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Issue 3 of JEM just published

01 Mar 2012

Issue 3 front cover On the outside front cover of JEM Issue 3 is a HOT article from William Cullen et al. reporting on the arsenic speciation in freshwater snails from Pender Island and Vancouver Island in Canada. Little is currently known about arsenic speciation and its life cycle variation in freshwater snails, which are an important food source for many creatures including fish and birds, and are occasionally consumed by humans.

Arsenic speciation in freshwater snails and its life cycle variation
Vivian W.-M. Lai, Katerina Kanaki, Spiros A. Pergantis, William R. Cullen and Kenneth J. Reimer
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM10764C

On the inside front cover is a HOT article from Alexandra Steffen and colleagues from Environment Canada and the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) at the University of Illinois, reporting on a comparison of their data quality control protocols for the measurement of atmospheric mercury species. The protocols RDMQ™ and AMQC were developed independently by Environment Canada and the NADP respectively, and have been assessed by the criteria on which the data is quality controlled and comparability of the final data products.

A comparison of data quality control protocols for atmospheric mercury speciation measurements
Alexandra Steffen, Tina Scherz, Mark Olson, David Gay and Pierrette Blanchard
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM10735J

This issue also features the following HOT articles:

Exposure assessment of tetrafluoroethylene and ammonium perfluorooctanoate 1951–2002
Anne Sleeuwenhoek and John W. Cherrie
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM10930A

Comparison of DNA extraction methodologies used for assessing fungal diversity via ITS sequencing
William R. Rittenour , Ju-Hyeong Park , Jean M. Cox-Ganser , Donald H. Beezhold and Brett J. Green
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM10779A

Read the rest of Issue 3 here

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Have you seen our collection of review articles? Topics discussed range from nanomaterials in the environment to climate change

09 Jan 2012

During 2011 we published a number of topical reviews on a wide range of topics by expert researchers in their fields. We’ve collected some of them below but take a look here for the whole list, we hope you’ll find something interesting in your area.

The release of engineered nanomaterials to the environment
Fadri Gottschalk and Bernd Nowack

Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in the aquatic environment: a review of their occurrence and fate
Lutz Ahrens

Relationship of polychlorinated biphenyls with type 2 diabetes and hypertension
Charles Jay Everett, Ivar Frithsen and Marty Player

Global climate change and contaminants—an overview of opportunities and priorities for modelling the potential implications for long-term human exposure to organic compounds in the Arctic
James M. Armitage, Cristina L. Quinn and Frank Wania

Persistent organic pollutants in Antarctica: current and future research priorities
Susan Bengtson Nash

The antibacterial effects of engineered nanomaterials: implications for wastewater treatment plants
Ndeke Musee, Melusi Thwala and Nomakhwezi Nota

Molecular-level methods for monitoring soil organic matter responses to global climate change
Xiaojuan Feng and Myrna J. Simpson

If you have an idea for a review article that hasn’t been covered and you would like to see included, contact the Editorial Office – we’d love to hear from you.

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Meet our Editorial Board: Jon Ayres

09 Jan 2012

Jon Ayres is Professor of Environmental & Respiratory Medicine at the University of Birmingham and a respiratory physician. He has advised the Government and a variety of learned societies on air pollution and health issues related to the environment for a number of years. His clinical interests are focussed on occupational and environmental lung disease and his research is directed towards understanding the health effects of indoor and outdoor air pollution and the health risks of nanomaterial exposure.

“The only way we can understand the true risks from exposure to environmental hazards is to construct robust exposure–response functions for a range of exposure–outcome pairings. This is somewhat easier for outcomes which follow closely on exposures but much harder for those where the relevant exposures precede outcomes by long periods of time. We therefore have to define better ways of determining those exposures in objective rather than subjective ways – a huge challenge!”

– Jon Ayres

Professor Ayres’ expertise covers the “Exposure and Impacts” category of the scope of JEM. For Board members covering other areas of our scope check out the profile article of our Editorial Board.

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Only 7 days left to nominate for the Environment, Sustainability & Energy Prizes and Awards

09 Jan 2012

Our Prizes and Awards recognise achievements by individuals in advancing the chemical sciences. Do you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the chemical sciences in the areas of environment, sustainability, energy or toxicology?

