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​2020
  • Paula Vanninen: Chemical warfare material dumped in sea: harmless or human/environmental threat. University of Helsinki, Chemistry department afternoon "coffee" served on Tuesday, June 16 at 13.00 (Web-hosted).
  • Lastumäki, A.; Turja, R.; Brenner, M.; Vanninen, P.;  Niemikoski, H.;  Butrimavičienė, L.; Stankevičiūtė, M.; Lehtonen, K.: “Biological Effects of Dumped Chemical Weapons in the Baltic Sea: A Multi-Biomarker Study Using Caged Mussels at the Bornholm Main Dumping Site. Marine Environmental Research.” Accepted to Marine Environmental Research 2020.
  • Niemikoski, Martin Soderstrom, Harri Kiljunen, Anders Östin, Paula Vanninen. “Identification of Novel Degradation Products of Sea-Dumped Chemical Warfare Agent-Related Phenylarsenic Chemicals in Marine Sediment.” Analytical Chemistry, ACS Publications, 2020.
  • 17.7.2020 Video conference, information of politician Mr. Peter Stein (member of German Bundestag, reporter for dumped munition in the Baltic Sea and participant of Baltic Sea parliament). DAIMON represented by Ulrike Kammann, Thünen Institut
  • 26.6.2020: Video conference, Federal/Länder Working group Northsea and Baltic Sea (BLANO) Expert commission "munition in the sea", 22th meeting, DAIMON represented by Ulrike Kammann, Thünen Institute.
  • 11.06.2020. Online-Workshop: „Screening of chemical warefare agents and explosives in the Northsea and in the Baltic Sea“. Conference of German Ministers of Environment (UMK) and Federal/Länder Working group Northsea and Baltic Sea (BLANO) for improved handling of dumped munition. DAIMON represented by Ulrike Kammann & Katharina Straumer, Thünen Institute.
  • Jacek Bełdowski presented the project progress in a keynote talk: Dumped munitions as a pressure factor for the Baltic Ecosystem, on 3rd Baltic Earth Conference, online  programe, 1-5.06. 2020
  • 20.05.2020: Telephone conference: „Screening of chemical warefare agents and explosives in the Northsea and in the Baltic Sea“. Conference of German Ministers of Environment (UMK) and Federal/Länder Working group Northsea and Baltic Sea (BLANO) for improved handling of dumped munition. DAIMON represented by Ulrike Kammann & Katharina Straumer, Thünen Institute.
  • Michał Czub led a webinar about chemical munitions in the Baltic Sea, mentioning the objectives, strategy and outcomes of DAIMON and DAIMON2 projects. The webinar entitled "Broń chemiczna w Bałtyku" was streamed live for social media audience in cooperation with WWF Polska (05.06.2020).
  • Jacek Bełdowski gave a popular science lecture about the issue of  munitions dumped in the Baltic Sea. The lecture entilted "Zatopiona amunicja - groza w głębinach czy papierowy tygrys?" was given during an event  XVII Letnie Spotkania z Nauką within the frame of Bałtycki Festiwal Nauki.
  • Frey, T., Bełdowski J., Maser, E. 2020 Explosive ordnance in the Baltic Sea: New Tools for decision makers. Journal of Conventional weapons destruction, 23.3, 44-48 
  • Michał Czub, Jakub Nawała, Stanisław Popiel, Daniel Dziedzic, Tomasz Brzeziński, Piotr Maszczyk, Hans Sanderson, Jacek Fabisiak, Jacek Bełdowski and Lech Kotwicki: Acute aquatic toxicity of sulfur mustard and its degradation products to Daphnia magna, Marine Environmental Research, in press
  • Paula Vanninen, Anders Östin, Erik A. Pedersen, Martin Söderström, Marta Szubska, Miłosz Grabowski, Grzegorz Siedlewicz, Bartłomiej Pączek, Michal Czub, Stanislaw Popiel, Jakub Nawala, Daniel Driedzic, Jaromir Jakacki, Jacek Bełdowski, "Exposure Status of Sea-Dumped Chemical Warfare Agents in the Baltic Sea" Journal Marine Environmental Research
  • Grzegorz Siedlewicz, Ewa Korejwo, Marta Szubska, Urszula Kwasigroch, Jacek Bełdowski, "Presence of methylmercury in Baltic Sea sediments, collected in ammunition dumpsite". Journal Marine Environmental Research
  • Paula Vanninena, Anders Östin, Jacek Bełdowski, Erik A.Pedersend, Martin Söderström, Marta Szubska, Miłosz Grabowskic, Grzegorz Siedlewiczc, Michał Czubc, Stanisław Popiel, Jakub Nawał, Daniel Dziedzic, Jaromir Jakackic, Bartłomiej Pączek (Mar. Environ. Volume 161, October 2020) Exposure status of sea-dumped chemical warfare agents in the Baltic Sea
  • Project perspectives on Baltic Sea Action Plan were presented by Jacek Bełdowski: Control the sources of historical contamination. 2020 HELCOM stakeholder conference 02-03.03.2020, Helsinki
  • 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). 
  • The DAIMON project was represented at Polish Senate Environmental commission by Jacek Bełdowski (25.02.2020)
  • 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 
  • 17.2.2020 Visit of Dr. Thomas vom Bruch (politician from CDU party, Bremen) and discussion of problems related to dumped munition. Thünen Institute Bremerhaven. DAIMON represented by Ulrike Kammann, Thünen Institute.
  • 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).
  • 15.1.2020, German Federal Ministry of Environment, Berlin, political information- 'Altmunition im Meer', DAIMON represented by Daniel Koske, Thünen-Institut
  • 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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