Aims
Through its internationally recognized membership and project teams, the Division of Chemistry and the Environment (DCE) will provide unbiased and timely authoritative reviews on the behavior of chemical compounds in food and the environment. The DCE will undertake both fundamental and applied evaluations that contribute to solving environmental problems and enhancing the quality of food on a global scale.
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NEWS: Matteo Guidotti has been nominated Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of OPCW
Former Division President Rai Kookana has been awarded by CSIRO with “Lifetime Achievement Award” for 30 years of outstanding research, putting CSIRO at the farefront of research on emerging chemicals of concern for environmental protection in Australia and globally.
Rai Kookana nominated IUPAC delegate at SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research). Click here for more details.
Pictures from the Division Meeting in Paris (July 2019)
HOT PAPERS: Comprehensive framework for human health risk assessment of nanopesticides (Nature nanotechnology, 2021)
Emerging investigator series: nanotechnology to develop novel agrochemicals: critical issues to consider in the global agricultural context (Environmental Science Nano, 2020)
A critical evaluation of nanopesticides and nanofertilizers against their conventional analogues (Nature Nanotechnology, 2018)
Division VI organized four Symposia at the 48th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress (Virtual, August 13-20, 2021) under the Theme “Chemistry for Sustainability”: “Emerging Technologies and Conservation Practices for Sustainable Agriculture and Public Health”, “The Environmental Impact of Fires”, “Sustainable Polymers”, “A Healthy Intake: Environmental Pollutants in Air, Water, Food and their Removal – Coorganized with CIC”
Division VI is organizing two Special Symposia at the next APCE & CECE & ITP Conference (Angkor Wat, Cambodia, November 6-10, 2022): “The Environment, Health and Food Safety Impact of Microplastics” and “Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Environment”.
Division VI organized Symposium 3.5 “Innovative Chemistry for Environmental Enhancement” at the 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress (Paris, July 5-12, 2019)
14th International Congress of Crop Protection Chemistry, Ghent, May 2019 – Movie
46th World Chemistry Congress, 9-14 July 2017, Sao Paulo, Brazil – DCE Poster Award – Pictures (A, B, C, D)
Emeritus Fellows
The Division awards the status of Emeritus Fellow to former members who have made outstanding contributions to IUPAC and, through chemistry in general (see more).
In 2020, Laura Mc Connell has been recognized Emeritus Fellows.
John B. Unsworth and Yehuda Shevah have been awarded Division VI Emeritus Fellows in 2021.
Subcommittees and Commissions
Current Projects
- 2021-027-2-600 - The global scenario and challenges of radioactive waste in the marine environment
- 2021-036-1-500 - LC-MS quantitative method validation and performance: an exemplified guide
- 2021-026-3-600 - The role of mega ports in climate change
- 2021-032-3-600 - Conceptualization of definition and classification for humic substances
- 2021-028-3-600 - Minimising Environmental Impacts of Tyre and Road Wear Particles
- 2021-012-2-400 - Personal Protective Equipment Disposal for the Future
- 2020-020-2-600 - Enhancing capabilities for the mitigation of chemical risk: the dissemination of the Emergency Response Guidebook in Russian-speaking countries
- 2020-019-4-050 - Examples of the introduction of sustainable development as well as green industrial processes for Secondary School Chemistry and Introductory Chemistry
- 2020-016-3-020 - The Gender Gap in Chemistry – Building on the ISC Gender Gap Project
- 2019-026-2-600 - The Environment, Health and Food Safety Impact of Microplastics
- 2019-029-1-600 - Per and polyfluroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the environment: Information for emerging economies on PFASs analyses in environmental media and their impacts on human health
- 2018-039-3-600 - Seabed mining and Blue growth: Exploring the potential of the marine mineral deposits as a sustainable source of Rare Earth Elements (MaREE)
- 2018-013-2-600 - Bioavailability of Endocrine Substances in Aquatic Ecosystems
- 2015-056-3-600 - Glossary of terms used in biochar research
- 2017-035-2-600 - Human Health Risk Consideration of Nano-enabled Pesticides for Industry and Regulators
- 2017-040-1-700 - Chemistry in the classroom
- 2017-005-3-500 - Analytical chemistry of nanomaterials -- critical evaluation
- 2016-016-2-600 - Guidance for Industry and Regulators on Assessment of the Environmental Fate and Risks of Nano-enabled Pesticides
- 2015-025-4-800 - InChI extension for mixture composition
- 2014-026-3-600 - Chemical Speciation of Anthropogenic Nanoparticles
