12.10.2013 CONFERENCE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
On Saturday, 12.10.2013, a Conference on "Soil Pollution with Heavy Metals and Metalloids" was conducted in Cervignano, Italy and organized by the Bilateral project, "Agri-knows". It was targeted towards teachers, students and the interested public. Dr. Marco Contin first presented an outline of the project "Agri-Knows". This was followed by short presentations from various experts who are faced with the problem of metals in the soil. Dr. Lutman (ARPA) presented case studies of pollution at the local level, Dr. Giandon (ARPA) and Dr. Plazzota touched on the determination of heavy metals in the soil, prof. Lestan from the University of Ljubljana presented a strategy for remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals. Discussion and conclusions were conducted under the guidance of Prof. Marie De Nobili.