On 21 November, the Knowledge Network on Pharmaceutical Residues will host a meeting where the water and healthcare sectors exchange knowledge and work together to reduce pharmaceutical residues in water.
Gerard Stroomberg (Director, RIWA-Rijn) and Drs. Heleen Dekker will address the issue of contrast agents in Dutch surface waters. They will discuss the presence of these persistent substances in river water and the challenges they pose for drinking water production.
Drs. Heleen Dekker is a radiologist at Radboud University Medical Center. She combines medical expertise with sustainable water practices and is active as chair of the Sustainability Working Group within the Dutch Society of Radiology (NVvR), a member of the NVvR Quality Committee, and part of the Sustainability Subcommittee of the European Society of Radiology.
