Date: 10 October 2024
Location: Wageningen University & Research, Lumen 1 + 2
Droevendaalsesteeg 3A, Building 100/101, Wageningen
Costs (incl VAT): € 40,- per person for members of MCT, € 50,- for non-members
Final details will follow after registration
| Programme | |
| 09:00-09:30 | Arrival, registration, coffee |
| 09:30-09:35 | Opening, introduction to the symposium programme |
| Topic 1. Exposure / fate | |
| 09:35-10:05 | Environmental fate of PFAS and its impact on water and soil management Tom Bosma (Deltares) |
| 10:05-10:30 | PFAS contamination in the Jelsumer Feart and Leeuwarden Military Airbase: assessment, impact, and remediation efforts Harry Boonstra (Wetterskip Fryslan) |
| 10:30-10:50 | Coffee |
| Topic 2: Exposure / Bioaccumulation | |
| 10:50-11:10 | PFAS occurrence in Flanders, Belgium: results of an extensive aquatic monitoring campaign Nathalie Briels (ARCHE Consulting) |
| 11:10-11:30 | Bioaccumulation of PFAS in a terrestrial ecosystem: relationships with trophic level and molecular properties Ioanna Gkika (University of Amsterdam) |
| 11:30-11:50 | Investigation of the presence of PFAS in household vegetables grown in the Walloon region Miriam Porretti (University of Messina) |
| 11:50-12:10 | PFAS-analyses on ‘historical’ eel samples from Flanders, Belgium (2000-2008) Marieke Desender (INBO) |
| Topic 3: PFAS analytical methods (poster spotlights) | |
| 12:10-12:35 | Correlation of extractable organic fluorine (EOF) and qualitative non-target data to estimate the environmental occurrence of PFAS Fabian Simon (Antwerp University) Ultra-sensitive PFAS analysis according to EU regulations in drinking water Rob van der Heijden (Bruker Nederland) A tiered approach for comprehensive monitoring of PFAS in Dutch water samples Frederic Been (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Solving the PFAS Challenge: Comprehensive Screening of Environmental Samples against 1000s of Compounds in a Single Run Erik van Balderen (Bruker Nederland) Occurrence of PFAS in Dutch effluent and surface waters – Target, Suspect, and Nontarget screening David Liwara (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) |
| 12:35-14:00 | Lunch + Posters |
| Topic 4: PFAS toxicity | |
| 14:00-14:20 | Chronic effects of Perfluorooctane Sulfonic acid (PFOS) on Cloeon dipterum larvae development Ayesha Siddiqa (Wageningen University) |
| 14:20-14:40 | Resolving the black box of PFOS and PFDA toxicity: Using a whole-body organism to explore and define toxic endpoints Samantha Hughes (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) |
| 14:40-15:00 | The relationship between the molecular properties of per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) and their ecotoxicity Skylar Xie (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Tea |
| Topic 5: Human health related issues | |
| 15:30-15:50 | Why are the concentrations of PFAS in homegrown eggs 7-1000 times higher than in commercial eggs? Tessa Pancras (Arcadis Nederland B.V.) |
| 15:50-16:10 | Presence of PFAS in the Belgian food chain Chaymae El Amraoui Aarab (Sciensano) |
| 16:10-16:30 | Environmental impact of PFAS removal for drinking water production Anne Marieke Motelica-Wagenaar (Waternet) |
| 16:30-??? | Closing of meeting; Drinks + posters |
Posters:
For posters introduced in a poster spotlight, see programme above.
Posters not introduced in the poster spotlight
- Spatial distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in natural and restored intertidal wetlands in the Scheldt estuary (Thimo Groffen, Antwerp University)
- Tracing the contamination’s footprint: does cadmium and PFAS accumulate in Venus Fly trap when fed with contaminated Black Soldier Flies? (Demi Rotthier, Antwerp University)
- Membrane−water partition coefficients of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Experimental insights (Jaiqi Chen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- Associations between PFAS in plasma, feathers and faeces of great tits (Parus major) near a hotspot in Flanders (Jodie Buytaert, Antwerp University)
- PFOA and PFOS binding onto Goethite: Experimental results and modelling with the Charge Distribution and Multi-site Complexation (CD-MUSIC) Model (Ke Peng, Wageningen University)
- The INBO Fish Tissue Collection: a historical resource (Lies Teunen, INBO)
- Importance of Polyfluoroalkyl Studies in fish in Iranian Wetlands (Jaber Aazami, WUR/University of Zanjan, Iran)
- A combination of targeted and untargeted methods to reveal PFAS contamination in songbird eggs (Francesca Capelli, Antwerp University)
- Untargeted PFAS analysis reveals emerging semi-fluorinated compounds in white beaked dolphins (Oliver Salangad, Antwerp University)
- Identification of PFAS and other chemicals that contribute to thyroid hormone displacing activity in water using the FITC-T4 binding assay, targeted PFAS analysis and suspect screening (Corine Houtman, Waterlaboratorium, Haarlem)
