Berlin statement on legacy and emerging contaminants in polar regions
Polar regions should be given greater consideration with respect to the monitoring, risk assessment, and management of potentially harmful chemicals, consistent with requirements of the precautionary principle. Protecting the vulnerable polar environments requires (i) raising political and public aw...
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ftempa:oai:dora:empa_34625 2023-06-06T11:43:06+02:00 Berlin statement on legacy and emerging contaminants in polar regions Ebinghaus, Ralf Barbaro, Elena Bengtson Nash, Susan de Avila, Cristina de Wit, Cynthia A. Dulio, Valeria Felden, Janine Franco, Antonio Gandrass, Juergen Grotti, Marco Herata, Heike Hughes, Kevin A. Jartun, Morten Joerss, Hanna Kallenborn, Roland Koschorreck, Jan Küster, Anette Lohmann, Rainer Wang, Zhanyun MacLeod, Matthew Pugh, Rebecca Rauert, Caren Slobodnik, Jaroslav Sühring, Roxana Vorkamp, Katrin Xie, Zhiyong 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138530 eng eng Elsevier Chemosphere--Chemosphere--journals:536--0045-6535 empa:34625 doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138530 scopus: 2-s2.0-85151518276 pmid: 37001758 journal id: journals:536 issn: 0045-6535 polar regions contamination legacy pollutants chemicals of emerging concern (CECs) Arctic Antarctica Journal Article Text 2023 ftempa https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138530 2023-04-16T23:48:43Z Polar regions should be given greater consideration with respect to the monitoring, risk assessment, and management of potentially harmful chemicals, consistent with requirements of the precautionary principle. Protecting the vulnerable polar environments requires (i) raising political and public awareness and (ii) restricting and preventing global emissions of harmful chemicals at their sources. The Berlin Statement is the outcome of an international workshop with representatives of the European Commission, the Arctic Council, the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), environmental specimen banks, and data centers, as well as scientists from various international research institutions. The statement addresses urgent chemical pollution issues in the polar regions and provides recommendations for improving screening, monitoring, risk assessment, research cooperation, and open data sharing to provide environmental policy makers and chemicals management decision-makers with relevant and reliable contaminant data to better protect the polar environments. The consensus reached at the workshop can be summarized in just two words: "Act now!" Specifically, "Act now!" to reduce the presence and impact of anthropogenic chemical pollution in polar regions by. •Establishing participatory co-development frameworks in a permanent multi-disciplinary platform for Arctic-Antarctic collaborations and establishing exchanges between the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) of the Arctic Council and the Antarctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AnMAP) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) to increase the visibility and exchange of contaminant data and to support the development of harmonized monitoring programs. •Integrating environmental specimen banking, innovative screening approaches and archiving systems, to provide opportunities for improved assessment of contaminants to protect polar regions. Article in Journal/Newspaper AMAP Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Council Arctic monitoring and assessment program Arctic SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research DORA Empa Antarctic Arctic The Antarctic Chemosphere 327 138530 |
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Polar regions should be given greater consideration with respect to the monitoring, risk assessment, and management of potentially harmful chemicals, consistent with requirements of the precautionary principle. Protecting the vulnerable polar environments requires (i) raising political and public awareness and (ii) restricting and preventing global emissions of harmful chemicals at their sources. The Berlin Statement is the outcome of an international workshop with representatives of the European Commission, the Arctic Council, the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), environmental specimen banks, and data centers, as well as scientists from various international research institutions. The statement addresses urgent chemical pollution issues in the polar regions and provides recommendations for improving screening, monitoring, risk assessment, research cooperation, and open data sharing to provide environmental policy makers and chemicals management decision-makers with relevant and reliable contaminant data to better protect the polar environments. The consensus reached at the workshop can be summarized in just two words: "Act now!" Specifically, "Act now!" to reduce the presence and impact of anthropogenic chemical pollution in polar regions by. •Establishing participatory co-development frameworks in a permanent multi-disciplinary platform for Arctic-Antarctic collaborations and establishing exchanges between the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) of the Arctic Council and the Antarctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AnMAP) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) to increase the visibility and exchange of contaminant data and to support the development of harmonized monitoring programs. •Integrating environmental specimen banking, innovative screening approaches and archiving systems, to provide opportunities for improved assessment of contaminants to protect polar regions. |
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Ebinghaus, Ralf Barbaro, Elena Bengtson Nash, Susan de Avila, Cristina de Wit, Cynthia A. Dulio, Valeria Felden, Janine Franco, Antonio Gandrass, Juergen Grotti, Marco Herata, Heike Hughes, Kevin A. Jartun, Morten Joerss, Hanna Kallenborn, Roland Koschorreck, Jan Küster, Anette Lohmann, Rainer Wang, Zhanyun MacLeod, Matthew Pugh, Rebecca Rauert, Caren Slobodnik, Jaroslav Sühring, Roxana Vorkamp, Katrin Xie, Zhiyong |
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Ebinghaus, Ralf Barbaro, Elena Bengtson Nash, Susan de Avila, Cristina de Wit, Cynthia A. Dulio, Valeria Felden, Janine Franco, Antonio Gandrass, Juergen Grotti, Marco Herata, Heike Hughes, Kevin A. Jartun, Morten Joerss, Hanna Kallenborn, Roland Koschorreck, Jan Küster, Anette Lohmann, Rainer Wang, Zhanyun MacLeod, Matthew Pugh, Rebecca Rauert, Caren Slobodnik, Jaroslav Sühring, Roxana Vorkamp, Katrin Xie, Zhiyong |
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Berlin statement on legacy and emerging contaminants in polar regions |
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