2007 Northeast Water Science Forum
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: State of the Science
August 8 - 9, 2007, Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland, Maine
2007 Conference Archive — Presentations
PPCP Perspectives
Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Contaminants
Rolf U. Halden, Ph.D., P.E., Johns Hopkins University
Pharmaceuticals and Other Emerging Contaminants in Water Resources: Trends and Observations at National and Watershed Scales
Edward T. Furlong, Ph.D., USGS, National Water Quality Laboratory
Contaminants of Emerging Concern: U.S. EPA Office of Water’s Perspective
Octavia D. Conerly, MSPH, U.S. EPA Headquarters, Office of Water
Session 1 - Occurrence, Fate & Transport
A Survey of the New York City Watershed for Selected Pharmaceuticals
Lloyd Wilson, NYS Department of Health
Organic Wastewater Contaminants in the Lake Champlain Basin
Patrick Phillips, USGS
Transport and Fate of Antidepressant Pharmaceuticals in Municipal Wastewater and Receiving Waters Including the Northeastern United States
Edward T. Furlong, USGS, National Water Quality Laboratory (on behalf of Melissa Schultz, College of Wooster)
Fate and Transport of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) and Pharmaceuticals & Personal Care Products (PPCPs): Comparison of Waste Treatment and Research in NC Upper Neuse River Basin. (Download the presentation handout.)
Barbara Hartley Grimes, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Session 2 - Occurrence, Fate & Transport
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products as Indicators of Sewage Contamination in Urban Streams
Marcus Waldron, USGS
Contamination of Surface Ponds on Cape Cod, MA, by EDCs and Pharmaceuticals from Septic-Contaminated Groundwater
Laurel J. Standley, Silent Spring Institute
Occurrence and Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Select Michigan Waters
Amy Perbeck, MI Department of Environmental Quality
Session 3 - Aquatic & Human Health Effects
Biological Effects of Synthetic Estrogens in Wastewater Treatment Effluent
Emily Notch, University of Maine
Investigating the Presence of and Effects from Endocrine Disrupting Compounds within the Mainstem of the Ohio River
Erich Emery, ORSANCO
Natural and Synthetic Estrogenic Hormones in the United States Northeast Coastal Environment - Occurrence and Analytical Challenges
Yuegang Zuo, UMass Dartmouth
Session 4 - Aquatic & Human Health Effects
Characterization of Potential Risk for Several Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients: A Case Study of the Merrimack River
John Samuelian, AMEC
Potential for Effects of PPCPs in the Great Lakes Environment
Joanne Parrott, Environment Canada
Environmental Risk Assessment for Pharmaceuticals: Establishing a Methodology to Evaluate Population-Derived Pollutants
Robert DeMott, ENVIRON International
Session 5 – Removal & Treatment
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Other Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Technologies
Marc Mills, U.S. EPA ORD-NRMRL
Concentrations and Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds at Three Wastewater Plants in New York State
Patrick Phillips, USGS
Investigating Treatment Effects on Targeted Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
Nicholas Anastas, MA Department of Environmental Protection
David Reckhow, UMass Amherst
Evaluating the Removal of Pharmaceuticals and Other Organic Compounds through Conventional Drinking Water Treatments (Study 2; Study 3)
Paul Stackelberg, USGS
Session 6 – Removal & Treatment
Effectiveness of Selected Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems in Removing Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products
Marc Zimmerman, USGS
Fate of Estrogens at Wastewater Treatment Plants and their Control
Rominder Suri, Villanova University
Behavior of Endocrine-Active Compounds through Municipal Wastewater and Sludge Treatment Processes
James L. Gray, USGS
Session 7 – Removal & Treatment
Iron-TAML Activators: Effective Green Chemistry Catalysts for the Oxidative Decomposition of PPCPs
Terry Collins, Carnegie Mellon University
Trace Contaminants of Emerging Concern in a Pilot Water Reclamation System for Groundwater Replenishment
Kathleen Esposito, Metcalf & Eddy
Removal of Estrone from Water by Adsorption on Zeolites with Regeneration by UV Photolysis
Robert W. Thompson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Session 8 – Waste Management & Product Stewardship
Product Stewardship: Mail-In and One-Day Collections
Ann Pistell, ME Department of Environmental Protection
Use of the US EPA’s High Production Volume Information System to Identify Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic Chemicals Used in Personal Care Products
Mary Lee Haughwout, WI Department of Health and Family Services
Can Drug Delivery Be a Possible Solution to the Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Problem?
Berkeley W. Cue, Jr., Consultant/Former Head of Research for Pfizer Pharmaceutical
Session 9 – Waste Management & Product Stewardship
Minnesota's Healthcare Hazardous Waste Initiative
Rebecca Walter, MN Pollution Control Agency
A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Take-Back Program for New York State
Michael Dobis, Albany College of Pharmacy
For more information contact Rebecca Weidman at (978) 323-7929 or via email at rweidman@neiwpcc.org.