FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
Food safety and soil quality:
from concepts to practical
applications
Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) &
Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 12th October 2011
LOCATION: Anfiteatro do Dep. de Geociências – Univ. de Aveiro
This one-afternoon workshop aims to provide
knowledge on the impact of soil contamination on feed
and food quality and to discuss tools to assess trophic
transfer of potentially toxic elements and to evaluate
human exposure
Program
14:00-14:30h: Eduarda Pereira (Universidade de Aveiro) - Mercury in contaminated sites:
trophic transfer and human exposure
14:30-15:00h: Sónia Rodrigues (Universidade de Aveiro) - Soil – plant – animal transfer models
to improve soil protection guidelines: a case study from Portugal
15:00-15:30h: Paula Alvarenga (Escola Superior Agrária - Instituto Politécnico de Beja) - Effect
of amendments and a plant cover on the immobilization/mobilization of trace
elements in a mine-contaminated soil
15:30-16:30h: Paul Römkens (Alterra-Wageningen UR) - Food safety and soil quality: casestudies from Europe and Asia
16:30-16:50h: Coffee-break
16:50-17:30h: Paul Römkens - Demo of the CSOIL model (Dutch exposure model for human risk
assessment of soil contamination) and “hands-on” exercise
17:30-18:00h: Debate
Organizing Committee
Eduarda Pereira
Sónia Rodrigues
Cláudia Coelho
Nuno Cruz
Registration
Participation is free of charge but a registration is required.
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Registration deadline: 6 October 2011
Registration should be addressed to:
Clarisse Soares
CESAM- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies
University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
Mail: [email protected]
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For updated information on this workshop, please go to:
http://www.cesam-ua.pt
This workshop is part of dissemination activities of Project “Refª FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER014149” (FCT PTDC/AGR-PRO/114956/2009) financed by FEDER funding through the
“Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade – COMPETE” and by Portuguese National
funding through FCT – “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia”