Environmental Biomonitoring Exposure Assessment and Specimen Banking

by Subramanian, K. S.; Iyengar, G. V.

• ISBN13: 9780841234772
• ISBN10: 0841234779
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-05-05
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

Reviews monitoring strategies for environmental pollutants. Describes research on trace elements in biological systems. Features a discussion of exposure assessment of environmental pollutants. Explores the emerging role of environmental specimen banking and discusses recent developments in biomarkers.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1. Environmental Biomonitoring and Specimen Banking: Bioanalytical Perspectives	1	(18)
G. V. Iyengar
K. S. Subramanian
MONITORING	19	(77)
2. General Aspects of Heavy Metal Monitoring by Plants and Animals	19	(11)
Bernd Markert
Jorg Oehlmann
Mechthild Roth
3. Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy in the Analysis of the Trace Metal Distribution in the Annual Growth Rings of Trees	30	(12)
R. R. Martin
E. Furimsky
Jinesh Jain
W. M. Skinner
4. Human Hair and Lichen: Activities Involving the Use of Biomonitors in International Atomic Energy Agency Programs on Health-Related Environmental Studies	42	(7)
Susan F. Stone
5. The Silver Content of the Ascidian Pyura Stolonifera as an Indicator of Sewage Pollution of the Metropolitan Beaches of Sydney, Australia	49	(8)
T. M. Florence
J. L. Stauber
L. S. Dale
L. Jones
6. The Moose (Alces alces L.), A Fast and Sensitive Monitor of Environmental Changes	57	(8)
A. Frank
V. Galgan
7. Use of Manganese Concentration in Bivalves as an Indicator of Water Pollution in Japanese Brackish Lakes	65	(12)
Yoshiko Yano
8. Mutagenesis and Acute Toxicity Studies on Saliva-Leached Components of Chewing Tobacco and Simulated Urine Using Bioluminescent Bacteria	77	(6)
Shane S. Que Hee
9. Distribution of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Bear Lake Sediment	83	(13)
Min Qi, S. Bierenga
J. Carson
EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT	96	(88)
10. Challenges to Health from the Major Environmental Chemical Contaminants in the Saint Lawrence River	96	(9)
S. Raman
K. S. Subramanian
11. Body Burden Concentrations in Humans in Response to Low Environmental Exposure to Trace Elements	105	(10)
Jane L. Valentine
12. Placenta: Elemental Composition, and Potential as a Biomarker for Monitoring Pollutants to Assess Environmental Exposure	115	(20)
K. S. Subramanian
G. V. Iyengar
13. Cadmium, Lead, Mercury, Nickel, and Cesium-137 Concentrations in Blood, Urine, or Placenta from Mothers and Newborns Living in Arctic Areas of Russia and Norway	135	(16)
J. O. Odland
N. Romanova
G. Sand
Y. Thomassen
B. Salbu
Eiliv Lund
E. Nieboer
14. Total Mercury and Methylmercury Levels in Scalp Hair and Blood of Pregnant Women Residents of Fishing Villages in the Eighth Region of Chile	151	(27)
Carlos G. Bruhn
Aldo A. Rodriguez
Carlos A. Barrios
Victor H. Jaramillo
Jose Becerra
Nuri T. Gras
Ernesto Nunez
Olga C. Reyes
15. Personal Exposure to Indoor Nitrogen Dioxide	178	(6)
Toshihiro Kawamoto
Koji Matsuno
Keiichi Arashidani
Yasushi Kodama
BIOMARKERS	184	(36)
16. Biomarkers of Inherited and Acquired Susceptibility to Toxic Substances	184	(6)
E. Nieboer
17. Biological Monitoring and Genetic Polymorphism	190	(5)
Toshihiro Kawamoto
Yasushi Kodama
18. Biomarkers Used for Assessment of Cancer Risk in Populations Living in Areas of High Potential Carcinogenic Hazard (Near Communal and Chemical Waste Dumping Sites)	195	(11)
J. A. Indulski
W. Lutz
19. Molecular Epidemiology in Cancer Risk Assessment	206	(14)
J. A. Indulski
W. Lutz
SPECIMEN BANKING	220	(59)
20. Environmental Specimen Banking and Analytical Chemistry: An Overview	220	(26)
G. V. Iyengar
K. S. Subramanian
21. Environmental Specimen Banking: Contributions to Quality Management of Environmental Measurements	246	(8)
Rolf Zeisler
22. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Human Tissue Banking	254	(7)
E.-H. W. Kluge
K. S. Subramanian
23. Establishing Baseline Levels of Elements in Marine Mammals Through Analysis of Banked Liver Tissues	261	(10)
Paul R. Becker
Elizabeth A. Mackey
Rabia Demiralp
Barbara J. Koster
Stephen A. Wise
24. A Pilot Biological Environmental Specimen Bank in China	271	(8)
P. Q. Zhang
C. F. Chai
X. L. Lu
Q. F. Qian
W. Y. Feng
INDEXES	279
Author Index	279	(1)
Affiliation Index	279	(1)
Subject Index	280