FINAL REPORT ON

RISK ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS

PREPARED BY : TRAN THI THU DUNG,HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL COLLEGE – MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

 VIETNAM

PURPOSE OF ATTENDING THIS COURSE

To gain the knowledge about Risk assessment technology for

environmental chemicals

Technique for analyzing environmental chemicals and technology to treat hazardous substances.

MAIN POINTS THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS TRAINING COURSE

LECTURE

- Risk assessment technique and risk management

- Integrated assessment - Endocrine disrupting chemicals - Environmental contaminants in

soil, water, and air from industries and agriculture

MAIN POINTS THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS TRAINING COURSE

- Solid waste incineration and waste management in Japan

- Environmental criteria and laws in Japan

MAIN POINTS THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS TRAINING COURSE

PRACTICE

Operations of different pollution monitoring equipments (UV-VIS, AAS, HPLC, LC-MS, GC-MS) at three companies : Hitachi, Horiba and Shimadzu

MAIN POINTS THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS TRAINING COURSE

PRACTICE Dealing with a whole process of

Environmental monitoring activities- Sampling (Soil, Air, Water)- Storing sample- Analysis( using many techniques such as

GC/MS, HPLC, UV-VIS, LC/MS/MS, Immunoassay ELISA)

- Evaluating results

SUBJECTS WHICH ARE MOST USEFUL FOR MY COUNTRY

Environmental issues in Vietnam

- Air pollution caused by motorcycles and automobiles which are rapidly increasing every year.

Air pollutant monitoring

SUBJECTS WHICH ARE MOST USEFUL FOR MY COUNTRY

- Increasing amount of domestic waste water but the facilities to treat and dispose them are not enough

Waste water treatment - Large amount of solid waste are now

dumped without appropriate treatment and illegally (open dumped site)

Solid waste management

SUBJECTS WHICH ARE MOST USEFUL FOR MY COUNTRY

Although the war ended since 29 years ago but toxic substances still affected to Vietnamese people who live near the war area.

Monitoring toxic substances ELISA method

MY ACTION PLAN AFTER ATTENDING THIS TRAINING COURSE

Responsibility of my organization

- Conducting some environmental projects and proposals financed by Ministry of Natural resources and Environment

- Providing staffs for environmental monitoring stations

ACTION PLAN

- Starting research on preparing the test kit in simplified method for checking environmental sample.

Suitable for screening method, interesting for environmental practice for my students

MY ACTION PLAN AFTER ATTENDING THIS TRAINING COURSE

Conducting research on ELISA method for application in my laboratory

SimplicitySensitivity Low cost ●Starting to dispose hazardous

chemical from laboratory

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