geological Survey; Susan Glassmeyer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Jeffery D. Cahill, Stephen D. Zaugg, and Dana W. Kolpin, U.S. Geological Survey; David Kryak, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Occurrence of Antibiotics in Swine Confined Animal Feeding Operation Lagoon Samples from Multiple States, 1998-2002: Indicators of Antibiotic Use, by M.T. Meyer and Gloria Ferrell, U.S Geological Survey; Joe Bumgarner, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Dana Cole, University of Georgia; Steve Hutchins, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Ivan Krapac, Illinois State Geological Survey; Kammy Johnson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dana Kolpin, U.S. Geological Survey
• Do Pharmaceuticals, Pathogens, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants Persist When Wastewater is Used for Recharge?, by Gail Cordy, U.S. Geological Survey; Norma Duran, Herman Bouwer, Robert Rice, and JoAnne Askins, U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory; Dan Kolpin, Edward Furlong, Steven Zaugg, Michael Meyer, and Larry Barber, U.S. Geological Survey
• Fate of Pharmaceutical Compounds, Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in a Water-Treatment Plant, by Paul E. Stackelberg, U.S. Geological Survey; Dori B. Reissman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Edward T. Furlong, Steven D. Zaugg, and Michael T. Meyer, U.S. Geological Survey; Alden K. Henderson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Occurrence and Control of Sulfonamides and Macrolides Antibiotics in Full-Scale Drinking Water Treatment Plants, by C. Adams and Z. Giang, University of Missouri-Rolla; M. Meyer, U.S. Geological Survey
• Transport of Chemical and Microbial Contaminants from Known Wastewater Discharges, by Susan T. Glassmeyer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Imma Ferrer, Edward T. Furlong, Jeffery D. Cahill, Stephen D. Zaugg, and Dana W. Kolpin, U.S. Geological Survey; David D. Kryak, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Conference Information

• General Conference Information

USGS Information on Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

• 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
• Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Emerging Water Quality Issues Investigations
• Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams: USGS Fact Sheet FS-027-02
• Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999-2000: A National Reconnaissance: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 36, no. 6, p. 1202-1211
• The companion USGS Data report - Water-Quality Data for Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999-2000: USGS Open-File Report 02-94
• USGS Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Research, Biological Resources Division
• Investigations of Endocrine Disruption in Aquatic Systems Associated with the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program, USGS Fact Sheet FS-081-98

Related Information from Other Sources

• Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) as Environmental Pollutants, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Animal Feeding Operations Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wastewater Management
• Endocrine Disruptors Research Initiative, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Antimicrobial Resistance, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Hormones and Health, in Environmental Health Perspectives: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, v. 105, no. 5, 1997.

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