A Review of Whole Organism Bioassays for Assessing the Quality of Soil, Freshwater Sediment, and Freshwater in Canada

A Review of Whole Organism Bioassays for Assessing the Quality of Soil, Freshwater Sediment, and Freshwater in Canada
Author: Cathy Keddy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1994
Genre: Biological assay
ISBN:

A usable set of tests that do not require further work was found for all three media considered. Additional effort required to evaluate the prototype tests to assessment battery condidates was identified. The final test composition of current and future assessment batteries also involved consideration of trophic level representation, sensitivity, reproducibility, and Canadian relevance. Future priorities for contaminant assessment with biological organisms were identified for each medium. including upgrading and developing new whole organism tests, multispecies testing, assessing contaminant impacts on microbial processes, and in situ testing.

Ecological Risk Assessment of Contaminants in Soil

Ecological Risk Assessment of Contaminants in Soil
Author: N.M. Van Straalen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461563615

Many industrialized and developing countries are faced with the assessment of potential risks associated with contaminated land. A variety of human activities have left their impacts on soils in the form of elevated and locally high concentrations of potential toxicants. In several cases sources have not yet been stopped and contamination continues. Decisions on the management of contaminated sites and on the regulation of chemicals in the terrestrial environment require information on the extent to which toxicants adversely affect the life support function of soils. Ecological insights into the soil as an ecosystem may support such decisions. This book reviews the latest ecological principles that should be considered in this respect.

Integrated Soil and Sediment Research: A Basis for Proper Protection

Integrated Soil and Sediment Research: A Basis for Proper Protection
Author: Herman J.P. Eijsackers
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 810
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401120080

Increasing awareness of the irreversible and long-lasting impacts of deterioration and pollution of soils and sediments has had an important influence on environmental policies and research in the last decade. The complexity of the soil and sediment systems and its processes cannot be tackled properly unless scientists from different disciplines work together. With this in mind, a number of multidisciplinary soil research programmes have been started in various European countries. They involve different disciplinary approaches and they aim at different fields of application: agriculture, land use and town and country planning, drinking water supply, nature management. The results that are now appearing need to be integrated in a scientifically sound and useful way. The first European Conference on Integrated Research for Soil and Sediment Protection and Remediation was intended to foster this. The volume contains the edited and selected proceedings of this Conference.

Biological Resource Management Connecting Science and Policy

Biological Resource Management Connecting Science and Policy
Author: Ervin Balazs
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662040336

Jointly published with INRA, Paris. The application of new production methods in the food industry - genetic engineering in plants and animals - as well as recent crises over food-borne diseases have led consumers to a growing concern about science as an appropriate basis for developing sound agricultural policies. This book presents the discussion of scientists and politicians in the framework of an OECD programme conference on how to restore public trust in the application of new scientific achievements concerning food production.

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health
Author:
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 4896
Release: 2019-08-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0444639527

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Second Edition, Six Volume Set presents the newest release in this fundamental reference that updates and broadens the umbrella of environmental health, especially social and environmental health for its readers. There is ongoing revolution in governance, policies and intervention strategies aimed at evolving changes in health disparities, disease burden, trans-boundary transport and health hazards. This new edition reflects these realities, mapping new directions in the field that include how to minimize threats and develop new scientific paradigms that address emerging local, national and global environmental concerns. Represents a one-stop resource for scientifically reliable information on environmental health Fills a critical gap, with information on one of the most rapidly growing scientific fields of our time Provides comparative approaches to environmental health practice and research in different countries and regions of the world Covers issues behind specific questions and describes the best available scientific methods for environmental risk assessment

Environmental Risk Assessment of Soil Contamination

Environmental Risk Assessment of Soil Contamination
Author: Maria C. Hernandez Soriano
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 922
Release: 2014-03-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 953511235X

Soil is an irreplaceable resource that sustains life on the planet, challenged by food and energy demands of an increasing population. Therefore, soil contamination constitutes a critical issue to be addressed if we are to secure the life quality of present and future generations. Integrated efforts from researchers and policy makers are required to develop sound risk assessment procedures, remediation strategies and sustainable soil management policies. Environmental Risk Assessment of Soil Contamination provides a wide depiction of current research in soil contamination and risk assessment, encompassing reviews and case studies on soil pollution by heavy metals and organic pollutants. The book introduces several innovative approaches for soil remediation and risk assessment, including advances in phytoremediation and implementation of metabolomics in soil sciences.

Ecotoxicological Characterization of Waste

Ecotoxicological Characterization of Waste
Author: Heidrun Moser
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2009-04-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0387889590

R. Wagner The European list of wastes (LOW) (Commission Decision 2000/532/EC and updates) is the basic foundation for the implementation of waste legislation in Europe. It contains a harmonized list of different types of waste and categorizes them according to their origin or generation process. It provides for a uniform description of wastes through the application of a uniform nomenclature and the assignation of certain waste code numbers, for example, in permits or for monit- ing purposes. It also labels those hazardous wastes that are subject to a number of special provisions in both European and national legislation, for example, with regard to monitoring, licenses for installations, and national obligations regarding giving notice and transfer of responsibilities. The Waste Catalogue Ordinance (AVV) transposed the European LOW into German legislation in late 2001. This ordinance encompasses 840 codes of waste in 20 main chapters, classifies 400 types of waste as hazardous, and contains mirror entries for about 200 types of waste. The latter term classifies waste either as hazardous or non-hazardous, depending on certain physical or chemical properties. The ordinance defines 14 hazard criteria (H criteria), including criterion H14 “ecotoxic,” in order to classify waste with regard to properties that render it hazardous. Unfortunately, the LOW is incomplete. Depending on the classification of h- ard, specific concentrations of solids are laid down for the majority of properties relevant for health and workers’ protection.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 186

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 186
Author: George Ware
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2006-06-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0387328831

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy, and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

Chemical Analysis of Contaminated Land

Chemical Analysis of Contaminated Land
Author: K. Clive Thompson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2009-02-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1405147709

This book provides a unique source of reference on the chemical analysis of potentially contaminated land. It assists in specifying appropriate analyses, relevant strategies for carrying out analyses, and methods of interpreting results within the new risk-based legislative framework for contaminated land. It addresses all aspects of the analysis, from delivery of the samples to the laboratory to the presentation of the results to the clients. Emphasis is placed on concentrated, tabular data, wherever possible. Problems of analysis are highlighted and solutions are proposed. Asbestos is covered in detail in the chapter on inorganic parameters, and a chapter is included on the new techniques of ecotoxicity measurement. Directed equally at the analytical chemist and the environmental scientist or engineer responsible for commissioning analyses of potentially contaminated soil or water samples, the book is written in a way that will prove helpful to both new and experienced practitioners. As such, it is one of the first volumes to bridge the gap between the customer and the supplier.