We invite you to submit an abstract for consideration for presentation at the 19th Annual AEHS Meeting and West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments, and Water, March 9-12, 2009.  Please submit a ONE PAGE abstract containing: title, 300 word narrative; and for each author: name, degree, affiliation, complete address, telephone, fax and email. Be sure to follow the Abstract Submission Guidelines for correct submission format.  Please note: The body of the abstract is to be no more than 300 words. Please remember to indicate whether you wish the abstract to be considered for platform presentation, poster presentation, or either.  Correctly formatted abstracts may be emailed to brenna@aehs.com. Please send the abstract as a Microsoft Word attachment, saved as the presenting author’s last name in lowercase letters.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS JULY 11^TH, 2008

STUDENT COMPETITION: 2009 will mark the 5^th Annual Adventus Americas Student Competition. $500 cash prizes will be awarded to the two best student presentations. Both platform and poster presentations are eligible.  Winners will be selected based on originality, organization, communication, research techniques, and overall quality of the presentation. Full or part-time students may enter. Please indicate, in writing, your desire to participate in the competition when submitting your abstract. You will receive email confirmation of your entry in the competition.

SESSION TOPICS include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Acid Mine Drainage

• Bioavailability

• Bioremediation

• Brownfields

• Chemical Analysis

• Chlorinated Compounds (pesticides, solvents, etc.)

• Cleanup Standard Setting

• Contamination at Military Installations

• Ecological Risk Assessments

• Environmental Fate and Modeling

• Environmental Forensics

• Emerging Contaminants

• GIS/Data Visualization

• Hazard, Exposure and Risk Assessment

• Heavy Metals (arsenic, lead, chromium and mercury)

• Hydrocarbon Identification

• Innovative Remedial Technologies/Corrective Actions

• Institutional Controls

• Legal Issues in Environmental Health

• Method Detection Limit (MDL)/Practical Quantitation Limit (PQL)

• Mining Impacts

• MTBE/Oxygenates

• Natural Attenuation

• Oil and Gas Production (issues and trends)

• Perchlorate and TCE

• Phytoremediation

• Regulatory Programs and Policies

• Risk Assessment

• Risk Based Corrective Actions (RBCA)

• Sediments

• Site Assessment/Field Sampling

• Soil Chemistry

• Vapor Intrusion

• Wetland Restoration

• Case studies on any of the above

PUBLICATION: Manuscripts from both platform and poster presentations may be voluntarily submitted for consideration of publication in any of the following peer-reviewed journals:

• Environmental Forensics

• Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

• International Journal of Phytoremediation

• Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal

 Please contact the Managing Editor of the journal you are interested in. See “Instructions for authors” under the respective journal link on our website for further details regarding submitting a manuscript (http://www.aehs.com/journals.htm)