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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Otto Hutzinger, the founder of the DIOXIN Conference Series
Roland Weber works as an independent consultant for UN organisations and environmental ministries as part of the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on POPs and is a Visiting Professor at the University Örebro, Sweden. His research interests are formation and reduction of unintentionally produced POPs in technical processes and the relevance and remediation of POPs stockpiles and contaminated sites.
Mats Tysklind is professor in environmental chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden. His research focus on transport, fate, and risk assessment of POPs in the environment. During recent years, special interest has been given contaminated soils and process understanding for risk assessment of contaminated sites and for development of soil remediation techniques.
Caroline Gaus is a Senior Research Fellow at The University of Queensland (EnTox), Brisbane, Australia. Her research focuses on the sources, transport and fate of POPs, in particular within tropical and marine environments, and how these influence human and wildlife exposure and associated risks.
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Weber, R., Tysklind, M. & Gaus, C. Dioxin - contemporary and future challenges of historical legacies. Environ Sci Pollut Res 15, 96–100 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1065/espr2008.01.473
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