Bioavailability of Organic Xenobiotics in the Environment

by Baveye, P.; Block, J. C.; Goncharuk, V. V.; Bavey, Ph

• ISBN13: 9780792359449
• ISBN10: 0792359445
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

In the continuing fight against organic environmental xenobiotics, the initial success attributed to bioremediation has paled, in part due to the low availability of xenobiotics entrapped within a soil or sediment matrix. This has generated a very significant wave of interest in the bioavailability issue. However, much experimental evidence is puzzling or contradictory, mechanistic theories are embryonic, and implications for the practice of bioremediation or concerning the natural fate of xenobiotics are still tentative. The debate in Europe and the USA is vigorous. Eastern Europe, following the liberalisation of the economy and political life, is evolving in a similar direction. In many cases, however, limited access to literature sources, severe language barriers, and the lack of a strong pluridisciplinary tradition are hampering the adoption of state of the art techniques. Originally intended to allow scientists in East European countries to become acquainted with the key aspects of the bioavailability debate that is unfolding in the scientific literature in the West, and with its implications for bioremediation efforts, the present book presents a very complete coverage of the theoretical and practical aspects of the (limited) bioavailability of organic xenobiotics in the environment.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	ix
Part I. Organic Pollutants and Bioremediation
Persistent Organic Contaminants in the Environment: PAHs as a Case Study	3	(32)
B. Maliszewska-Kordybach
Evaluation of Contamination Level of Dnieper River Basin by Organic and Inorganic Toxicants	35	(22)
V. V. Goncharuk
M. V. Milyukin
Underground Pollution at a Former Military Installation in Valciunai (Lithuania)	57	(16)
N. Seyris
A. Marcinonis
Application of a Biodegradation-Redox Model for Predicting Bioremediation Performance *	73	(6)
G.R. Carey
P.J. Van Geel
E.A. McBean
F.A. Rovers
Bioremediation of Environments Contaminated with Organic Xenobiotics: Putting Microbial Metabolism to Work: What happens with the Contaminant once it has reached the Cell Surface?	79	(14)
A. J. B. Zehnder
Factors Controlling the Biodegradation of Chemicals in Soils	93	(28)
S. Fass
H. Vaudrey
T.M. Vogel
J.-C. Block
Part II. Assessment of Bioavailability
The Use of Laboratory Model Systems to Elucidate the Mechanisms of Bioavailability of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds	121	(14)
H. Harms
Pollutant Aging Studies in Soils. Relevancy of Bench Scale Assessments to Field Conditions *	135	(6)
E.A. Guthrie
Factors Affecting the Evaluation of Long-Term PCB Biodegradation in Soils by White Rot Fungi *	141	(6)
A. Kubatova
P. Erbanova
Quantifying the Intrinsic Bioremediation Potential and the Hazard Index of Organic Xenobiotics in Aquifers Based on their Bioavailability Rates *	147	(6)
Y. Dudal
L. Deschenes
R. Samson
The Use of Whole-Cell Living Biosensors to Determine the Bioavailability of Pollutants to Micoorganisms *	153	(6)
M. C. M. Jaspers
S. Totevova
K. Demnerova
H. Harms
J. R. Vand Der Meer
Abiotic Transformations of Organic Xenobiotics in Soils: A Compounding Factor in the Assessment of Bioavailability	159	(48)
P. Ruggiero
Evaluation of Soil Adsorption-Desorption Capacity for the Assessment of Pesticide Bioavailability	207	(20)
M. Gennari
C. Gessa
Bioavailability of Organic Xenobiotics in the Environment: A Critical Perspective	227	(24)
P. Baveye
R. Bladon
Part III. Processes that Control Bioavailability
Physico-Chemical Characterization, Reactivity and Biodegradability of Soil-Organic Matter	251	(46)
J. Berthelin
C. Munier-Lamy
J.-M. Portal
F. Toutain
Organic Pollutants Associated with Macromolecular Soil Organic Matter and Natural Formation of Bound Residues	297	(30)
H. H. Richnow
E. Annweiler
W. Fritsche
M. Kastner
Phase-Distributions of Hydrophobic Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment: Existing Partioning Models are Unable to Predict the Dissolved Component in Several Common Situations	327	(22)
O. Gustafsson
P. Gschwend
Bioavailability of Xenobiotic Organic Compounds to Remediate Soil Containing Clay Fractions: Limits of Engineering Solutions	349	(28)
M. Elektorowicz
L. Ju
J. A. Oleszkiewicz
Effect of PAHs and Heavy Metals on Activity of Soil Microflora *	377	(4)
B. Smreczak
B. Maliszewska-Kordybach
S. Martyniuk
Transport of Organic Xenobiotics in the Environment	381	(28)
B. L. Hoyle
P. Baveye
Part IV. Strategies to Modify Bioavailability in Situ
Limited Bioavailability of Organic Contaminants in the Environment: Policy Implications	409	(20)
W. Verstraete
The Role of Plants in the Remediation of Contaminated Soils: Phytoremediation of Soils	429	(22)
J.-L. Morel
C. H. Chaineau
M. Schiavon
E. Lichtfouse
Reduction of the Bioavailability of PAHS in Heavily Contaminated Soils and Sediments Treated via a Physico-Chemical Process	451	(12)
J. Newton
P. Baveye
M. Spagnuolo
Surfactants-Enhanced Bioremediation: A Review of the Effects of Surfactants on the Bioavailability of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals in Soils	463	(34)
Ryan N. Jordan
Alfred B. Cunningham
Subject Index	497