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Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017

UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN

15th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

CEST2017

VOLUME OF ABSTRACTS

EDITOR: D.F. LEKKAS

RHODES, GREECE
31 AUGUST – 2 SEPTEMBER 2017
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology

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Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and
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31 August – 2 September 2017, Athens, Greece

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PART A - ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017

SESSION 1 – OPENING

Thursday 31 August 2017 - morning
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017

Enabling science to deliver change1
Voulvoulis N.
Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
e-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
Delivering change through science to address the many environmental problems we face, cannot happen in a
vacuum and without public support. However, we live in an age when it seems that citizens increasingly
question experts’ advice and reject science as an authoritative source of knowledge. But is this a disbelief in
science or is it an erosion of trust in ‘experts’ and to how science is applied? Considering the complexity of
environmental problems, there appears to be a pressing need for people to not simply accept solutions, but to
understand such problems and even get involved in defining them. Recent calls for the traditional neutral,
disinterested and objective expert to evolve into a good communicator have delivered short lived benefits
and contributed to the decline of public trust in the infallibility and neutrality of scientific expertise. Instead,
epistemic trustworthiness -the integration of expertise, integrity and benevolence- is what inspires public
trust more. People want explanations before accepting decisions. They need to be involved and engaged, and
this process must be fair, inclusive and transparent, taking place through fruitful public debate. The drive to
a society which is more scientifically literate, aware of the many interdependencies that define the problems
we face, and able to cope with the strengths and limitations of the available science, might be a real
prerequisite to enabling science to deliver change.
Keywords: Climate change, science, public-policy, public engagement
Paper ID: CEST2017_01007

1 Invited speech
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017

New Impacts on Drinking Water and Non-Target Identification of New
Disinfection By-Products2
Susan D. Richardson
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, USA
e-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
Drinking water around the world is experiencing increased impacts from anthropogenic activities. These
include impacts of treated wastewater, where potentially hazardous contaminants are not completely
removed and enter our source waters; impacts of droughts where natural bromide and iodide, as well as
wastewater contaminants are concentrated in our rivers; and new impacts of energy extraction, where
hydraulic fracturing activities are introducing fracking chemicals and natural brines into our source waters.
Besides the parent chemical contaminants that can enter drinking water, disinfection by-products (DBPs) can
be formed from these contaminants. Moreover, it is often the case where non-hazardous chemicals become
potentially hazardous once they react with disinfectants in drinking water treatment. This presentation will
discuss the state-of-the-science regarding these impacts, as well as new non-target mass spectrometry
approaches to identify these unknown DBPs and transformation products.
Paper ID: CEST2017_01434

2 Invited speech