On the 6th September, HCWH Europe hosted a one day workshop concerning pharmaceuticals in the environment. Taking place in Brussels, we welcomed over 60 participants from 8 countries and heard from 16 speakers. Here you can find HCWH Europe's position paper on pharmaceuticals in the environment, and the workshop agenda:

Presentations featured in the workshop  are also available below, as well as our workshop report:

The European perspective - where are we now?

•   Study to inform the development of the commission’s strategic approach to pharmaceuticals in the environment
  
• Sarah Lockwood, BIO by Deloitte, France

•  A perspective from the European Parliament
• Axel Singhofen - Advisors to the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament

The scientific evidence - what do we know?

•  Pharmaceuticals in the environment: The Global perspective
• Dr. Tim aus der Beek - IWW Water Centre, Germany

•  Impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment on human health and environmental organisms: A critical overview of the scientific evidence and knowledge gaps
• Thomas Backhaus - University of Gothenburg, Sweden

•  MistraPharma's recommendations for improving environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals
• Marlene Ågerstrand - University of Stockholm, Sweden

National policies -what is being done?

•  The Dutch approach to pharmaceuticals in the environment
• Sandra Mol - The Ministry for the Environment, The Netherlands

•  Swedish activites addressing pharaceuticals in the environment
• Maria Wallin - Chemicals Division, Swedish Ministry of Environment & Energy

Local experiences - practical steps towards reduction

•  Products of transformed pharmaceuticals: Formation and occurence in the urban water cycle
• Thomas Ternes - German Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany

•  Risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in the Danube River Basin
• Jaroslav Slobodník - Environmental Institure, KOS Slovak Republic

•  Sustainable procurement for a sustainable development: The case of Sweden
• Pauline Göthberg - Sustainable procurement, Swedish County Councils and Regions, Sweden

•  Environmental effective treatment and mapping of toxic medicine in hospital wastewater
• Thomas Møller, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark