As a continuation of the conference series initiated by Professor Lucjan
Pawlowski in 1976 in Lublin, Poland, some 200 scientific and technoligical
delegates took part in the Vth International Conference “Chemistry for
Protection of the Environment”, held at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
in Louvain, Belgium during 9-13 September 1985.
The participants represented 32 countries from all continents, and made
up a multi-disciplinary scientific forum. Central themes of the conference
were the influence of toxic and hazardous chemicals on the environment,
the environmental problems caused by extraction and use of fossil fuels
such as coal, oil, tars, etc., advanced analytical techniques, and novel water
purification methods.