RESEARCH PROJECT

PMT-hotspots - Identifying persistent, mobile and toxic chemicals sources in the aquatic environment

KEY POINTS
  • Aquatic environment
  • Organic micropollutants
  • Ecocsystem preservation
Updated: July 2025

Project overview

Project manager: Alberto Celma Tirado
Funded by: SLU Environmental Monitoring Programe

Participants

Global goals

  • 6. Clean ater and satitation
  • 11. Sustainable cities and communities
  • 13. Climate action

Short summary

Persistent, Mobile and Toxic chemicals are easily spreading in the aquatic environment. Their ubiquitous nature and persistence make them a significant concern for public health and ecosystem integrity.

Persistent, mobile and toxic chemicals ubiquitous nature and persistence make them a significant concern for public health and ecosystem integrity. Thus, the identification of potential hotspots for these chemicals is of utmost importance. In PMT-source, we aim at shedding light at the fate of PMT chemicals in the Swedish environment. To that end, we will develop analytical methodologies to determine PMTs and their transformation products in aquatic samples that are currently missed in conventional monitoring campaigns. Moreover, we will implement state-of-the-art artificial intelligence for the prediction of potential associated toxicity. The ultimate goal of PMT-source is to address the knowledge gap and mitigate the risks associated with PMT chemicals in the Swedish environment. 

Stormwater pond next to farming areas. Uppsala. Photo by Alberto Celma
Stormwater pond next to farming areas. Uppsala. Photo by Alberto Celma

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