Biological Monitoring Of Environmental Contaminants
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Author | : Yusaf Samiullah |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 796 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Biological monitoring |
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Author | : M.A.S. BURTON |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download Biological Monitoring of Environmental Contaminants (Plants). Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : M. H. Martin |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9400973527 |
Download Biological Monitoring of Heavy Metal Pollution Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In the past two decades there has been an increasing public awareness of the hazards that exist from the contamination of the environment by toxic substances. 'Heavy metals' and the terrestrial environment are but one facet of the impact of toxic substances on the natural environment, and the use of biological materials for indicating the occurrence of, and continually monitoring the presence of, these materials is a specific topic which is of considerable interest to a diverse range of individuals, organisations and disciplines. It was our intention when we first en visaged this book that it should contain a description of a range of circumstances in which biological monitoring techniques have been employed in the terrestrial environment and that it should be seen as a practical text which dealt with the merits, shortcomings and suitability of biological monitoring materials. Monitoring is, however, a manifold process. It serves not only to provide information on past and present concentrations of toxic materials in various components of the environ ment, but also to provide information on the processes of environmental release, transport, accumulation and toxicity. Indeed, this may be one of the greatest virtues of biological monitoring over other forms of monitor ing. According to the skill of the staff employed in the monitoring procedure, the information that is accrued can have a vastly different value.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2006-11-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309102723 |
Download Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Chemicals Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Biomonitoring—a method for measuring amounts of toxic chemicals in human tissues—is a valuable tool for studying potentially harmful environmental chemicals. Biomonitoring data have been used to confirm exposures to chemicals and validate public health policies. For example, population biomonitoring data showing high blood lead concentrations resulted in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulatory reduction of lead in gasoline; biomonitoring data confirmed a resultant drop in blood lead concentrations. Despite recent advances, the science needed to understand the implications of the biomonitoring data for human health is still in its nascent stages. Use of the data also raises communication and ethical challenges. In response to a congressional request, EPA asked the National Research Council to address those challenges in an independent study. Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Chemicals provides a framework for improving the use of biomonitoring data including developing and using biomarkers (measures of exposure), research to improve the interpretation of data, ways to communicate findings to the public, and a review of ethical issues.
Author | : Steven Johnson |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2020-12-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0444643354 |
Download Monitoring Environmental Contaminants Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
While existing approaches to monitoring environmental contaminants tend to focus on a small suite of contaminant types and often involve monitoring at fixed points and at fixed times, Monitoring Environmental Contaminants focuses on a wide range of new technologies and approaches available for monitoring chemical and biological contaminants in air, water, soil and food. These new methods allow the ability to monitor a wider range of contaminants at much greater and temporal resolutions. Adoption of these methods could result in a change in our understanding of how humans and ecosystems are exposed to contaminants in different environmental media. This volume in the Environmental Contaminants Series provides an overview of a wide range of monitoring approaches ranging from citizen science networks to the use of robotics and sensor networks. Monitoring Environmental Contaminants describes challenges in the adoption of some of these new approaches and methods for dealing with these challenges such as the use of mining techniques for large data. The case studies within will provide a thorough illustration for researchers, academics, and scientists involved in ecology and environmental sciences. Brings together chapters from a wide range of research in ecology and the environmental sciences Utilizes an easily understandable style that can be absorbed by a wide audience Uses case studies to illuminate the application of selected novel contamination monitoring approaches
Author | : M. A. Burton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 5 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Environmental monitoring |
ISBN | : |
Download Biological monitoring of environmental contaminants (plants) : a technical report. Executive summary Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Bozzano G Luisa |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 473 |
Release | : 1991-09-26 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0080984258 |
Download Bioindicators and Environmental Management Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This essential book contains material presented at a September 1990 meeting organized by the Commission for Bioindicators, International Union for Biological Sciences.**A key role of the Commission for Bioindicators (IUBS) is to promote the use of bioindicators in environmental management. This means encouraging the transfer of ideas regarding potential bioindicators, and originating in laboratories, into the harsher realities of field environmental monitoring. Although the concept of biomonitoring is ancient, its application to current monitoring problems is relatively slow to develop.**In a bid to rectify this problem, this invaluable book brings together and discusses approaches developed around the world. It will provide both environmental administrators and research scientists with a valuable sense of proportion of the state of the art in their particular field. Bioindicators and Environmental Management is organized into four sections Bioindicators, industry, and administration Biomonitoring of the Chernobyl accident Monitoring long-term/large-scale environmental trends Basic research in biomonitoring
Author | : Douglas L. Worf |
Publisher | : Free Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Science |
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Author | : David J.H. Phillips |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780412538506 |
Download Biomonitoring of Trace Aquatic Contaminants Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Twenty years ago, researchers wishing to identify contaminated areas in aquatic environments generally took water samples, and analysed them badly (as we have since discovered) for a few "pollutants" which were of topical note at the time (and which could be quantified by the methods then available). Today, the use of aquatic organisms as biomonitors in preference to water analysis has become commonplace, and many national and interna tional programmes exist around the world involving such studies. We believe that this trend will continue, and have complete faith in the methodology (when it is employed correctly). We hope that the following text assists in some part in attaining this goal, such that the quality of our most basic global resource -water - is adequately protected in the future. DAVE PHILLIPS, PHIL RAINBOW England, March 1992 vii Acknowledgements Our thanks for contributions to this book are due to several individuals and groups, for varying reasons. Firstly, a co-authored book is always a triumph, and we trust that the following text is an acceptable compromise of the views of two individual authors, on a complex and developing topic. Secondly, many of the ideas herein have crystallised over the last two decades as the field has grown, and we are individually and collectively grateful to a number of researchers for their insight and assistance.
Author | : M. A. S. Burton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Environmental monitoring |
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