123rd General Meeting of the KCS

Type Symposium
Area Research Trends in Emerging Contaminants
Room No. Room 203
Time THU 17:20-17:50
Code ENVR-4
Subject Suspect and non-target screening using LC-HRMS for identification and prioritization of emerging contaminants
Authors Junho Jeon
Department of Environmental Engineering, Changwon National University, Korea
Abstract In EU, environmental quality standard directive along with water frame directive established a watch list mechanism to support the prioritization of emerging contaminants. The prioritizing processes mainly include risk assessment and monitoring data abundance/quality check. For successful management of emerging contaminants, research parties providing reliable monitoring data are mandatory to support the update and review of the watch list. Advanced analytical techniques can detect contaminants occurring at trace levels. In addition, highly sensitive and selective analytical instruments and the associated screening approach such as suspect and nontarget screening methods enable identifications of unknown/newly occurring contaminants which are of strong candidates for the list in the future. For a preferred example of the parties, NORMAN, network of laboratories and research centres sharing not only monitoring data, but also newly developed analytical methods, has significantly contributed to the prioritization process by providing reliable data on occurrences and concentration of emerging pollutants. The prioritization system with watch list and the relevant association supporting the whole process in EU are benchmarkable for the management of CECs occurring in watersheds, Korea
E-mail jjh0208@changwon.ac.kr