The LIFE PHOENIX Project was presented at the 17th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment (ICCE 2019), important biennal event hosted this year in Thessaloniki (Greece) from June 16 to 20, that attracts scientists and environmental chemistry experts coming from the world of academia, industry sector, research institutes and public institutions.

Introduced in two different moments during the sessions dedicated to the "Risk Assessment of emerging pollutants: experimental and modeling approaches to fill the data gaps", the project details (including the preliminary results of the specific work presented) were illustrated by Roberto Lava from ARPAV and by Andrea Gredelj, PhD student at the University of Padua (DiBio Biology Department, DM Industrial Engineering Department), both LIFE PHOENIX partner institutions.

Two, in particular, the proposed contributions: a poster entitled "A novel holistic approach to the governance of environmental pollution events from PMOC", aimed at illustrating the generic objectives and operational actions of the project, and a conference speech titled "Uptake and translocation of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in red chicory grown under varying contamination conditions: a greenhouse study", which highlighted the first results of the tests of perfluoro-alkyl substances in red chicory plants grown in greenhouses under controlled conditions.

Organised by the Divisions of Chemistry and the Environment of the European Chemical Society, with the local contribution of the Association of Greek Chemists, the 2019 edition of ICCE have seen the presence of almost 600 participants from 70 different countries around the world. The event was also an important moment of networking and discussion, in particular with other ongoing projects involving emerging contaminants and environmental & health risk assessment issues.