Multiple Stressors

by Mothersill, Carmel; Mosse, Irma; Seymour, Colin

• ISBN13: 9781402063336
• ISBN10: 1402063334
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This workshop proceedings aims to address the complex issue of multiple stressors (pollutants) in the environment. This is becoming a major issue now that virtually every region of the world is polluted. This is true even of "pristine" arctic environments where there are no humans, because chemicals and radiation circulate globally, do not respect international boundaries and accumulate in animals, plants and soils everywhere. There are huge problems, both scientific and politico-legal in managing multiple pollution. These range from issues with identifying cause in the legal sense, when cause may be multifactorial, to issues with understanding the subtle interplay of pollutants at the biological level. The scope of the workshop was therefore very wide and multiple disciplines were represented, including economists, lawyers, and ethicists in addition to scientists. Among the scientists, there was a careful blend of those dealing with the practical problems on the ground, and the more theoretical people who want to understand the mechanisms of interactions between various pollutants especially when all are by themselves present at sub-toxic concentrations. The aim of the workshop was to try to identify the issues and to propose a way forward which could at least start to address the issues in a logical way.

Table of Contents

Challenges in Radioecotoxicology	p. 3
The Involvement of Pollution with Fish Health	p. 13
Effects of Ionizing Radiation Combined with Other Stressors, on Non-Human Biota	p. 31
Ecotoxicology - How to Assess the Impact of Toxicants in a Multi-Factorial Environment?	p. 39
A Layperson's Primer on Multiple Stressors	p. 57
Effects of Multipollutant Exposures on Plant Populations	p. 73
Methodology of Socio-Ecological Monitoring using Cytogenetic Methods	p. 91
Role of Genetic Susceptibility in Environmental Exposure Induced Diseases	p. 103
Post-Radiated and Post-Stressed Volatile Secretions: Secondary Immune and Behavioral Reactions in Groups of Animals	p. 127
Radiation-Induced Genomic Instability in the Offspring of Irradiated Parents	p. 139
Evolution Processes in Populations of Plantain, Growing around the Radiation Sources: Changes in Plant Genotypes Resulting from Bystander Effects and Chromosomal Instability	p. 155
Clastogenic Factors, Bystander Effects and Genomic Instability In Vivo	p. 171
Multidisciplinary Aspects of Regulatory Systems Relevant to Multiple Stressors: Aging, Xenobiotics and Radiation	p. 185
Genetic Aspects of Pollutant Accumulation in Plants	p. 225
Radiation Risks in the Context of Multiple Stressors in the Environment - Issues for Consideration	p. 235
Protection by Chemicals against Radiation-Induced Bystander Effects	p. 247
Considerations for Proteomic Biomarkers in Rainbow Trout Ecotoxicology	p. 263
Genetic Effects of Combined Action of Some Chemicals and Ionizing Radiation in Animals and Human Cells	p. 271
Cytogenetic Biomarkers for Exposure to Multiple Stressors	p. 287
Redox Proteomics - A Route to the Identification of Damaged Proteins	p. 295
Exposure Assessment to Radionuclides Transfer in Food Chain	p. 309
Radiation, Oxidative Stress and Senescence; The Vascular Endothelial Cell as a Common Target	p. 325
Sensitivity of Irradiated Animals to Infection	p. 335
Features of Somatic Gene Mutagenesis in Different Age Groups of Persons Exposed to Low Dose Radiation	p. 343
State of Ecosystems at Long-term Contamination with Transuranium Radionuclides	p. 351
Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (TENORM) in Non-Nuclear Industry and their Impact into Environment and Occupational Radiation Risk	p. 359
Steppe Soils Buffer Capacity and the Multipollution Impact of Industrial Enterprises in Ukraine	p. 373
Cancer Risk Assessment in Drinking Water of Izmir, Turkey	p. 381
Enhanced Adsorption of Atrazine in Different Soils in the Presence of Fungal Laccase	p. 391
Problem of Microelementoze and Technology Allowing its Elimination with the Help of Geothermal Mineralized Sources: New Technology of Microelentoze Elimination	p. 405
Ecology-related Microbiological and Biochemical Parameters in Assessing Soils Exposed to Anthropogenic Pollution	p. 409
Molecular and Cellular Effects of Chronic Low Dose-Rate Ionizing Radiation Exposure in Mice	p. 429
Modeling the Best Use of Investments for Minimizing Risks of Multiple Stressors on the Environment	p. 441
Learning from Chernobyl: Past and Present Responses	p. 449
Uncertainties from Multiple Stressors: Challenges in Ecological Risk Assessment	p. 455
Nuclear Pollution Exposure and Risk Assessment - The Case of Nuclear Reactors Accidents Involving Radioactive Emission	p. 467
Multiple Stressors and the Legal Challenge	p. 477
Round Table Discussion	p. 483
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