Cadmium In The Aquatic Environment

Author : Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis,Natalia Soares Quinete,Leila Soledade Lemos
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000887099

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Lead, Mercury and Cadmium in the Aquatic Environment by Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis,Natalia Soares Quinete,Leila Soledade Lemos Pdf

This book presents an integrated and holistic discussion on cadmium, lead and mercury toxicity in aquatic environments, expanding general concepts on chemical speciation effects and exploring specific environmental toxicological issues, exposure routes, and bioanalytical approaches for their determination and assessments on their intracellular deleterious effects. It contains worldwide and regional aspects on cadmium, lead and mercury occurrence, fate, and toxicity, addressing key environmental exposure and health risk concerns to both humans and aquatic organisms. Our book is of interest to anyone conducting research in the broad fields of oceanography, geochemistry, ecotoxicology, and environmental and public health.

Author : Jerome O. Nriagu,John B. Sprague
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1987-08-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780471858843

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Cadmium in the Aquatic Environment by Jerome O. Nriagu,John B. Sprague Pdf

Presents a comprehensive account of current research on the chemistry and toxicology of cadmium in natural waters. Discusses the sources, distribution, and fate of cadmium in aquatic ecosystems, including coverage of the biocycling and exotoxicity of cadmium to materia and fresh water biota. A succinct review of the analytical chemistry of cadmium in natural waters is also included. The contributors emphasize general principles rather than comprehensive documentation, making this volume accessible to a wide audience. The technical information helps provide the scientific rationale needed in the continuing effort to establish water quality criteria and standards for cadmium.

Author : Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Aquatic ecology
ISBN : 100088712X

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Lead, Mercury and Cadmium in the Aquatic Environment by Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis Pdf

This book presents an integrated and holistic discussion on cadmium, lead and mercury toxicity in aquatic environments, expanding general concepts on chemical speciation effects and exploring specific environmental toxicological issues, exposure routes, and bioanalytical approaches for their determination and assessments on their intracellular deleterious effects. It contains worldwide and regional aspects on cadmium, lead and mercury occurrence, fate, and toxicity, addressing key environmental exposure and health risk concerns to both humans and aquatic organisms. Our book is of interest to anyone conducting research in the broad fields of oceanography, geochemistry, ecotoxicology, and environmental and public health.

Author : U. Förstner,G. T. W. Wittmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642693854

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Metal Pollution in the Aquatic Environment by U. Förstner,G. T. W. Wittmann Pdf

Aquatic chemistry is becoming both a rewarding and substantial area of inquiry and is drawing many prominent scientists to its fold. Its literature has changed from a compilation of compositional tables to studies of the chemical reactions occurring within the aquatic environments. But more than this is the recognition that human society in part is determining the nature of aquatic systems. Since rivers deliver to the world ocean most of its dissolved and particulate components, the interactions of these two sets of waters determine the vitality of our coastal waters. This significant vol ume provides not only an introduction to the dynamics of aquatic chem istries but also identifies those materials that jeopardize the resources of both the marine and fluvial domains. Its very title provides its emphasis but clearly not its breadth in considering natural processes. The book will be of great value to those environmental scientists who are dedicated to keeping the resources of the hydrosphere renewable. As the size of the world population becomes larger in the near future and as the uses of materials and energy show parallel increases, the rivers and oceans must be considered as a resource to accept some of the wastes of society. The ability of these waters and the sediments below them to accommodate wastes must be assessed continually. The key questions relate to the capacities of aqueous systems to carry one or more pollutants.

Author : Mislin,Ravera
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034872386

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Cadmium in the Environment by Mislin,Ravera Pdf

Author : P. A. Krenkel
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483144436

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Heavy Metals in the Aquatic Environment by P. A. Krenkel Pdf

Heavy Metals in the Aquatic Environment contains the proceedings of an international conference held in Nashville, Tennessee in December 1973. This conference is co-sponsored by the International Association on Water Pollution Research, the Sport Fishing Institute, the American Fishing Tackle Manufacturers Association, and Vanderbilt University's Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. Contributors focus on the hazards posed by heavy metals present in the aquatic environment and how to control them. This text consists of 45 chapters divided into eight sections. This book assesses the environmental impact of heavy metals found in the aquatic environment; the economic impact of removing them from waste effluents; and the costs vs. benefits attained by their removal. The social costs are also evaluated. After an introduction to dose-response relationships resulting from human exposure to methylmercury compounds, the discussion turns to the toxicity of cadmium in relation to itai-itai disease; the effects of heavy metals on fish and aquatic organisms; and the analytical methods used for measuring concentrations of methylmercury and other heavy metals. The next sections explore the transport, distribution, and removal of heavy metals, along with regulations, standards, surveillance, and monitoring aimed at addressing the problem. This book will be of interest to planners and policymakers involved in water pollution control.

