International Symposium
Japanese site
Marine Plastic Pollution :
Toxic Chemicals and Biological Effects.


Date&Time: May 27, 2012 10:00am to 6:00 pm (open at 9:30 am.)
Venue: Room 25, Department of Agriculture - Lecture building 1, Fuchu Campus, TUAT
Sponsorship
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, department of agriculture environment resources science,
Algalita Ocean ResearchInstitute
5 Gyres

Co sponsorship
Ministry of the Environment-Environment Research & Technology Development Fund B1007/Marine Debris Project “Analyzing of actual situation for transport of chemical pollutants by marine debris and developing of strategic environmental education for risk reduction” (Ehime University-Coast environmental science research center, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport-Country technology policy research institute, Kyushu University-House of engineering study)
General Incorporation Association JEAN (Japan Environmental Action Network)

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You can download English version of presentation file (pdf) in the following program.

You can download the abstracts of the symposium here!　(pdf file, 1.79MB)

Program

AM 10:00~10:10 Hideshige Takada (TUAT)
Outline of the symposium

AM 10:10~10:50 Charles Moore (Algalita Marine Research Foundation in USA）
“Update on plastic pollution in our ocean”

AM 10:50~11:20 Atsuhiko ISOBE (Ehime University)
“Marine plastic liter as a transport "vector" of toxic metals - its behavior and numerical modeling”

AM 11:20~11:50 Hideshige TAKADA (TUAT)
“Chemicals in marine plastics : carrier of toxic chemicals to marine organisms”

PM 0:00~2:00　Lunch, Poster sessions

PM 2:00~2:30 Yutaka WATANUKI (Hokkaido University)
“Plastic ingestion in seabirds and its potential impact”

PM 2:30~3:00 Izumi WATANABE (TUAT)
“Suspected effects of hazardous chemicals on wildlife”

PM 3:00~3:40 Break, Poster Sessions

PM 3:40~4:20 Hank Carson(University of Hawaii at Hilo)
“The impacts of plastic pollution on the Hawaiian Island”

PM 4:20~5:00 Marcus Eriksen (5 Gyres in USA)
“Global distribution of plastic pollution & recent observations in the Western Garbage Patch expedition”

PM 5:00~6:00 General Discussion


Organizer：Hideshige TAKADA (TUAT)
Tel：042+367-5825
e-mail : shige(atmark)cc.tuat.ac.jp
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