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​2020
  • Hanna Niemikoski,* Martin Söderström, Harri Kiljunen, Anders Östin, and Paula Vanninen (Anal. Chem. 2020, 92, 4891−4899) Identification of Degradation Products of Sea-Dumped Chemical Warfare Agent-Related Phenylarsenic Chemicals in Marine Sediment
  • Tørnes J Aa, Vik T, Kjellstrøm T T (2020) Leakage rate of the nerve agent tabun from sea-dumped munition, Marine Environmental Research, submitted
  • A. Lastumäki (SYKE) invited to give a speech about the dumped munitions and their environmental risks at the meeting of the Finnish Delegation of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) in February 2020 (Finnish Parliament, Helsinki). 
  • Kammann U.: Munition and marine fish – results of the research project DAIMON2. Expert meeting on  "Diminish risks from contamination by explosives in the sea", State parliament Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, 23.1.2020 
  • Popular science lectures given by J. Bełdowski on DAIMON2 Project for Gdansk Technical University IT department students (Oct. 2019 in Gdynia), and for University of Gdańsk PhD Students (Jan. 2020).
  • Straumer, K., Munitions in the Sea: a ticking time bomb?, marine operating school, Bremerhaven, 10.01.2020
  • Koske D, Straumer K, Goldenstein N I, Kammann U, Lang T (2020) First evidence of munitions compounds in fish caught near munitions dumpsite in the Baltic Sea, STOTEN, submitted
  • Straumer K, Kraugerud, M., Feist, S.W., Ahvo, A., Lehtonen, K., Lastumäki, A., Ljønes, M., Tørnes, J Aa., Lang T. (2020) The use of Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa) as a bioindicator species for studies on effects of dumped chemical warfare agents in the Skagerrak.  Liver histopathology, Marine Environmental Research, submitted
  • Hanna Niemikoski, Daniel Koske, Ulrike Kammann, Thomas Lang ja Paula Vanninen. Studying the metabolism of toxic chemical warfare agent-related phenylarsenic chemicals in vitro in cod liver, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020 (accepted Jan 2020)
2019
  • Hanna Niemikoski, Itämereen upotettujen kemiallisten aseiden tutkimus VERIFIN:illä, Autumn meeting of Finnish microbiology society,  Helsinki, 11.12.2019
  • Niemikoski H, Koske D, Kammann U, Lang T, Vanninen P (2019) Identification of novel metabolites of chemical warfare agent related phenylarsenic chemicals formed in vitro in cod liver. Journal of Hazardous Materials, in press
  • Koske, D., Goldenstein, N. I., & Kammann, U. (2019). Nitroaromatic compounds damage the DNA of zebrafish embryos (Danio rerio). Aquatic Toxicology, 217:105345.
  • Koske D, Goldenstein N, Rosenberger T, Machulik U, Hanel R, Kammann U (2019) Dumped munition: New insights into the metabolization of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in Baltic flatfish, Marine Environmental Research, submitted
  • Koske D, Straumer K, Kammann U, Lang T, DAIMON2 Projekt – Überblick über das Forschungsprojekt im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Europa in meiner Stadt“, TI Bremerhaven, 28.11.19
  • Information on the European project DAIMON2 for pupils from a Bremerhaven school, “Europe in my city”, 28.11.19 Thünen Institute, Bremerhaven. (Lang, Kammann, Koske, Straumer)
  • Lang et al.,: Munition and marine fish. Researching environmental impact of dumped munitions, Expert meeting invited by German ministry of environment in Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency,  Hamburg, 8.11.19
  • J. Bełdowski - "DAIMON2 – way forward" at 43th NATO AVT Business meeting 7-10.2019
  • Niemikoski H., Roen B-T., Vanninen P., findings from Hagfish, manuscript status: expected submission by the end of October 2019
  • J. Bełdowski., M. Szubska, G. Siedlewicz, E. Korejwo, J. Jakacki, M. Czub, L. Kotwicki, M. Grabowski, M. Bełdowska, P. Vanninen, M. Brenner, T. Lang, K. Lehtonen, S. Popiel, B. Pączek „ Sea-dumped ammunition in Baltic Sea– state of the art”,  Second Science Conference of Polish Marine Researchers, Gdynia, Poland 24-25.09.2019  (in Polish)
