Development and Application of Methods and Materials for Monitoring New Organic Contaminants, Toxic Compounds and Heavy Metals

Project incorporates: 1. The development of analytical methods for determination and reliable confirmation of new organic contaminants (pharmaceuticals and their metabolites, hormones, newly designed pesticides and mycotoxins) in environmental and food matrices. 2. The developed methods will be used in monitoring new and emerging contaminants in sediments, surface and ground water in Serbia. The data on seasonal and spatial variations of detected pollutants will be assessed and used for further analysis of the possible risk impacts to the aquatic ecosystem. 3. The development of methods for detection, biomonitoring and separation of selected elements, including toxic anionic and metal species. The modeling of environmental-related parameters in Serbia will be included. 4. The effect of toxic constituents of dental restorative materials on the resultant mechanical and biological properties of these materials and their interaction with dental tissues will be studied. Results will include hybridization of dental tissues, elution of toxic chemicals and biocompatibility of the materials. 5. The adsorption efficiency of specially produced carbon materials toward pesticides, pharmaceuticals and heavy metals will be examined using developed analytical methods. The influence of the surface properties on adsorption efficiency will be evaluated in order to obtain a carbon based purification filter and/or preconcentration cartridge.