Ecotoxicology, Ecological Risk Assessment And Multiple Stressors

by Arapis, Gerassimos; Goncharova, Nadezhda; Baveye, Philippe

• ISBN13: 9781402044748
• ISBN10: 1402044747
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The interaction between environment and health is far more complex than is commonly understood. In particular, little attention has been paid to the interaction of different pollutants in the human body as well as in the environment. Even low level exposure over a period of time to a complex cocktail of pollutants in air, water, food and consumer products is likely to contribute significantly to the health status of European citizens. This volume represents new knowledge both on human and environmental risk assessment procedures and although it is generally acknowledged that chemical, biological, radiological, and other stressors can cause a variety of human health or ecological health effects, assessing the risks associated with them is considerably more complex methodologically and computationally than current risk assessment practices. This book is designed to reduce the uncertainty in our current knowledge of ecotoxicology. The four basic topics it embraces are (I) The Science of Ecotoxicology, (II) Ecological Risk Assessment and Multiple Stressors, (III) Methods and Tools in Ecotoxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment and (IV) Ecotoxicology and Toxicity Monitoring

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Contributors	xiii
Part I. The Science of Ecotoxicology: Establishing the International Basis for Ecological Risk Assessment
Current Developments in Ecotoxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment	3	(22)
Lawrence A. Kapustka
From Molecule to Ecosystems: Ecotoxicological Approaches and Perspectives	25	(16)
Gerassimos D. Arapis
Protecting the Environment against Ionizing Radiation: The Path Proposed by ``ICRP'', its Origins and Analysis	41	(16)
Francois Brechignac
Ecoepidemiology: A Means to Safeguard Ecosystem Services that Sustain Human Welfare	57	(16)
Susan M. Cormier
Perchlorate: Ecological and Human Health Effects	73	(22)
Jacquelyn Clarkson
Shawn Sager
Betty Locey
Lu Yu
Eric Silberhorn
Genetic Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment: An Overview	95	(14)
Nadezhda V. Goncharova
Part II. Ecological Risk Assessment and Multiple Stressors
Scientific Basis for Ecotoxicology, Ecological Risk Assessment and Multiple Stressors: Canadian Experience in Defining Acceptable Risk Levels for Infrastructure	109	(16)
Ruth N. Hull
Risk Assessment in Romania: From Legislation to Needs and Possibilities	125	(12)
Constantin-Horia Barbu
Adrian Morariu
Camelia Sand
Sorin Giurgiu
Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment for Plant Protection Products in Europe	137	(18)
Manousos Foudoulakis
Assessment of Ecological Risk Caused by the Long-Living Radionuclides in the Environment	155	(10)
Valery Kashparov
Effects of Contaminant Exposure on Plants: Implications for Ecotoxicology and Radiological Protection of the Environment	165	(16)
Stanislav A. Geras'kin
Alla. A. Oudalova
Vladimir G. Dikarev
Denis V. Vasiliev
Nina S. Dikareva
Risk Assessment: Radioactive Contaminated Food Products and Exposure Dose of the Population	181	(12)
Nadezhda V. Goncharova
Darya A. Bairasheuskaya
Part III. Methods and Tools in Ecotoxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment
A Habitat Suitability Evaluation Technique and its Application to Environmental Risk Assessment	193	(10)
Alexander Grebenkov
Alexei Lukashevich
Igor Linkov
Lawrence Kapustka
The QnD Model/Game System: Integrating Questions and Decisions for Multiple Stressors	203	(24)
Gregory Kiker
Igor Linkov
The Medaka Fish: An Experimental Model in Environmental Toxicology Its Use for the Survey of Microalgal Toxins: Phycotoxins and Cyanotoxins	227	(16)
Simone Puiseux-Dao
Marc Edery
Cytogenetic Effect of Radioactive or Chemical Contamination on Spring Barley Intercalary Meristems Cells	243	(12)
Stanislav Geras'kin
Jin Kyu Kim
Vladimir Dikarev
Alla Oudalova
Nina Dikareva
Yevgeniy Spirin
Water Pollution Indicators of Sustainability in Europe and their Application to Coastal Water Quality Evaluation in Italy	255	(14)
Elena Comino
Application of GIS Technologies in Ecotoxicology: a Radioecological Case Study	269	(10)
Nataliya Grytsyuk
Vasiliy Davydchuk
Gerassimos Arapis
Ambient Ozone Phytodetection with Sensitive Clover (Trifolium Subterraneum L. Cv. Geraldton) in Ukraine	279	(14)
Oleg Blum
Nataliya Didyk
Part IV. Ecotoxicology and Toxicity Monitoring
Alterations of Agroecosystems in Greece Through Pesticide Use. The «Phalaris Case»	293	(6)
George Vassiliou
Christos Alexoudis
Spyridon Koutroubas
Contribution to Ecological Safety Through Segmented Integrated Pest Management in Greece	299	(8)
George Vassiliou
A Preliminary Study of Toxicity by Bioassay of the Wastes of Pulp and Paper Production Units	307	(10)
Nikolaos Venetsaneas
Joan Iliopoulou-Georgudaki
Air Pollution Assessment in Volos Coastal Town, Greece	317	(8)
Nelly Riga-Karandinos
Konstantinos Saitanis
Gerassimos Arapis
Tropospheric Ozone Measurements in the Tatra Mountains and Its Effects on Plants	325	(12)
Barbara Godzik
Peter Fleischer
Long-Term Monitoring of Tropospheric Ozone in Kyiv, Ukraine: Formation, Temporal Patterns and Potential Adverse Effects	337	(10)
Oleg Blum
Part V. Working Group Summaries
Hints on Ecotoxicology and Ethics	347	(8)
Michael G. Karandinos
A Framework for Multi-Criteria Decision-Making With Special Reference to Critical Infrastructure: Policy and Risk Management Working Group Summary and Recommendations	355	(16)
Ruth Hull
David Belluck
Clive Lipchin
Methods and Tools in Ecotoxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment. Working group Summary	371	(8)
Lawrence A. Kapustka
Nadezhda V. Goncharova
Gerrassimos D. Arapis
Subject Index	379