Joint SoBRA / RSC December 2018 Conference
Current Issues in Contaminated Land Risk Assessment
Date: 5th December 2018
Venue: The Royal Society of Chemistry, The Library, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BA
Programme & Links to Presentations (* requires login)
9:30 am Registration, tea & coffee
9:50 am Morning Chairs Remarks & Housekeeping – Alex Lee (SoBRA) *
10:00 am Novel approaches to the investigation and remediation of mercury in the environment – Alex Tait (University of Manchester) *
10:20 am Latest research on toxicology – lessons from the C4SL Phase 2 Project – Sarah Bull (WRc PLC) *
10:40 am Discussion & Questions to Speakers
10:55 am Morning Tea & Coffee Break
11:10 am Physiologically-based tests for measuring human dermal in vitro bioavailability of PAHs in soil – Darren Beriro (British Geological Society)
11:30 am ‘Asbestos, the story continues’ – a review of the toxicology of asbestos – John Hoskins (Independent Consultant) *
12:00 am Discussion & Questions to Speakers
12:15 pm Lunch
12:50 pm SoBRA Annual General Meeting
13:25 pm Afternoon Chairs Remarks – Kate Jones (RSC Toxicology Group)
13:30 pm Detecting degradation products of PAHs in aqueous and soil environmental matrices: recent progress in the field – Coren Pulleyblank (Dublin City University) *
13:55 pm Latest update on Coal Tar Forensics – Russell Thomas (WSP) *
14:20 pm Molecular Biological Tools – new insights from the US into their use in risk assessment and remediation – Matthew Burns (WSP) *
15:00 am Discussion & Questions to Speakers
15:15 pm Afternoon Tea & Coffee Break
15:30 pm Measuring the age of oil pollution using microbiology – Chris Allen (Queen’s University Belfast)
15:50 pm Outcomes from the SoBRA Summer 2018 Workshop – Theresa Cory/Geraint Williams (SoBRA) *
15:55 pm OEFSA update on PFAS and Dioxins – Martin Rose (Independent Consultant) *
16:05 pm Updates from Subgroups
- Asbestos: Simon Cole (Aecom) *
- Acute risk assessment: Barry Mitcheson (Wood) *
- Technical Panel: Geraint Williams (SoBRA) *
- Vapour Intrusion: Lucy Thomas (SoBRA) *
16:45 pm Discussion and questions to speakers
16:55 pm Closing Remarks – Hannah White (SoBRA in-coming Chair)
17:00 pm Drinks reception