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Welcome to the September issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !
The lack of rules and legislation is often cited as one of the reasons that speciation analysis is not performed routinely. On the other hand, some of the most important environmental issues have been identified by speciation analysis and have resulted in related legislation:
The toxicity of tetraethyllead (TEL) used as an anti-knock agent for gasoline, the resulting contamination of the environment and the hazardous effect on the health of humans has been studied by trace element and speciation analysis. As a result, after decades TEL was banned in most countries.
The intoxication of a great part of the population of Minamata and Nigata in Japan by methylmercury has been identified by speciation analysis and has led to the so called "Minamata Convention".
The pollution of coastal water with tributyltin (TBT) leaching from anti-fouling paints and its toxic effects on mussels and oyster banks has been identified by speciation analysis and has led to the international ban of TBT.
This month we report about two cases related to rules and legislation for metal species.
Hexavalent chromium is recognized as a human carcinogen and exposure therefore should be avoided especially for the most vulnerable groups such as children. Therefore, the European Commission has notified the WTO of a draft Directive amending the migration limit for chromium VI in scraped-off toy materials (see the news below).
We frequently reported about the side effects of gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents. The Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee (MIDAC) of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted 13 to 1 on last Friday, with 1 abstention, for recommending adding a warning to labels about gadolinium retention for gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) used during MRI (see the news below).
Additionally, the committee also voted unanimously to recommend the FDA consider requiring industry conduct more research on the side effects of GBCAs. This is clearly a call for speciation analysis, since it is already known that different GBCA behave differently.
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NEWS
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EVISA is keeping you updated with what is going on in speciation analysis. In this section you will find news about the most current research results, about trends, legal issues and informations from manufacturers in the field of speciation analysis.
With all the links to further information and publications the News archive is a valuable collection of "hot topics" in speciation analysis. We continuously update even former news with new links and information so that all news are actual all the time.
FDA panel calls for warning labels on gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRI
The Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee (MIDAC) of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted 13 to 1 on last Friday, with 1 abstention, for recommending adding a warning to labels about gadolinium retention for gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) used during MRI.
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EU notifies WTO of change to chromium VI limit in toys
The European Commission has notified the WTO of a draft Directive amending the migration limit for chromium VI in scraped-off toy materials.
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EVENTS
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a list of about 50 current entries EVISA is informing you about
interesting events and keeps you updated with their deadlines. By
consulting our list of deadlines you won't miss the opportunity for
early registration at reduced fee or the chance to submit your
contribution in time.
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2017 SciX Conference: 44th Annual North American Meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS)
Date: September 8,2017 - September 13,2017
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
September 21,2017 Early registration at reduced fee
RAFA 2017: 8th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis
Date: November 7,2017 - November 10,2017
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
September 30,2017 Abstract submission for late poster presentations
5th Brazilian Meeting on Chemical Speciation
Date: December 10,2017 - December 13,2017
Location: Águas de Lindóia, State of São Paulo, Brazil
September 29,2017 Submission of abstracts
September 29,2017 Early registration at reduced fee
Please do not hesitate to inform us in case that your conference related to speciation analysis is missing in our Agenda.
2017 SciX Conference: 44th Annual North American Meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS)
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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08.09.2017 - 13.09.2017
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IMA-2017: International Conference on Instrumental Methods of Analysis
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Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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17.09.2017 - 21.09.2017
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5th Workshop on Field-Flow Fractionation – Mass Spectrometry (FFF-MS)
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Vienna, Austria
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28.09.2017 - 29.09.2017
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SBM-10: 10th International Symposium on Biological Monitoring
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Naples, Italy
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02.10.2017 - 04.10.2017
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EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Seeing is Believing - Imaging the Processes of Life
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Heidelberg, Germany
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03.10.2017 - 07.10.2017
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CE and FFE forum
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Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT, Karlsruhe-berghausen, Germany
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04.10.2017 - 06.10.2017
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VACANCIES
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EVISA provides information about open positions for Ph.D. students, PostDocs and permanent staff in the field of speciation. Looking to fill a vacancy or needing a new career challenge? Either way this service is FREE. Many laboratories and research facilities (from Greenland to Crete) have already found their highly educated stuff through this service by EVISA. If you would like to post an open position here, please contact us at info@speciation.net !
Doctorates
Postdoctoral
NYU: Trace element characterization of environmental samples
New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD ) is searching to fill a full-time postdoctoral position in its isotope facility for a minimum of one year, expecting the opportunity to continue for two-three years.
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CEA-Saclay (Paris, France): Development of a dedicated microsystem for the selective capture of uranium-target proteins in a cell line
A Post-doctoral position is open in the Department of Physical Chemistry at CEA-Saclay (10-20 km near Paris).
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Brooks Applied Labs: Post-Doc Position for Research Chemist
Brooks Applied Labs (BAL), an analytical laboratory in the Seattle area specializing in trace metals analysis and speciation, has a unique post-doc opportunity available. This position offers the opportunity to work in a commercial laboratory while pursuing individual research related to the analytical chemistry of metals and methods for the speciation of metals.
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Other
AGILENT: Application Engineer
Agilent is seeking an enthusiastic, people-oriented pre-sales Application Scientist. You will closely work with the sales organization across EMEA.
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DIRECTORY
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EVISA's directory of scientist is a versatile tool to facilitate contact with scientists in the field of speciation and related sciences. The directory is fully searchable for names, addresses, research topics etc. You should bookmark this directory as an always up-to-date address book. (In order to hinder SPAM robots for collecting the E-mail accounts, we hide them in a special format).
More than 280 active scientists in the field of speciation analysis already joined the directory. Join this great directory that is extensively linked to all type of other information on this site, such as homepages, conferences and literature.
If your entry is still missing in this directory, please contact us at info@speciation.net.
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LINKS
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EVISA provides an easy access to external information. Our database contains more than 2750 links to relevant information from numerous top scientific resources spread over the whole Web. The database is searchable both via full-text and categories such as elements, type of species and type of information. We are permanently updating our links section.
If your web site is missing here, please e-mail your link information to info@speciation.net.
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