Wednesday, 1st September Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Australasia 2021
Plenary Session - Carmel Pollino
8:30AM - 9:15AM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 1 - Plenary
Chairs: Andrew Harford & Gabriella Macoustra
PFAS 1
9:15AM - 10:00AM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 2
Chairs: Timothy Coggan & Tanya Paige
Sponsored by:
- Remaining information gaps for effective management of environmental PFAS - Karl Bowles
- Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment: an approach to define baseline ambient concentrations in relation to land uses - Paul Leahy
- Responding to the PFAS conundrum – a call to action - Andrew Mitchell
Water Quality Guidelines
9:15AM - 10:00AM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 1
Chairs: Andrew Harford & Gabriella Macoustra
- A Simple Tool to Support the Selection of Less Harmful Pesticides in the Sugar Cane Industry - Michael Warne
- International Water Quality Guideline Derivation Methods - Who got it right? - Belinda Goldsworthy
- Derivation of site-specific guideline values for nitrate toxicity in Pilbara receiving waters with high hardness - Rick van Dam
Microplastics 1
9:15AM - 10:00AM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 3
Chairs: Scott Wilson & Hsuan-Cheng Lu
- Microplastics in Homes: The Risk of Exposure and the Potential Consequences - Neda Sharifi-Soltani
- Distribution and characterisation microplastics in water and sediment of constructed wetlands - Hsuan-Cheng Lu
- Microplastic contamination in seafood: A critical review using Australian consumption patterns as a case study - Amanda Dawson
Morning Tea
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Wednesday, 1st September
PFAS 2
10:30AM - 12:30PM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 1
Chairs: Timothy Coggan & Tanya Paige
Sponsored by:
- Influences of Chemical Properties, Soil Properties, and Solution pH on Soil–Water Partitioning Coefficients of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) - Thi Minh Hong Nguyen
- Assessment of the durability of sorptive remediation of soils contaminated with per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances - shervin Kabiri
- Sorption of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Australian soils - Divina Navarro
- Roadside Soil Survey of Baseline Legacy and Emerging PFAS in Rural Victoria, Australia - Damien Moodie
- Soil amendments for reducing PFAS exposure and bioavailability - Albert Juhasz
- Chronic effects and thresholds for estuarine and marine benthic organism exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)-contaminated sediments - Stuart L. Simpson
- Sorption behaviour of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as affected by the properties of coastal estuarine sediments - Divina Navarro
- Airborne PFAS – Where is the risk and do we have the tools to measure and manage it - Timothy Coggan
Water Quality Guidelines, Oil&Gas, Risk Assessment
10:30AM - 12:30PM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 2
Chairs: Andrew Harford & Gabriella Macoustra
- Incorporating pesticide risk into agricultural production simulation enhances analyses of dryland crop rotations in subtropical Australia. - Javier Navarro
- The influence of salinity on the chronic toxicity of unconventional gas flowback and produced waters to freshwater organisms in a risk assessment context. - Lisa A Golding
- Assessing the ecological risk of naturally occurring radioactive materials from subsea oil and gas infrastructure - Darren Koppel
- Effect of DOM concentration and source on the chronic toxicity of copper and nickel mixtures to Chlorella sp. - Gabriella K Macoustra
- Over the fence – Investigating offsite impacts from a landfill. - Timothy Remaili
- Assessment of dispersant impacts when deriving toxicity threshold values for oil spills - Jill Woodworth
Microplastics 2
10:30AM - 12:30PM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 3
Chairs: Scott Wilson & Hsuan-Cheng Lu
- Microplastics affect the antioxidant system of the marine bivalve, Mytilus galloprovincialis - Charlene Trestrail
- Identification of microplastics in surface water and Australian freshwater shrimp Paratya australiensis in Victoria, Australia - Bingxu Nan
- Microplastic contamination of an unconfined groundwater aquifer in Victoria, Australia - Subharthe Samandra
- Leave no trace? Microplastic pollution on recreational trails - Nicola A Forster
- Ingestion and Depuration of Microplastics by a Planktivorous Coral Reef Fish, Pomacentrus amboinensis - Marina Santana