  • J. Bełdowski "Ammunition dumped into the Baltic Sea - present knowledge state" invited lecture Second Science Conference of Polish Marine Researchers, Gdynia, Poland, 24-25.09.2019  (in Polish)
  • G.Siedlewicz, M. Szubska, E. Korejwo, J. Bełdowski „Concentration of methylmercury in sediments from munition dumpsite in Bornholm Deep” Second Science Conference of Polish Marine Researchers, Gdynia, Poland, 24-25.09.2019  (in Polish)
  • ​G. Siedlewicz, M. Szubska, E. Korejwo, J. Bełdowski “Presence Of Methylmercury In Baltic Sea Sediments Collected In Ammunition Dumpsite” 14th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Kraków, Poland, 8-13.09.2019
  • Niemikoski H., Straumer K., Ahvo A., Turja R., Lehtonen K., Lang T., Vanninen P., Tissue concentrations of chemical warfare agents and multi-biomarker responses in cod (Gadus morhua) from munition dumpsites in the Baltic Sea, manuscript status: on preparation, expected submission by the end of September 2019
  • Niemikoski H., Lehtonen K., Ahvo A., Heiskanen I., Vanninen P., Metabolism, accumulation and toxicity of an oxidation product and metabolite of the chemical warfare agent Clark I/II determined using the rainbow trout liver cell line RTL-W1, manuscript status: expected submission by the end of September 2019
  • Michał Czub, Jakub Nawała, Stanisław Popiel, Tomasz Brzeziński, Piotr Maszczyk, Hans Sanderson, Edmund Maser, Diana Gordon, Daniel Dziedzic, Barbara Dawidziuk, Joanna Pijanowska, Jacek Fabisiak, Marta Szubska, Thomas Lang, Paula Vanninen, Hanna Niemikoski, Tine Missiaen, Kari K. Lehtonen, Jacek Bełdowski and Lech Kotwicki. Ecological significance of sea-dumped chemical munitions: acute aquatic toxicity of arsenic-based chemical warfare agents (submitted, 08/2019)
  • Hanna Niemikoski, High Resolution Mass Spectrometry in Identification of Novel Chemical Warfare Agent related Phenylarsenic Chemicals, 17th Nordic Mass Spectrometry Conference, Espoo, 26.8.2019
  • Technical and legal aspects related to the utilization of chemical weapons dumped in the Baltic Sea [in:] Modern problems of management and security, UTH, Warsaw, 2019, 203-218 (in Polish)
  • Niemikoski H., Koske D., Vanninen P., Hanel R., Identification of novel metabolites of chemical warfare agent related phenylarsenic chemicals formed in vitro in cod liver, manuscript status: ready for submission
  • Niemikoski H., Södeström M., Kiljunen H., Heikkinen H., Vanninen P., High Resolution Mass Spectrometry in Identification of Novel Chemical Warfare Agent-related Phenylarsenic Chemicals in sediment samples collected from munition dumpsites, manuscript status: on preparation, submitted by the end of July 2019
  • Hanna Niemikoski, Tissue concentration of Chemical Warfare Agents and Multi-Biomarker Responses in Cod (Gadus morhua) from Munition Dumpsites in the Baltic Sea, SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, Helsinki, 29.5.2019
  • Niemikoski H., Lehtonen K., Ahvo A., Heiskanen I., Vanninen P., Toxicity of an oxidation product and a metabolite of the chemical warfare agent Clark I/II determined using the rainbow trout liver cell line RTL-W1, SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, Helsinki, 29.5.2019
  • Vanninen P., Lignell H., Overview of the results of the monitoring campaigns for analysis of Baltic Sea sediment samples for sea-dumped chemical warfare agents, SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, Helsinki, 29.5.2019
  • Goldenstein N, Koske D, Straumer K, Lang T, Kammann U, Dumped munitions in the Baltic Sea - Detection and effects of explosives in fish , Seestadtfest (City fair) Bremerhaven, 26.05.2019
  • Hanna Niemikoski, Itämereen upotetut kemialliset aseet, presentation for high school students, Department of Chemistry, Helsinki, 9.5.2019
  • 2019-03-06 - Deutscher Bundestag Drucksache 19/8070 - Antwort der Bundesregierung auf die Kleine Anfrage zu Umweltauswirkungen versenkter Munition in der Ostsee (19/7684) - official answer to the interpellation to the German government about dumped munitions in the Baltic Sea, 06.03.2019 (German)
  • Pro Gradu Master thesis: Andrea Pruccoli "Passive Sampling of Chemical Warfare Agents in the Marine Environment" 
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