Concept: An acknowledged need among Northeast state and federal agencies, interstate organizations, and academic institutions to elevate the visibility and dissemination of critical research to ensure that the best available scientific information is used to establish priorities and make management decisions regarding water resources in the Northeast.
Goal: To advance the interpretation and application of the science into policy and regulations, risk assessments, green chemistry movements, as well as identifying future research needs.
Science to Inform Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Product Management, April 27-29, 2011, Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland, Maine
The focus of the 2011 conference was to help Northeast states make informed decisions regarding their policy and management.
Risk Communication Practices to Address the Quandary of Pharmaceuticals, Endocrine Disruptors, and Emerging Contaminants
Lisa Ragain, Aqua Vitae
An Approach to Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Water
John Wathen, U.S. EPA Headquarters
Best Management Practices for Unused Pharmaceuticals
Justin Pimpare, U.S. EPA Region 1
Emerging Contaminants in the Environment: An Overview of Source-to-Receptor Research by the USGS
TOXICS Program
Paul Bradley, USGS
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities as a Source of Pharmaceuticals to Wastewater
Patrick Phillips, USGS
Preliminary Characterization of the Pharmaceutical Content of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Leachate
Richard S. Behr, ME Department of Environmental Protection
Landfill Disposal of Unused Medicines Reduces Surface Water Releases
Douglas S. Finan, GlaxoSmithKline
Understanding Septic Systems in Light of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products
Andrews Tolman, Maine CDC Drinking Water Program
Combined Sewer Outflows as a Source of Hormones to Surface Water
Patrick Phillips, USGS
Organic Wastewater Compounds in Public and Private Drinking Water Wells Impacted by Septic Systems
on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Laurel Schaider, Silent Spring Institute
The Effects of a 30-Day In-Situ Exposure to Groundwater Bacterial Communities to Sub-Therapeutic
Concentrations of Sulfamethoxazole
Lisa Reynolds Fogarty, USGS
Antibiotic Resistance in Massachusetts Bay
Karen Lachmayr, Harvard University
Novel Fluorescence Spectroscopic Method to Quantify Trace PPCP Mixtures in Water Samples
James Killarney, University of Maine
The EPA Pilot Study of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Fish Tissue
John B. Wathen, U.S. EPA Headquarters, Office of Water
Biological Impacts of EDCs in a Highly Effluent-Dominated River in New England
Katrina Kipp, U.S. EPA Region 1
Hermaphrodites in Your Backyard: The Landscape Ecology of Amphibian Intersex
David Skelly, Yale University
Potential for Biodegradation of PPCPs in Streams
Paul Bradley, USGS
Microconstituents in Biosolids: Update on the Science
Ned Beecher, North East Biosolids and Residuals Association
Assessing Selected PPCP Removals from Various Enhanced Biofiltration Schemes
Adria Fichter, University of New Hampshire
Trends in Organic Wastewater Compound Concentrations at Four New York Wastewater Treatment Plant
Effluents, 2003 – 2010
Tia-Marie Stevens, USGS
Hormones, Pharmaceutical Compounds, and Estrogenicity in New York Wastewater Effluents
Anne Ernst, USGS
Advanced Oxidation Processes and Reverse Osmosis Treatment of Pharmaceutical in a Municipal
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Patrick Phillips, USGS and Darcy Sachs, O’Brien & Gere
Green Chemistry, Drug Therapy, and Design for Degradation Innovations to Reduce the Quantity of
Drugs Entering the Environment
Richard Williams, Environmental Science & Green Chemistry Consulting, LLC
Product Stewardship and Pharmaceuticals
Sierra Fletcher, Product Stewardship Institute
Unwanted Medicines and Educating our Communities: Experiences from the Great Lake States
Shelley Cabrera and Laura Kammin, Illinois – Indiana Sea Grant
Pharmaceutical Stewardship: Proper Disposal of Unwanted or Expired Medications with a Focus on the
Aging Population
Marjorie Copeland, U.S. EPA Headquarters
| Nicholas Anastas | MA DEP |
| Denise Argue | USGS NH-VT |
| Marcel Belaval | EPA Region 1 |
| Priscilla Bloomfield | CH2M Hill |
| Jessica Cajigas | NEIWPCC |
| Octavia Conerly | EPA HQ |
| Jaclyn Harrison | NEIWPCC |
| Brandon Kernen | NH DES |
| Susy King | NEIWPCC |
| Ken Kosinski | NYS DEC |
| Bill McDowell | UNH |
| Scott Stoner | NYS DEC |
| Susan Sullivan | NEIWPCC |
| Andy Tolman | ME DHHS |
| Lloyd Wilson | NYS DOH |
The focus of the 2007 conference was to examine the state of high-quality, timely, and relevant scientific information and research.
Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Contaminants
Rolf U. Halden, Ph.D., P.E., Johns Hopkins University
Pharmaceuticals and Other Emerging Contaminants in Water Resources: Trends and Observations at National and Watershed Scales
Edward T. Furlong, Ph.D., USGS, National Water Quality Laboratory
Contaminants of Emerging Concern: U.S. EPA Office of Water’s Perspective
Octavia D. Conerly, MSPH, U.S. EPA Headquarters, Office of Water
A Survey of the New York City Watershed for Selected Pharmaceuticals
Lloyd Wilson, NYS Department of Health
Organic Wastewater Contaminants in the Lake Champlain Basin
Patrick Phillips, USGS
Transport and Fate of Antidepressant Pharmaceuticals in Municipal Wastewater and Receiving Waters Including the Northeastern United States
Edward T. Furlong, USGS, National Water Quality Laboratory (on behalf of Melissa Schultz, College of Wooster)
Fate and Transport of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) and Pharmaceuticals & Personal Care Products (PPCPs): Comparison of Waste Treatment and Research in NC Upper Neuse River Basin. (Download the presentation handout.)
Barbara Hartley Grimes, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products as Indicators of Sewage Contamination in Urban Streams
Marcus Waldron, USGS
Contamination of Surface Ponds on Cape Cod, MA, by EDCs and Pharmaceuticals from Septic-Contaminated Groundwater
Laurel J. Standley, Silent Spring Institute
Occurrence and Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Select Michigan Waters
Amy Perbeck, MI Department of Environmental Quality
Biological Effects of Synthetic Estrogens in Wastewater Treatment Effluent
Emily Notch, University of Maine
Investigating the Presence of and Effects from Endocrine Disrupting Compounds within the Mainstem of the Ohio River
Erich Emery, ORSANCO
Natural and Synthetic Estrogenic Hormones in the United States Northeast Coastal Environment – Occurrence and Analytical Challenges
Yuegang Zuo, UMass Dartmouth
Characterization of Potential Risk for Several Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients: A Case Study of the Merrimack River
John Samuelian, AMEC
Potential for Effects of PPCPs in the Great Lakes Environment
Joanne Parrott, Environment Canada
Environmental Risk Assessment for Pharmaceuticals: Establishing a Methodology to Evaluate Population-Derived Pollutants
Robert DeMott, ENVIRON International
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Other Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Technologies
Marc Mills, U.S. EPA ORD-NRMRL
Concentrations and Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds at Three Wastewater Plants in New York State
Patrick Phillips, USGS
Investigating Treatment Effects on Targeted Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
Nicholas Anastas, MA Department of Environmental Protection
David Reckhow, UMass Amherst
Evaluating the Removal of Pharmaceuticals and Other Organic Compounds through Conventional Drinking Water Treatments (Study 2; Study 3)
Paul Stackelberg, USGS
Effectiveness of Selected Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems in Removing Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products
Marc Zimmerman, USGS
Fate of Estrogens at Wastewater Treatment Plants and their Control
Rominder Suri, Villanova University
Behavior of Endocrine-Active Compounds through Municipal Wastewater and Sludge Treatment Processes
James L. Gray, USGS
Iron-TAML Activators: Effective Green Chemistry Catalysts for the Oxidative Decomposition of PPCPs
Terry Collins, Carnegie Mellon University
Trace Contaminants of Emerging Concern in a Pilot Water Reclamation System for Groundwater Replenishment
Kathleen Esposito, Metcalf & Eddy
Removal of Estrone from Water by Adsorption on Zeolites with Regeneration by UV Photolysis
Robert W. Thompson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Product Stewardship: Mail-In and One-Day Collections
Ann Pistell, ME Department of Environmental Protection
Use of the US EPA’s High Production Volume Information System to Identify Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic Chemicals Used in Personal Care Products
Mary Lee Haughwout, WI Department of Health and Family Services
Can Drug Delivery Be a Possible Solution to the Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Problem?
Berkeley W. Cue, Jr., Consultant/Former Head of Research for Pfizer Pharmaceutical
Minnesota’s Healthcare Hazardous Waste Initiative
Rebecca Walter, MN Pollution Control Agency
A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Take-Back Program for New York State
Michael Dobis, Albany College of Pharmacy
| Brandon Kernen | NH DES |
| Octavia Conerly | U.S. EPA HQ, Office of Water |
| Hilary Snook | EPA Region I |
| Nicholas Anastas | MA DEP |
| John Peckenham | ME Water Resources Research Center |
| Heather Pembrook | VT DEC, Water Quality Division |
| Patrick Phillips | US Geological Survey |
| Sarah Dorner | MA Water Resources Research Center, UMass Amherst |
| William McDowell | NH Water Resources Research Center |
| Lloyd Wilson | NYS DOH |
| Patrick Palmer | NYS DOH |
| Scott Stoner | NYS DEC |
| Sarah Peters | NEIWPCC |
| Susy King | NEIWPCC |
| Terri Goldberg | NEWMOA |
