International workshop on Pellet Watch
International workshop on Pellet Watch was held in Tokyo (TUAT campus) on May 22nd and 23rd. Dr. Lorena M. Rios Mendoza (University of Wisconsin-Superior, USA), Dr. Rosalinda Carmela Montone (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil), Dr. Satie Taniguchi (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil), Dr. Sang Hee Hong (KIOST, Korea), Dr. Hrissi K. Karapanagioti (University of Patras, Greece), Dr. Michail Angelidis (IAEA, Monaco), Dr. Shige Takada (LOG, TUAT, Japan), Dr. Rei Yamashita (LOG, TUAT, Japan) discussed about analysis POPs in pellets and how to integrate their analytical data on global scale. The workshop was financially supported by UNESCO/IOC/GEF (Global Environment Facility) Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP)
http://www.geftwap.org/twap-project
Detection of Benzotriazole UV-stabilizers (BUVSs) in PP pellets from remote island Paper on brominated flame retardants has been published “Pellet watch in the Persian Gulf” has been published in Marine Pollution Bulletin Our paper on pellet watch in the Persian Gulf has been accepted IPW contributed to POPRC.16