Environment, Sustainability & Energy Prizes and Awards being presented in 2012 are:

Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
Corday-Morgan Prizes
Tilden Prizes
Centenary Prizes
Interdisciplinary Prizes
Beilby Medal and Prize
Green Chemistry Award
Sustainable Water Award
John Jeyes Award

Showcase inspiring science and gain the recognition deserved – Nominate now

Closing date for nominations is Sunday 15 January 2012

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JEM Issue 1 just published! Meet our new Chair and Editorial Board

05 Jan 2012

Welcome to the first issue of the new year!

In 2012 we welcome a new Chair to our Editorial Board, Frank Wania, University of Toronto and thank Professor Deborah Swackhamer for all her work as previous Chair. Read Professor Wania’s Editorial for his ambitions for the journal as “the periodical of choice for cutting-edge research on environmental processes and impacts“.

We have also seen changes to our Editorial Board this year, take a look at this profile article for our new line-up of stellar environmental scientists.

Also in this issue is our regular Environmental Digest from Mike Sharpe which has undergone a revamp for the new year and many hot articles including ultracentrifugation for environmental virus recovery, the effects of residual antibiotics in groundwater on antibiotic resistance and polar bear teeth for biomonitoring.

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Reggae reggae source

23 Dec 2011

The festival can lead to ammonium levels in the nearby river increasing 210-fold

Here’s a quirky fact. It turns out that a major river polluter in Sweden is the Uppsala Reggae Festival!

Over three days each August, 10,000 reggae-lovers converge on the shores of the River Fyris in Uppsala. Sounds like fun for the festival-goers, but not so much for the fish. You see, at the first sign of rain the contents of the urine soaked festival field get washed into the river (toilet facilities can’t be all that good). If that wasn’t bad enough, any drugs taken by festival-goers (lots of painkillers) are excreted in their urine and end up in the river too. And these biologically active compounds have been known to have an adverse effect on aquatic organisms.

Tests showed that the festival can temporarily result in a higher pharmaceutical input (about 3.4 times greater) into the river than the wastewater treatment plant downstream! But only if it rains.

The recommendation for next year’s festival? Better toilet facilities! I would definitely recommend packing wellies if you’re thinking of going though.

Elinor Richards

Original article posted on the Chemistry World blog

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Nominations for the 2012 RSC Prizes and Awards now open

05 Dec 2011

Nominations for the 2012 RSC Prizes and Awards close on the 15 January 2012

Our Prizes and Awards represent the dedication and outstanding achievements and are a platform to showcase inspiring science to gain the recognition deserved. Don’t forget to nominate colleagues who have made a significant contribution to advancing the chemical sciences.

View our full list of Prizes and Awards and use the online system to nominate a colleague.

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JEM now publishing Accepted Manuscripts

09 Nov 2011

Journal of Environmental Monitoring now offers you the chance to publish your accepted article as an Accepted Manuscript. This means that your research is available, in citable form, to the community even more rapidly. Find out more …

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On the cover: mapping mercury in snow

06 Oct 2011

On the cover of Issue 10 is Frank Wania’s hot article on mapping the fate of mercury in artificial snow, under carefully controlled laboratory conditions.

Mercury fate in ageing and melting snow: Development and testing of a controlled laboratory system
Erin Mann, Torsten Meyer, Carl P. J. Mitchell and Frank Wania

The issue also contains the regular item from Mike Sharpe on the latest news from industry, legislation and the literature, and news from China from our Associate Editor, Liang-Hong Guo.

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RSC e-membership launched

02 Sep 2011

This week, the RSC launched a new product, RSC e-membership, allowing anyone to access an electronic version of Chemistry World through a MyRSC account and to enjoy the benefits of electronic networking via this professional online community for £20/year.

Subscribers to this do not benefit from the professional recognition or any of the other many services and discounts available to RSC Members, but it allows chemists from around the world, many already members of another chemical society in their own country, to benefit from the highly-esteemed content in Chemistry World and the networking opportunities offered from MyRSC, which now stands at over 11,000 members. The RSC e-membership also allows subscribers to join a virtual specialist interest group on MyRSC. If you are interested in joining, please visit www.rsc.org/emembership.

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Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Issue 3 of JEM just published

Have you seen our collection of review articles? Topics discussed range from nanomaterials in the environment to climate change

Meet our Editorial Board: Jon Ayres

Only 7 days left to nominate for the Environment, Sustainability & Energy Prizes and Awards

JEM Issue 1 just published! Meet our new Chair and Editorial Board

Reggae reggae source

Nominations for the 2012 RSC Prizes and Awards now open

JEM now publishing Accepted Manuscripts

On the cover: mapping mercury in snow

RSC e-membership launched

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