U.S. Army, Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, MD, USA.
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A session entitled "Emerging Contaminants" was held in April 2009 in Cincinnati, OH at the 2009 Toxicology and Risk Assessment Conference. The purpose of the session was to share information on both programmatic and technical aspects associated with emerging contaminants. Emerging contaminants are chemicals or materials that are characterized by a perceived or real threat to human health or environment, a lack of published health standards or an evolving standard. A contaminant may also be "emerging" because of the discovery of a new source, a new pathway to humans, or a new detection method or technology. The session included five speakers representing the Department of Defense (DoD), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and each of the military services. The DoD created the Emerging Contaminant Directorate to proactively address environmental, health, and safety concerns associated with emerging contaminants. This session described the scan-watch-action list process, impact assessment methodology, and integrated risk management concept that DoD has implemented to manage emerging contaminants. EPA presented emerging trends in health risk assessment. Researchers made technical presentations on the status of some emerging contaminates in the assessment process (i.e. manganese, RDX, and naphthalene).
一个题为“新兴污染物”的会议于 2009 年 4 月在美国俄亥俄州辛辛那提举行，是 2009 年毒理学和风险评估会议的一部分。会议的目的是分享与新兴污染物相关的计划和技术方面的信息。新兴污染物是指那些被认为或实际上对人类健康或环境构成威胁、缺乏已公布的健康标准或标准正在不断发展的化学物质或材料。污染物也可能因为新来源的发现、人类新的暴露途径或新的检测方法或技术而成为“新兴”。该会议包括五位代表国防部（DoD）、美国环境保护署（EPA）和各军种的发言人。DoD 成立了新兴污染物理事会，以积极应对与新兴污染物相关的环境、健康和安全问题。该会议描述了 DoD 实施的扫描-观察-行动清单流程、影响评估方法以及综合风险管理概念，以管理新兴污染物。EPA 介绍了健康风险评估的新兴趋势。研究人员就一些新兴污染物在评估过程中的状况作了技术报告（例如锰、RDX 和萘）。
