2013 – Current Issues in Contaminated Land Risk Assessment
SoBRA & RSC Toxicology Group
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9:30 am Registration and tea/coffee
9:50 am Morning Chair’s Remarks and Housekeeping – Simon Firth (SoBRA)
10:00 am Update on Defra Contaminated Land projects* -Dr Morwenna Carrington (Defra)
10:20 am Update on research/publications/guidance from the EA* – Trevor Howard (Environment Agency)
10:40 am Discussion and Questions to Speakers
11:00 am Morning Tea and Coffee Break
11:30 am Addressing the difficulties of chemical testing* – Peter Hewitt (Laing O’Rourke)
11:50 am Detecting intrusion pathways of soil gas to indoor air* – Boerge Hvidberg (Central Denmark Region)
12:20 pm Discussion and Questions to Speakers
12:40 pm Lunch
1:40 pm SoBRA Annual AGM and Election of Officers
2:10 pm Afternoon Chair’s remarks – Mike Quint (SoBRA)
2:20 pm Environmental Lead in the UK – Could biomonitoring help to decide the true scale of human health impacts?* – Camilla Pease (Environ)
2:40 pm Non-invasive methods for the biomonitoring of trace elements* – Chris Harrington (NHS Foundation Trust)
3:00 pm Discussion and Questions to Speakers
3:20 pm Afternoon Tea and Coffee Break
3:50 pm Groundwater Vapour Modelling* – James Rayner (Geosyntec Consultants Ltd)
4:05 pm The SoBRA accreditation scheme for risk assessors* – Rachel Dewhurst (MWH UK)
4:20 pm Outcome of the Summer Asbestos Workshop* – Lucy Thomas (RSK)
4:35 pm Discussion and questions to speakers
4:50 pm Closing Remarks – Simon Firth – SoBRA (in-coming Chair)
5:00 pm Drinks reception