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Dulio, V., van Bavel, B., Brorström-Lundén, E., Harmsen, J., Hollender, J., Schlabach, M., Slobodnik, J., Thomas, K., & Koschorreck, J. (2018). Emerging pollutants in the EU: 10 years of NORMAN in support of environmental policies and regulations. Environmental sciences Europe, 30(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-018-0135-3
Dulio, Valeria, et al. "Emerging pollutants in the EU: 10 years of NORMAN in support of environmental policies and regulations." Environmental sciences Europe vol. 30,1 (2018): 5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-018-0135-3
Dulio V, van Bavel B, Brorström-Lundén E, Harmsen J, Hollender J, Schlabach M, Slobodnik J, Thomas K, Koschorreck J. Emerging pollutants in the EU: 10 years of NORMAN in support of environmental policies and regulations. Environ Sci Eur. 2018;30(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s12302-018-0135-3. Epub 2018 Feb 22. PMID: 29568720; PMCID: PMC5846969.
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Environ Sci Eur. 2018;30(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s12302-018-0135-3. Epub 2018 Feb 22.

Emerging pollutants in the EU: 10 years of NORMAN in support of environmental policies and regulations.

Environmental sciences Europe

Valeria Dulio, Bert van Bavel, Eva Brorström-Lundén, Joop Harmsen, Juliane Hollender, Martin Schlabach, Jaroslav Slobodnik, Kevin Thomas, Jan Koschorreck

Affiliations

  1. 1INERIS, National Institute for Environment and Industrial Risks, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
  2. 2NIVA, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway.
  3. 3IVL, Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
  4. Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
  5. 5Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
  6. 6NILU, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway.
  7. 7Environmental Institute, Kos, Slovakia.
  8. 8UBA, Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany.

PMID: 29568720 PMCID: PMC5846969 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-018-0135-3

Abstract

In 2005, the European Commission funded the NORMAN project to promote a permanent network of reference laboratories and research centers, including academia, industry, standardization bodies, and NGOs. Since then, NORMAN has (i) facilitated a more rapid and wide-scope exchange of data on the occurrence and effects of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), (ii) improved data quality and comparability via validation and harmonization of common sampling and measurement methods (chemical and biological), (iii) provided more transparent information and monitoring data on CECs, and (iv) established an independent and competent forum for the technical/scientific debate on issues related to emerging substances. NORMAN plays a significant role as an independent organization at the interface between science and policy, with the advantage of speaking to the European Commission and other public institutions with the "bigger voice" of more than 70 members from 20 countries. This article provides a summary of the first 10 years of the NORMAN network. It takes stock of the work done so far and outlines NORMAN's vision for a Europe-wide collaboration on CECs and sustainable links from research to policy-making. It contains an overview of the state of play in prioritizing and monitoring emerging substances with reference to several innovative technologies and monitoring approaches. It provides the point of view of the NORMAN network on a burning issue-the regulation of CECs-and presents the positions of various stakeholders in the field (DG ENV, EEA, ECHA, and national agencies) who participated in the NORMAN workshop in October 2016. The main messages and conclusions from the round table discussions are briefly presented.

Keywords: Contaminants of emerging concern; Emerging substances; Environmental monitoring; NORMAN network; Science-to-policy

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