Recommendation of Future pome (Pollution of Marine Environment) activities



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Recommendation of Future POME (Pollution of Marine Environment) activities (2008 – onwards)
Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia), Maricar Prudente (De La Sale Unicersity, Philippines) , Nobuyuki Miyazaki (Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
This POME workshop conducted by JSPS Core University Program at 1400 to 1830 May 25, 2008 covered marine pollution of hazardous chemicals (eg. OCs, BTs, heavy metals, PAHs, radioactive chemicals, pharmaceuticals, etc.) and their ecological effects. During this workshop, interesting scientific reports were presented by each member, totaling 15 participants and twelve oral presentations. Particular emphasis was focused on human health concerns such as OCs in human breast milk, occupational hazards due to Hg exposure and aquatic environmental health. Unlike global climate change, chemical pollution persists in the environment for many generations to come and affects the human and ecosystem health. Furthermore, the members of POME group consistently agree to establish a specimen bank for long-term monitoring studies on chemical pollution of the participating countries.
Therefore, we strongly recommend to IOC/WESTPAC to consider these POME activities and henceforth endorsement from the governments of participating Western Pacific countries are most welcome.
The presentations are summarized as follows:

Dr. Che Abd Rahim Mohamed’s study entitled Sedimentation rate values in Manila Bay and Thailand using 210Pb method underscored the importance of radiochemistry in the determination of sedimentation rate. His future activities include scientific expedition in the South China Sea.


Dr. Daniel Limbong’s study on Human exposure to Mercury in artisanal gold mining in North Sulawesi where a considerable number of samples analysed revealed Hg levels exceeding the maximum safe level for occupational exposure. His future work will focus on mercury in Jakarta Bay sediments.
Dr. Ahmad Ismail’s presentation focused on the following future studies which include ecotoxicological studies on heavy metals in green and zebra mussels, understanding bioaccumulation and biochemical response in mudskippers, mercury in fish, development of intertidal organisms as biomonitors, habitat quality for migratory shorebirds, studies focusing on major hotspots of pollutants in strategic locations in Southern Johor and plastic resin pellets study.
Dr. Inneke Rumengan’s presentation is a review of contamination status of butyltin compounds in Indonesian coastal waters. She also discussed her future plans which include monitoring program and ecotoxicological assessment in sea water and plankton. It was mentioned that until 2017, she will be involved in the monitoring of heavy metals in Minahasa Marine Ecosystem in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Dr. Gullaya Wattayakorn’s presentation is focused on TBT in the coastal waters of the innner Gulf of Thailand. Her on-going research activities include TBT contamination and imposex of gastropods around Sichnag Island, Thailand, dissolved/dispersd petroleum hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Thailand and decision support system for the management of coastal ecosystems.
Dr. Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria’s presentation is based on his latest research on pharmaceutical wastes in aquatic environment of Malaysia. His future work includes studies of POPs in Vietnam and other Asian countries.
Dr. Maricar Prudente’s presentation dealt with status and accumulation kinetics of organohalogen compounds in human breast milk from two sites in the metropolitan Manila area. Continuous monitoring of these toxic compounds is imperative to avoid adverse implications on human health and the environment. She also presented the results of OCs analyses in core MB14 (Manila Bay), where residues from surface to bottom sediments were found to be increasing. Such phenomenon needs further investigation.
Mr. Le Quang Dung’s presentation is an overview of OCs in coastal waters of Vietnam. One of the major findings of his study was the increasing trend of OCs concentrations especially DDTs from North to South.
Dr. Koji Inoue’s presentation on studies of Oryzias species for assessment of environmental condition. He also mentioned that the Japanese medaka is now an endangered species, thus posing a challenge for his future endeavors. He also suggested collaborative work with other Asian scientists in the future.
Prof. Nobuyuki Miyazaki’s presentation is an overview of scientific activities of POME (Pollution of Marine Environment) in the JSPS Multilateral Core University Program “Coastal Marine Science”. He reported scientific topics made by the members of POME group and showed future step on marine pollution study. He recommended that the activity of POME should link with that of other projects and further improve it for the next phase of JSPS program.
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