Polycyclic musk
compounds in point sources and related recipients
22 September 2009 -
In this screening investigation six polycyclic
musk compounds have been analysed in wastewater
and sewage sludge from five municipal wastewater
treatment plants (WWTP) in Denmark, together
with water and sediment from the relative
recipients.
Galaxolide and tonalide
had the highest concentrations in all investigated
media. This corresponds to the high concentrations
of these two compounds in consumer products.
About 10-20% of the
polycyclic musk compounds in the WWTP inflow
were found in the outflow water. The major
part of the compounds present in the inflow
water was adsorbed to the sewage sludge.
Polycyclic musk compounds
were also found in marine and fresh surface
water and sediment in the five investigated
recipients. The concentrations of galaxolide
and tonalid found in surface and marine
water, as well as in sediment, were in the
range 10 to 100 times lower than PNEC values
(Predicted No Effect Concentration).
On the basis of this
investigation it can be concluded that the
measured concentrations of galaxolide and
tonalide do not represent a risk for the
aquatic organisms in the investigated recipients.
Contact: Senior scientist Rossana Bossi
Muskstoffer i punktkilder
og i det akvatiske miljø. NOVANA
screeningsundersøgelse. Bossi, R.,
Bügel Mogensen, B. og Johansen, E.
2009. Danmarks Miljøundersøgelser,
Aarhus Universitet. 31 s.- Arbejdsrapport
fra DMU nr. 255.
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Mette Termansen, Professor
in Environmental Economics
30 September 2009 -
With effect from 1 October 2009 Mette Termansen
is employed as Research Professor in Environmental
Economics at the National Environmental
Research Institute (NERI), Aarhus University.
Mette Termansen comes from a post as Senior
Lecturer & Director of the Sustainability
Research Institute (SRI), School of Earth
and Environment, University of Leeds, UK.
Mette Termansen has
a Master’s in Forestry (Royal Veterinary
and Agricultural University, Copenhagen)
and in Environmental Economics (York). She
has a PhD in Environmental Economics from
the University of York (2001).
Mette Termansen’s professional
career has unfolded in England, first at
the University of York and since as director
and lecturer at the Sustainability Research
Institute (SRI), School of Earth and Environment
at the University of Leeds.
As professor in Environmental
Economics at NERI, Mette Termansen will
be working on developing the Environmental
Economics research field in Denmark and
in particular the scientific development
of interdisciplinary methodologies relating
to Environmental Economics.
Mette Termansen’s inaugural lecture will
be announced at a later date.
