May 16, 2022 by Iain Wilson

wca are long standing partners of SETAC Europe. As in previous years, we have a major presence at the 32nd Annual SETAC Europe Meeting to be held in Copenhagen. The meeting starts on 15^th May and runs through until the 19^th, with the presentations also available online. wca have a combination of the platform presentations and posters, and are involved in chairing two sessions; a full breakdown of wca’s involvement is detailed below.

wca will also have an exhibition booth through-out the meeting located at Booth 27 in the Exhibit Hall. We look forward to discussing our work and our presentations with you there, during the live discussion sessions or via the online platform.

Sessions chaired:

4.13 – Pharmaceuticals in the environment – New insights, regulatory needs and knowledge gaps. Dean Leverett will be chairing this session with Gerd Maack, Susanne Schwonbeck, Todd Davidson, Brett Sallach and John Wilkinson, with the session being held in the AM2 (10:40–12:00 CEST) and PM2 (13:25–14:45 CEST) timeslots on 17^th May.

6.01 – Advances in the Regulation and Life Cycle Assessment of Metals in the Environment. Adam Peters will be chairing the session Yamini Gopalapillai, Jenny Stauber and Chris Cooper, with the session being held in the PM2 (13:25–14:45 CEST) timeslot on 17^th May

Platform presentations

6.01 – Assessing potential environmental risks from the use of zinc-based medicines in piglets. Adam Peters; PM2 on 17^th May

6.01 – An EU-wide assessment of potential nickel risks under the Water Framework Directive. Iain Wilson, Adam Peters, Graham Merrington, Elizabeth Middleton and Christian Schlekat; PM2 on 17^th May

6.01 – Updating the chronic biotic ligand model for nickel in Europe. Chris Schlekat, Ellie Middleton, Emily Garman, Adam Peters, Graham Merrington, Iain Wilson and Charlotte Nys; PM2 on 17^th May

6.01 – Assessment of the potential for the use of lead ammunition at shooting ranges to contaminate groundwater and drinking water. Ed Stutt, Graham Merrington and Mick Whelan; PM2 on 17^th May

3.19 – Assessing the sensitivity of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to
zinc in the field. Adam Peters, Iain Wilson, Dean Leverett, Graham Merrington, Chris Cooper, Adam Ryan, Frank van Assche and Howard Winbow; AM1 – AM2 on 18^th May

Poster Corners

7.03 – Framework for evaluating emerging chemical issues. Olivia Tran, Graham Merrington, Adam Peters, Therese Manning, Anna Ramarosandratana, Julie Cattle and Janina Beyer; on 16^th May

6.01 – Evaluation of the priority substance deselection assessment for nickel. Adam Peters, Iain Wilson, Graham Merrington, Ellie Middleton, Emily Garman and Chris Schlekat; on 18^th May

6.01 – Updating the chronic BLM for nickel in Europe. Adam Peters, Charlotte Nys, Ellie Middleton, Emily Garman and Chris Schlekat; on 18^th May

6.01 – Review of metal toxicity testing with Lymnaea stagnalis. Adam Peters, Kate Roylance, Dean Leverett, Charlotte Nys, Jasim Chowdhury, Ellie Middleton, Emily Garman, Chris Schlekat, Chris Cooper, Adam Ryan, Eric Van Genderen, Stijn Baken, Carrie Claytor, Dave Boyle, Bill Stubblefield, Marie-Christine Simard and Amiel Boullemant; on 18^th May

Posters

1.05 – Sensitivity of fish to anti-androgens: data review. Grace Panter, Becky Brown, Alan Jones, Oliver Koerner, Laurent Lagadic and Lennart Weltje; on 16^th May

1.05 – Laboratory survey on assessing vitellogenin in fish. Natalie Burden, Fiona Sewell, Laurent Lagadic, Yvonne Wolf, Breanne E. Holmes, Lennart Wjelte, Edward Salinas, James Wheeler, Grace Panter and Becky Brown; on 16^th May

4.08 – Global approaches to identifying and prioritising apparent emerging chemical issues. Olivia Tran, Graham Merrington, Adam Peters, Therese Manning, Anna Ramarosandratana, Julie Cattle and Janina Beyer; on 16^th May

6.08 – The derivation of a maximum acceptable concentration (MAC) for azamethiphos. Dean Leverett and Iain Berrill; on 16^th May

3.19 – Evaluating the protectiveness of the EQS for zinc. Adam Peters, Iain Wilson, Graham Merrington, Chris Cooper, Adam Ryan, Frank van Assche and Howard Winbow; on 18^th May

3.20 – Criteria for assessing the relevance of exposure datasets. Adam Peters; on 18^th May

3.20 – Evaluating exposure data for reliability and relevance: Time to balance the efforts in chemical risk assessment? Graham Merrington and Lisa Nowell; on 18^th May

4.12 – Environmental hazard assessment of metal salts of UVCBs. Rhiannon Smith, Oliver Tosic, Graham Whale and Becky Marks; on 18^th May

6.01 – Nickel EQS in Europe: Implementation or update. Adam Peters, Graham Merrington, Iain Wilson, Ellie Middleton and Chris Schlekat; on 18^th May

6.01 – bio-met a simple tool for metal EQS compliance assessment. Adam Peters, Graham Merrington, Iain Wilson, Charlotte Nys, Ellie Middleton, Chris Cooper, Stijn Baken, Jasim Chowdhury, Dave Boyle; on 18^th May

Topical Discussion Sessions

Metals and the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. Adam Peters will be moderating the discussion along with Stijn Baken, Steve Lofts and Chris Cooper on Monday, 16 May between 15:15 – 16:15 CEST.

We will also be providing daily blogs on our website/ Linkedin page throughout the meeting.

We look forward to a great meeting, and hope to see you at SETAC Copenhagen.