Welcome to the 2nd INEF bulletin! Following our highly successful 2016 conference we have a selection of short articles, an interview with Robert Morison, and the latest news on our plans for future INEF activities. This bulletin would not be possible without the support of INEF members, so if you have any articles or information that you wish to share, please let us know.
- David Megson, Editor
(d.megson@mmu.ac.uk)
- David Megson, Editor
(d.megson@mmu.ac.uk)
INEF 2016 Conference Report
INEF's Secretary, Gwen O'Sullivan, gives her account of our 2016 conference.
Interview With an Expert
Dr. Robert Morrison enlightens us with his experiences in environmental forensics.
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Identifying Organic Contaminants in an E-waste Recycling Facility in China
Jonathan D. Byer, Joseph E. Binkley (LECO Corporation) and Kurunthachalam Kannan (New York State Department of Health)
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Microbial Source Tracking to Identify Fecal Pollution Sources in Water
Janis L. Thomas, Susan Weir and Ann-Marie Irwin-Abbey (Ontario Ministry of the
Environment and Climate Change) 
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Admissibility of Expert Evidence in Frye Jurisdictions: An Alternative to Daubert
Allan Kanner (Kanner & Whiteley, LLC)
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Latest News and Upcoming Events
INEF 2016 - Conference Proceedings
Thank you to all those who submitted papers for the 2016 conference proceedings! Accepted articles will be published free of charge in Journal of Environmental Protection shortly.
Congratulations to all of those who won INEF awards at our annual conference, The winners were;
Congratulations to all of those who won INEF awards at our annual conference, The winners were;
- 1st prize of £600 (joint) Filip Bjurlid (The occurrence of brominated dioxins in experiments with various firefighting techniques)
- 1st prize of £600 (joint) Randolph Singh (Using Liquid-Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry in Identifying Transformation Products of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater after Treatment)
- 2nd prize of £200 Christine Schonlau (Ah receptor-mediated activity of chemicals adsorbed to 4 different polymer types deployed in San Diego Bay, CA)
- 3rd prize of £100 Ulrika Erikson (Precursors of Per-and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFASs) in Australian Serum)
INEF committee and prize winners (From left to right; David Megson, Gwen O’Sullivan, Filip Bjurlid, Randolph Singh, Christine Schonlau, Ulrika Erikson, Ingrid Ericson Jogsten, Nadine Benoit, Lotta Sartz and Mike Fowler.
INEF 2017
We are currently finalizing details for INEF 2018. We are delighted to announce that next year’s conference will be chaired by Glenn Johnson and hosted by the University of Utah on June 25 - 2017 10-12, 2017 in Salt Lake City. Further information will be published on the INEF website and distributed by email shortly.
INEF 2019 AND BEYOND
We are currently looking to map out the locations for future INEF conferences and events, if you are interested in hosting a conference or smaller workshop please contact David Megson (d.megson@mmu.ac.uk), Gwen O’Sullivan (gosullivan@mroyal.ca), or Stephen Mudge (smudge@gmail.com) for details. We also encourage our members to get involved with outreach and education programs in Environmental Forensics, if you require any assistance organising or planning smaller local events please get in contact.