Biomonitoring involves measurement of chemicals in biological matrices including human tissues. It has been shown to be an excellent approach to quantify the exposure to a wide range of chemicals. Biomonitoring studies routinely revealed novel, and sometimes surprising, information about the accumulation of chemicals in living receptors.
The 6th International Workshop on Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Pollution will take place in Çeşme (50 km to the city of İzmir)/Turkey between 15-19 October, 2012.
Attention will be focused on qualitative and quantitative aspects of biomonitoring in all segments of the environment. Topics that will be discussed in the workshop are not limited to biomonitoring for air pollution but include biomonitoring for water pollution, human exposure to environmental pollutants, biodiversity, metabolic responses, and use of biomonitoring for emission source identification. Furthermore, new methodologies and analytical techniques, and the use of geographical information in biomonitoring studies are in the content of this workshop.
The workshop will be of interest not only to specialists in the field but also to people working in regulatory agencies, engineers working for consulting firms and general public interested in environmental issues, particulalry in spatial distribution of pollutants.
Topics of the Workhop are:
-Human biomonitoring and health related studies
-Biomonitoring in water systems
-Monitoring air pollution using different monitors, air quality and biodiversity
-Methodological aspects
-Metabolic responses
-Analytical techniques
-Combination of source profiles and geographical information
The previous workshops of “International Workshop on Biomonitoring of Air Pollution” are listed below and you can reach the detailed information from websites of each workshops.
5th International Workshop on Biomonitoring of Air Pollution (September 20-24, 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina) http://caebis.cnea.gov.ar/biomap5/index.html
4th International Workshop on Biomonitoring of Air Pollution (September 17-22, 2006, Crete, Greece) http://www.biology.uoc.gr/activities/BioMap/BioMap_Location.htm
3rd International Workshop on Biomonitoring of Air Pollution (September 21-25, 2003, Bled, Slovenia) http://www.rcp.ijs.si/biomap/
2nd International Workshop on Biomonitoring of Air Pollution (August 28-September 3, 2000, Azores Islands, Portugal)