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Takashi Azuma
Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Water Environment
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Research Center for Environmental Quality Management
Place of stay: Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University (Kyoto University - Tsinghua University Cooperative Center for Environmental Engineering), China
Term: October 5 – December 5, 2009
I am dealing with risk assessment and finding out solutions for the problems originated from pollution by Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in the water environment. In my internship, I had an opportunity to conduct research on water pollution in China, as a part of the Advanced Capstone Project at Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, China (Kyoto University-Tsinghua University Cooperative Center for Environmental Engineering). The analytical results of samples taken along a small river and its coastal region of Shenzhen indicated the occurrence of pollution due to PPCPs in some areas, implying the importance of precise estimation of polluted PPCPs and risk assessment of their poisonous properties. Through international collaboration with many Chinese researchers, I found that building up a trustworthy relationship was important. The results of the research were presented at "The 1st International Symposium on Industrial Pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacology" at Guangzhou, and "The 1st GCOE Shenzhen Overseas Base Symposium, Kyoto University-Tsinghua University." The internship prompted me to have more international mind and acquire greater leadership.
