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Kick-off meeting of ATMSYC Project 4&5 in Guangzhou

On March 23rd, the kick-off meeting of Project 4&5 under the National Key R&D Program of China “Towards an Air Toxic Management SYstem in China (ATMSYC，阿特姆赛克) took place in Ramada Plaza Hotel in Guangzhou. The event was dedicated to Project 4 (重要风险源环境健康风险评估方法与管理体系) and Project 5 (珠江三角洲有毒有害大气污染物风险管控技术平台). A total of 20 people participated this meeting, including the project director, principle investigators, core research members and invited guests. We specially invited Prof. Zhu Fahua (朱法华) of the Guodian Research Institute of Environmental Protection (国电环境保护研究院), Prof. Zhang Jinliang (张金良) of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (中国环境科学研究院), Prof. Ma Jianmin (马建民) of Peking University (北京大学), Prof. Yuan Zibing (袁自冰) of South China University of Technology (华南理工大学), Prof. Chen Yingjun (陈颖军) of Tongji University (同济大学) and Prof. Zhang Yanlin (章炎麟) of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (南京信息工程大学) as the advisory board. This kick-off meeting was hold successfully, which further clarified detailed implementation plan and laid a solid foundation for future development.

The event.

Prof. Gan warmly welcomed all the participants and introduced the project.

Prof. Jun is the PI of Project 5 and gave a presentation on it.

The advisory board.

Group photo.

Gan and his University classmates.

 

 

SCP、项目

Sampling trip to Sri Lanka in January 2018

On Jan 21_ 31st of  2018, three group members, Prof. Jun Li, Dr. Guangcai Zhong and Dr. Shizhen Zhao visited Dr. Parakrama Karunaratne from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. This designed sampling campaign mainly focuses on the current air pollution and historical environmental change in Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) region, which has been key human health issue for more than two decades in Sri Lanka. Many thanks to the strong support from Dr. Parakrama Karunaratne and his excellent team, 65 passive air samplers were installed in Polonnaruwa region with high, medium and low CKDu prevalence. Meanwhile, six sediment cores were sampled in three Ancient Water Tanks (AWTs). Future collaboration plan was also in-depth discussed. We look forward to productive output from this sampling campaign and more intensive cooperation in future. This work is part of our on-going project, Southern Contaminants Programme (SCP, 2017-2019), which is based on international collaboration and funded by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as part of its Belt & Road Initiatives.

Welcome dinner with Dr. Parakrama Karunaratne, Dr. Nanda Gunawardhana, Dr. Shameen Jindasa, Prof. Jun Li, Shizhen Zhao and Dr. Guangcai Zhong (from left to right).
A hemodialysis room in Polonnaruwa Hospital.
Discussion on detailed sampling plan with the core members of CKD control unit.
Assemble passive air sampler in the back of our van.

 

Dr. Zhong and Mr. Rajitha was installing two passive air samplers surrounded by curious students.
Happy time with adorable local pupils.
Great achievements on the first day.
Most CKDu-affected population works as paddy farmers.
Enjoy fresh coconuts given by hospitable indigene.
Full view of Minneriya Wewa.
On the boat to sample the sediment corer.
Work together to pull out the corer.
Dr. Zhong was taking care of the valuable corer.
Cutting sediment corer into pieces.
Spare no pains to push forward.
Tea time with the great local team.
Work as a united team.
We are family.
Came across a nice wedding ceremony.
Mahaweli River across the University of Peradeniya. It’s the longest river in Sri Lanka.
Visit the lab of Dr. Suranga Kodithuwakku from Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong.
Relaxing time in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, the second-oldest city on the island and also an UNESCO World Heritage.
SCP、野外站、项目

A successful trip to Sri Lanka in October 2017

Dilanka, Liu Xin, Zhao Shizhen, and Zhong Guangcai had a trip to Sri Lanka from Oct. 22-30, 2017. We met our old friends from University of Ruhuna in Matara and new friends from University of Peradeniya in Kandy. We established collaboration on passive air sampling, mussel sampling, and sewage plant water sampling for a Southern Contaminants Programme (SCP), which is based on international collaboration and funded by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as part of its Belt & Road Initiatives. We discussed further cooperation in other aspects in the future.

A welcome dinner  with friends from University of Ruhuna (UoR). Left to right: Zhong Guangcai, Dilanka, Pro. Tilak, Zhao Shizhen, Liu Xin, Dr. Upul.

Discussion with Dr. Upul on passive air sampling (PAS) and mussel sampling.

Shizhen was demonstrating the PAS. Left to right: Jonathan and Sangeeth, from the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, UoR.

Deployed PAS in the UoR campus with the help from two excellent students (Jonathan and Ayoma) and technical officer (Samantha).

Liu Xin was demonstrating packing of mussel samples.

Jonathan and Ayoma were taking mussels at Matara seashore.

Discussion with Pro. Shameen (Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya) on PAS in Kandy.

Pro. Karu  (Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya)  showed us his excellent and interesting studies on air pollution. We discussed on future cooperation.

Done PAS in Kandy with the great support by Rajitha (left) and Tharindu (right) from Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

Done PAS in Colombo with kindly help provided by local friends.

Dilanka did field investigation of a sewage plant in Colombo.

The ladies celebrated this successful trip with a nice dinner.