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Summary
Summary
Scientists, representing the fields of agriculture, biodiversity, ecology epidemiology, medicine, microbiology, public health, toxicology, risk assessment, environmental protection and bioethics from 15 countries and 3 continents came together in May 8-12 2005, in Sofia, Bulgaria to discuss the future of water safety and security. The goals of the workshop included a discussion of the state of the science in identification of new research and approaches for water pollution events and communication of the management of water pollution and sustainability of water resources. Critical to management of accidental and intentional pollution events is the assessment of the risk, an understanding of the hazards and lessons learned from events which may lead to preventative management and control strategies. Public health protection will ultimately be improved by the ability to develop management frameworks which are flexible and adaptable to the specific region, country or watershed problems and concerns and allow for prioritization in the decision making. The integration of scientific information regarding the types of hazards the environmental fate of the chemical/biological, exposure pathways and human and ecosystem impacts may be implemented from both a qualitative or descriptive approach or using a more classical quantitative risk assessment paradigm. Thus the frameworks for assessing the risk and managing the risk may be seen as preventive, early warning and responsive.
Table of Contents
Preface |
Acknowledgements |
Potential Water Quality Problems Posed by Intentional/Accidental InterventionsV. Kambourova |
Quantitative Health Risk Assessment Resulting from Groundwater Contamination of an abandoned open field Chemical Waste Burning SiteG. Dura et al. |
Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Chemical Warfare Agents and Warfare Toxins in drinking WaterH.H. Dieter |
Lessons learned from the Cyanide and Heavy Metal Accidental Water Pollution in the TISA River Basin in the Year 2000F.Laszlo |
Environmental Contamination on Former Military Sites and Hazards to the Drinking Water in Germany Inventory and Health Risk Assessment of Environmental ContaminantsH-M. Mulisch |
Contamination of Water Basins of Armenian by Persistent organic PollutantsA. Alecksandria |
Pesticide Risk Assessment to Protect Aquatic SystemsD. Auteri and M. Mangiarotti |
Identification and Characterization of Biological Risk for WaterJ.B. Rose |
Biological Agents Like Threat Causing ones or Tools for Detecting HazardsA. T+ r+ kn+1/4 |
Microbial Resistance to Chemical Contaminants - an Essential Precondition of Natural Attenuation in Groundwater AquiferZ. Filip and K. Demnerova |
Specific Biological Threats in Western Mediterranean RegionT. Hamid et al. |
Is Environmental Pollution with Polychlorinated Biphenyls a Problem for BulgariaT. Rizoi et al. |
Does Surface Water Treatment need special Measures in the Czech Republic?V. Bencko |
Water Management in Republic of Moldova Principal ThreatsN. Opopol |
Water Management in MoroccoH. Taleb |
The Romanian National Accidental and Intentional Polluted Water Management SystemLiviu G1/4"D. Galatchi |
Risk for Pregnant Women due to Biological and Chemical Pollution of Drinking WaterA. Potapenko |
Chemical Terrorism: Threats to Water SuppliesA. Bernard and C. de Burbure |
Water Frame Directive G¼" an Effective Approach for Pollution Prevention of Water Sources in case of Emergencies at River Basin LevelG. Gopina |
Water Quality Management in Agriculture: The Case of Lombardy G¼" North ItalyC. Riparbelli et al. |
Principles of Chemical Water Safety for Reproductive Health ProtectionO. Sivochalova and S. Plitman |
Maintenance and Improvement of Drinking Water Safety with special regard to its rolein food safetyM.Borsanyi and G. Dura |
Pesticides and Surface Water. The Role of Modeling as a Tool to Manage ContaminationG. Azimonti and G. Triacchini |
Low-Cost Adsorbents for the Removal of Nitrophenols from Waste WatersB. Koumonova and Z. Yaneva |
Actualizing Water Ethics in the Regional Context of the Arab WorldM. Hefny |
Ethical Aspects of Water Pollution and ManagementP. Smalko |
Ensuring Adequate Reaction in Case of extreme Water Pollution through Training and EducationI.S. Bocsan and M.I. Brumbeciu |
Round Table Discussion. Possible Biological Threats for EuropeA. T+ r+ kn+ |
Water Security and the Threats from Biological Agents of ConcernJ.B. Rose |
Findings Conclusions and Recommendations |