April 12, 2024 by Iain Wilson

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wca are long standing partners of SETAC Europe. As in previous years, we have a major presence at the 34th Annual SETAC Europe Meeting to be held in Seville. The meeting starts on 5th May and runs through until the 9th May. wca have a combination of platform presentations and posters, chairing four sessions, as well as co-chairing the Pharmaceutical Interest Group meeting and hosting a workshop on CREED; a full breakdown of wca’s involvement is detailed below.

wca will also have an exhibition booth through-out the meeting located at Booth 226 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:

3.11 – A Fate and Toxicity of Metals: Recent Scientific Advancements, Challenges for (Data-Poor) Metals, and Application to Environmental Regulations Iain Wilson will be chairing this session with David Boyle, Séverine Le Faucheur and Jelle Mertens with the session being held in the AM1 (09:30 –10:50 CEST) and AM2 (11:35 – 12:55 CEST) timeslots on 6th May in the Bruselas room.

1.13 – The Endocrine Disrupting Properties of Challenging Substances: How to Solve Testing and Interpretation Issues? Becky Brown will be chairing the session with Stijn Baken, Christopher Prosser and Zhicha Dang, with the session being held in the PM (14:25 – 15:45 CEST) timeslot on 7th May in Auditorium 3.

3.16 – Measuring Chemicals in the Environment – Maximising the Utility of Monitoring Data for Environmental Assessment Graham Merrington will be chairing the session alongside Lisa Nowell and Adam Ryan, with the session being held in the AM1 (09:30 –10:50 CEST) timeslot on 9th May in the Madrid ABC room.

3.20 – Pharmaceuticals in the Environment – Risk Assessment, Regulation, and New Insights Into the Science Globally Dean Leverett will be chairing the session with John Wilkinson and Todd Davidson, with the session being held in the AM1 (09:30 –10:50 CEST) and AM2 (11:35 – 12:55 CEST) timeslots on 9th May in the Italica (FIBES 1, FIBES 2) room.

Platform presentations

3.11 – Estimating and using ambient background concentrations in surface waters for nickel in Europe. Ellie Middleton, Adam Peters, Iain Wilson, Graham Merrington, Emily Garman and Chris Schelkat. Bruselas AM2 on 6th May

1.13 – Assessing the endocrine disruptor potential of hydrocarbon UVCBs. Becky Brown, Rhiannon Smith, Olivia Tran, Kate Roylance, Owen Green, Christopher Prosser, Kat Colvin, Anna Tan Sépot, Nicholas Synhaeve, Delina Lyon, Leslie Saunders and Sergio Villalobos. Auditorium 3 PM on 7th May

3.16 – An Approach for Evaluating the Reliability of Measured Environmental Concentrations in Environmental Risk Assessment. Iain Wilson, Michelle Hladik, Arjen Markus, Dennis Helsel, Lisa Nowell, Stefano Polesello, Heinz Ruedel and Drew Szabo. Madrid ABC AM1 on 9th May

3.16 – Assessing the Reliability and Relevance of a Dataset for Evaluating the Occurrence of Hexa(methoxymethyl)melamine in Surface Waters. Jeanne Vuaille, Adam Peters and Leonard Oste. Madrid ABC AM1 on 9th May

Poster Spotlight

3.04 – A Water Quality Stocktake: Identification of Priority Emerging Pollutants in Waters of England and Northern Ireland. Ed Stutt, Iain Wilson, Hazel Vallack, Andrew Hargreaves and Vera Jones. Madrid ABC AM2 on 6th May

Posters

1.02.P-Mo037 – A review of in silico and in vitro methods for use in a risk assessment of a substance acting via oestrogen or androgen modalities. Becky Brown, Grace Panter, Kate Roylance, Owen Green, Olivia Tran, Jorge Naciff, Kaushal Joshi, Sophie Cable, Dagmar Bury, Arianna Gusti, Dave Allen, Audrey Loisy, Christopher Choi, Daniela Lange, Mareike Böttcher, Romain Tempereau, Nina Hambruch and Anne Riu; on 6th May

3.11.P-Mo180 – Updating The European Freshwater Annual Average EQS For Nickel: What Are The Environmental Consequences? Graham Merrington, Adam Peters, Iain Wilson, Ellie Middleton, Emily Garman and Chris Schelkat; on 6th May

4.03.P-We282 – Applying the principles of grouping and read-across to different lines of evidence to support the development of an ecotoxicity testing strategy for hydrocarbon UVCBs. Leslie Saunders, Sylwia Kosmala-Grzechnik, Rhiannon Smith, Yves Verhaegen, Louise Camenzuli, David Saunders, Sandrine Sourisseau, Kat Colvin and Delina Lyon; on 8th May

4.03.P-We286 – Navigating the Complexity: Challenges in Ecotoxicity Testing of UVCB Substances. Sylwia Kosmala-Grzechnik and Rhiannon Smith; on 8th May

6.02.P-We498 – Evaluating the Effects of Metal Mixtures on Freshwater Invertebrate Communities. Adam Peters, Stijn Baken, Chris Cooper, Jasim Chowdhury, Emily Garman, Adam Ryan and Yamini Gopalapillai; on 8th May

2.02.P-Th117 – Challenges With Ecotoxicity Testing of Surfactants: The Impact of Water Hardness on Toxicity to Algae. Sylwia Kosmala-Grzechnik and Rhiannon Smith; on 9th May

3.04.P-Th207 – A Water Quality Stocktake: Identification of Priority Emerging Pollutants in Waters of England and Northern Ireland. Ed Stutt, Iain Wilson, Hazel Vallack, Andrew Hargreaves and Vera Jones; on 9th May

3.16.P-Th321 – Regression on Order Statistics – An Improved and Straightforward Approach to Dealing with Non-Detects? Iain Wilson and Mike Gardner; on 9th May

3.16.P-Th326 – Comparison of the relevance of a dataset for different assessment purposes. Adam Peters, Jeanne Vuaille; on 9th May

3.16.P-Th327 – Assessing the Reliability and Relevance of a Dataset for Evaluating the Effects of Metal Mixtures on Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Field. Adam Peters, Iain Wilson, Graham Merrington, Jeanne Vuaille and Yamini Gopalapillai; on 9th May

3.20.P-Th374 – Demonstrating the environmental benefits of greener alternative pharmaceuticals in a hazard driven regulatory landscape. Becky Brown, Grace Panter, Céline Gerard and Céline Delierneux; on 9th May

Meetings and Workshops

Pharmaceuticals Interest Group Meeting; Club Room 15:45 – 17:45 CEST on 6th May

How to Make the Most of Data of Chemicals Concentrations in Environmental Media: Practical Use of CREED, Challenges and Solutions; TV Room 16:45 – 18:15 on 7th May

Metals Interest Group Meeting; Club Room 18:00 – 20:00 CEST on 7th May

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

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