title: 14th congress of combustion by-products and their health effects-origin, fate, and health effects of combustion-related air pollutants in the coming era of bio-based energy sources.
abstract: The 14th International Congress on Combustion By-Products and Their Health Effects was held in Umeå, Sweden from June 14th to 17th, 2015. The Congress, mainly sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program and the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, focused on the "Origin, fate and health effects of combustion-related air pollutants in the coming era of bio-based energy sources". The international delegates included academic and government researchers, engineers, scientists, policymakers and representatives of industrial partners. The Congress provided a unique forum for the discussion of scientific advances in this research area since it addressed in combination the health-related issues and the environmental implications of combustion by-products. The scientific outcomes of the Congress included the consensus opinions that: (a) there is a correlation between human exposure to particulate matter and increased cardiac and respiratory morbidity and mortality; (b) because currently available data does not support the assessment of differences in health outcomes between biomass smoke and other particulates in outdoor air, the potential human health and environmental impacts of emerging air-pollution sources must be addressed. Assessment will require the development of new approaches to characterize combustion emissions through advanced sampling and analytical methods. The Congress also concluded the need for better and more sustainable e-waste management and improved policies, usage and disposal methods for materials containing flame retardants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden. eva.weidemann@umu.se.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5415-9330
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weidemann
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden.
authors.forename: Patrik L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden.
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bidleman
authors.affiliation: Thermochemical Energy Conversion Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden.
authors.forename: Christoffer
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boman
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Danielle J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Carlin
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Collina
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.|Children's Foundation Research Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Stephania A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cormier
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden.
authors.forename: Sandra C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Gouveia-Figueira
authors.affiliation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Brian K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Gullett
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.|Environment and Health Administration, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Christer
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lundin
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden.
authors.forename: Staffan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lundstedt
authors.affiliation: Bio4Energy, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden.
authors.forename: Stellan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marklund
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden.
authors.forename: Malin L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Nording
authors.affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ortuño
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.|Children's Foundation Research Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Asmaa A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sallam
authors.affiliation: Thermochemical Energy Conversion Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden.
authors.forename: Florian M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden.
authors.forename: Stina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jansson
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D018533:Biomass; D004736:Energy-Generating Resources; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis; D012906:Smoke; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter; D012906:Smoke
keywords: Congress paper; Human health; Particles; Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Products of incomplete combustion; Soot