Author : Glenn R. Phillips,Rosemarie C. Russo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Aquatic invertebrates
ISBN : UCSD:31822020695078

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Metal Bioaccumulation in Fishes and Aquatic Invertebrates by Glenn R. Phillips,Rosemarie C. Russo Pdf

Author : William J. Langston,Maria J. Bebianno
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475727616

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Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Environments by William J. Langston,Maria J. Bebianno Pdf

Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Environments is a synthesis of recent developments in the field of metal ecotoxicology and features a number of contemporary issues arising from the interaction of metals and biota, such as pathways of assimilation and food chain transfer, metal accumulation and detoxification in humans and biotransformation of elements such as mercury and arsenic.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0123786363

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Fish Physiology: Homeostasis and Toxicology of Essential Metals by Anonim Pdf

Homeostasis and Toxicology of Essential Metals synthesizes the explosion of new information on the molecular, cellular, and organismal handling of metals in fish in the past 15 years. These elements are no longer viewed by fish physiologists as "heavy metals" that kill fish by suffocation, but rather as interesting moieties that enter and leave fish by specific pathways, which are subject to physiological regulation. The metals featured in this volume are those about which there has been most public and scientific concern, and therefore are those most widely studied by fish researchers. Metals such as Cu, Zn, Fe, Ni, Co, Se, Mo and Cr are either proven to be or are strongly suspected to be essential in trace amounts, yet are toxic in higher doses. The companion volume, Homeostasis and Toxicology of Non-Essential Metals, Volume 31B, covers metals that have no known nutritive function in fish at present, but which are toxic at fairly low levels, such as Ag, Al, Cd, Pb, Hg, As, Sr, and U. In addition, three chapters in Volumes 31A and 31B on Basic Principles (Chapter 1, 31A), Field Studies and Ecological Integration (Chapter 9, 31A) and Modeling the Physiology and Toxicology of Metals (Chapter 9, 31B) act as integrative summaries and make these two volumes a vital set for readers. All major essential metals of interest are covered in metal-specific chapters Each metal-specific chapter is written by fish physiologists/toxicologists who are recognized authorities for that metal A common format is featured throughout this two volume edition

Author : Zaosheng Wang
Publisher : Nova Science Pub Incorporated
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1608766462

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Mechanisms of Cadmium Toxicity to Various Trophic Saltwater Organisms by Zaosheng Wang Pdf

In this book, the authors summarise basic and experimental knowledge on sources and toxicity of cadmium and overview mechanisms of toxicity and detoxification for various trophic aquatic organisms exposed to cadmium different routes, which will assist ecological risk assessments involving cadmium toxicity. Cadmium is known to be both extremely toxic and ubiquitous in natural environments. It exists most commonly as a trace constituent in natural ecosystems, where its natural occurrence appears to not cause harm to the environment. However, it can be mobilised by a number of processes especially human activities. Anthropogenic sources of cadmium have contributed large amounts of this potentially toxic metal to the water cycle with ultimate impacts on aquatic ecosystems.

Author : Water Resources Scientific Information Center
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Aquatic ecology
ISBN : OSU:32435068522523

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Cadmium in Water by Water Resources Scientific Information Center Pdf

Author : G. Mance
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400934214

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Pollution Threat of Heavy Metals in Aquatic Environments by G. Mance Pdf

The role of the European Community in developing environmental legislation has focused the minds of pollution control agencies and industrialists on the need for, and the evidence to support, water quality standards. This is particularly so for the Dangerous Substances Directive which has led to European standards for cadmium, mercury and lindane. Additionally the United Kingdom has published standards for six other non-ferrous metals. In this book I have sought to review the aquatic toxicity information for these and other metals, not just by the collation of the results of all the published toxicity tests, but by the critical consideration of the test techniques. A surprising proportion of the reported toxicity studies for aquatic organisms are based on unsatisfactory chemical or biological methods. That such weaknesses persist at a time of limited resources for environmental research is disappointing, especially when sound metho dologies are extensively documented and widely published. Evaluation of the critically reviewed and vetted data indicates that many of the previously accepted generalisations about the toxicity of metals to aquatic life are invalid: for instance the assumption that salmonid species of fish are more susceptible to these metals than coarse fish, or that increased water hardness decreases toxicity. Too few studies have actually sought to test such hypotheses.

Author : Seiichiro Himeno,Keiko Aoshima
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789811336300

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Cadmium Toxicity by Seiichiro Himeno,Keiko Aoshima Pdf

This volume focuses on cadmium (Cd) exposure, its effects on human health, the mechanism of Cd accumulation and the development of mitigation technologies. Further, it discusses clinical, epidemiological, agricultural, toxicological, and biochemical aspects of Cd pollution and presents recent biochemical studies on molecular mechanisms of Cd cytotoxicity and cellular transport as well as the mechanism of Cd-induced disturbances in phosphorus (P) metabolism. It also provides insights into the pathophysiology of itai-itai disease, a serious condition caused by Cd pollution. Cadmium -New Aspects in Human Disease, Rice Contamination, and Cytotoxicity- is a valuable resource for scientists involved in heavy metal toxicology, botanical sciences, and regulatory sciences. Addressing the features of Cd pollution in the past and in the present, as well as future perspectives, this is a must-have book for students, researchers and practitioners interested in global and local metal pollution.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Subcommittee on Zinc Cadmium Sulfide
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1997-05-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780309174787

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Toxicologic Assessment of the Army's Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion Tests by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Subcommittee on Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Pdf

During the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. Army conducted atmospheric dispersion tests in many American cities using fluorescent particles of zinc cadmium sulfide (ZnCdS) to develop and verify meteorological models to estimate the dispersal of aerosols. Upon learning of the tests, many citizens and some public health officials in the affected cities raised concerns about the health consequences of the tests. This book assesses the public health effects of the Army's tests, including the toxicity of ZnCdS, the toxicity of surrogate cadmium compounds, the environmental fate of ZnCdS, the extent of public exposures from the dispersion tests, and the risks of such exposures.

Author : Sanjay K. Sharma
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781849738859

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Heavy Metals In Water by Sanjay K. Sharma Pdf

This book highlights the latest research on dissolved heavy metals in drinking water and their removal.