- Investigating the ecotoxicological impacts of microplastic additives towards New Zealand native species - Andrew Barrick
- Quantification effects by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry after photooxidation on the surface of polypropylene microplastics - Tania Toapanta
- Taking CONTROL of microplastics data - Cherie A Motti
Lunch
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Wednesday, 1st September
PFAS 3
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 1
Chairs: Karl Bowles & Rachel Mackie
Sponsored by:
- A determination of background concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in surface waters and sediments in the Greater Melbourne Area - Tanya Paige
- Occurrence and fate of legacy and novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in freshwater after an industrial fire of unknown chemical stockpiles - Jaye Marchiandi
- Toxicological evaluation of perfluoroalkyl substances mixtures in human liver cells - Atinuke Favour AF Ojo
- The Queensland Ambient PFAS Program – spatial and temporal variations of PFAS and implications for air breathing consumers of aquatic organisms. - Suzanne Vardy
- PFAS results from a blind interlaboratory study – are we underestimating what is really out there? - Suzanne Vardy
- The Fate of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Wastewater and Coastal Waters of New Zealand - Swadhina Priyadarshini Lenka
Pesticides
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 2
Chairs: Jackie Myers & Pulasthi Serasinghe
Sponsored by:
- The Queensland Pesticide Reporting Portal - an interactive online platform for publishing pesticide concentration data in the context of ecosystem protection guidelines - Reinier M Mann
- The protection of aquatic ecological values through the identifcation of emerging pesticides: A novel region-specific approach - Pulasthi Serasinghe
- Glyphosate: Assessing the alternatives for vegetation management - Jackie H Myers
- Detecting long temporal trends of photosystem II (PSII) herbicides in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon - Grechel Taucare
- Predicting the Toxicity of Pesticide Mixtures at Multiple Spatial Scales in Waterways of Queensland - Michael StJ Warne
- Assessing the Toxicity of Alternate Herbicides into Catchments of the Great Barrier Reef - Michelle (Shelley) Templeman
Microplastics 3
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 3
Chairs: Cassandra Rauert & Charlene Trestrail
- Determination of microplastics in sewage filter cake using LDIR (Laser Direct Infrared) imaging system - Robert K Symons
- Linking occurrence of tyre road wear particles (TRWP) and tyre additive chemicals in Australian urban stormwater - Cassandra Rauert
- The leaching of plasticisers from microplastics - Alexandra Gulizia
- Quantification of selected microplastics in Australian urban road dust - Stacey O'Brien
Afternoon Tea
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Wednesday, 1st September
Plenary Session - Mark Viant
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 1 - Plenary
Chairs: Sara Long & Georgia Sinclair
Cardno Careers Webinar
4:30PM - 5:30PM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 1
Sponsored by:
Passive sampling technologies in regulatory monitoring for emerging chemicals of concern
4:30PM - 5:30PM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 2
Chairs: Robert Symons & Simon Sharp
- Mysterious leaf loss: using passive air samplers to investigate pesticide spray drift in Central West NSW - Megan Gillmore
- Calibration and application of MPT passive sampling for monitoring of PFAS in wastewater influent and effluent - Rachel Mackie
- Challenges and opportunities for integration of vPICs into water monitoring strategies - Joseph Clokey
- Exploring the potential of passive sampling technologies as a supplementary sampling technique in wastewater-based epidemiology - Rory Verhagen
Omics
4:30PM - 5:30PM
Wednesday, 1st September
Stream 1
Chairs: Sara Long & Georgia Sinclair
- Using non-destructive sampling techniques to detect impacts of metals in the freshwater snail Physa acuta - SARA LONG
- Using Metabolomics to Determine the Ideal Substrate for Aquatic Exposure Experiments in Ecotoxicology - Georgia M. Sinclair
- Changes to the amino acid profile and proteome of the tropical freshwater microalga Chlorella sp. in response to copper stress - Manisha Shakya
- Profiling tissue-specific metabolites in oysters following exposure to estrogenic mixtures - Rafiquel Islam