- 2014-032-1-600 - Advances on the Assessment of Pesticides' Soil Microbial toxicity: New research and regulatory aspects in light of the recent methodological advances
- 2014-031-3-600 - The environmental and health challenges of e-waste and its management: an emerging 21st century global concern
- 2014-016-2-200 - Compilation of the variation of the isotopic composition of the elements via crowdsourcing
- 2013-029-2-600 - Inventory of developments in the field of RNAi-based pesticides and potential needs for international harmonization of regulatory safety requirements
Meeting Minutes
- Phone Conference, November 2021 (Full text – pdf 285KB)
- Phone Conference, August 2021 (Full text – pdf 188KB)
- Phone Conference, July 2021 (Full text – pdf 257KB)
- Phone Conference, March 2021 (Full text – pdf 298KB)
- Phone Conference, September 2020 (Full text – pdf 229 KB)
- Phone Conference, March 2020 (Full text – pdf 204 KB)
- Phone Conference, November 2019 (Full text – pdf 117 KB)
- Paris, France, July 2019 (Full text – pdf 397 KB)
- Phone Conference, March 2019 (Full text – pdf 620KB)
- Phone Conference, October 2018 (Full text – pdf 598KB)
- Rome, Italy, May 2018 (Full text – pdf 573KB)
- Phone Conference, February 2018 (Full text – pdf 906 KB)
- Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 2017 (Full text – pdf 381 KB)
- London, UK, May 2016 (Full text – pdf 673KB) – (Picture – jpg 118KB)
- Phone Conference, Feb 2016 (Full text – pdf 1MB)
- Busan, South Korea, August 2015 (Full text – pdf 1MB)
- Phone Conference, Jan 2015 (Full text – pdf 87KB)
- San Francisco, USA, 8-9 August 2014 (Full text – pdf 320KB)
- Istanbul, Turkey, 9-10 August 2013 (Full text – pdf 131KB)
- Phone Conference, Dec 2012 (Full text – pdf 51KB)
- Berlin, Germany, 25-26 May 2012 (Full text – pdf 401KB)
- Phone Conference, Dec 2011 (Full text – pdf 15KB)
- San Juan, Puerto Rico, 29-30 July 2011 (Full text – pdf 126KB)
- Moscow, Russia, 15-16 May 2010 (Full text – pdf 68KB)
Activity Reports
- 2021-2022, by Prof. Roberto Terzano (pdf file – 593 KB)
- 2020-2021 (prepared for Council virtual meeting August 2021) by Prof. Hemda Garelick (pdf 713 KB)
- 2019-2020, by Prof. Hemda Garelick (pdf file – 1MB)
- 2018-2019, by Dr. Rai Kookana (pdf file – 439KB)
- 2017-2018, by Dr. Rai Kookana (pdf file – 577KB)
- 2016-2017, by Prof. Petr S. Fedotov (pdf file – 700KB)
- 2015-2016, by Prof. Petr S. Fedotov (pdf file – 427KB)
- 2014-2015, by Dr. Laura McConnell (pdf file – 71KB)
- 2013-2014, by Dr. Laura McConnell (pdf file – 45KB)
- 2012-2013, by Dr. Laura McConnell (pdf file – 44KB)
- 2011-2012, by Dr. Laura McConnell (pdf file – 44KB)
- 2010-2011, by Prof. Nicola Senesi (pdf file – 39KB)
- 2009-2010, by Prof. Nicola Senesi (pdf file – 41KB)
Publications
- Global occurrence, chemical properties, and ecological impacts of e-wastes (IUPAC Technical Report), 2020, Pure and Applied Chemistry, in press. IUPAC Project 2014-031-3-600 (Task Group Chair D. Purchase) – Full paper
- Interlaboratory comparison of humic substances compositional space as measured by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (IUPAC Technical Report), 2020, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 92, pp. 1447-1467. IUPAC Project 2016-015-2-600 (Task Group Chair I. Perminova) – Full paper
- Guidelines for unequivocal structural identification of compounds with biological activity of significance in food chemistry (IUPAC Technical Report), 2019, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 91, pp. 1417-1437. IUPAC Project 2013-024-2-600 (Task Group Chair R.J. Molyneux) – Full paper
- Recent advances in analysis of trace elements in environmental samples by X-ray based techniques (IUPAC Technical Report), 2019, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 91, pp. 1029-1063. IUPAC Project 2016-019-2-600 (Task Group Chair R. Terzano) – Full paper
- Characterisation of “flushable” and “non-flushable” commercial wet wipes using microRaman, FTIR spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy: to flush or not to flush, 2018, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol. 25, Issue 20, pp. 20268-20279 – Link
- Maritime pollutants in shipping and commercial European ports based on relevant physical and biogeochemical environmental parameters (IUPAC Technical Report), 2015, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 87, pp. 1151-1166. IUPAC Project 2010-028-3-600 (Task Group Chair F. Sakellariadou) – PDF
- The 2nd International Conference on Agrochemicals Protecting Crops, Health and Natural Environment—The Role of Chemistry for Sustainable Agriculture, New Delhi, India, 15–18 February 2012 (see: Unsworth, J. B., Shakil, N. A., Kumar, J., Kleter, G. A. Linders, J. B. H. J., “Agrochemicals,” Chemistry International, Vol. 32, No. 4 July-August 2012 – PDF)
- Bibliography of Technical Publications from the DCE [updated Nov 2012]
Other relevant publications can be found in the Subcommittee webpages: Advisory Committee on Crop Protection Chemistry – Subcommittee on Chemical and Biophysical Processes in the Environment