Book Description

Environmental toxicology is one of the most interdisciplinary sciences. Biologists, microbiologists, chemists, engineers, environmentalists, ecologists and other scientists work together in this new scientific discipline. Assessment of the environmental effects of chemicals is complicated as it depends on the organisms tested and involves not only the toxicity of individual chemicals, but also their interactive effects (including antagonistic and synergistic ones), and genotoxicity, mutagenicity and immunotoxicity testing. Hazardous waste management is closely related to environmental toxicology and there is a growing need for techniques and practices to minimize the environmental effects of chemicals.

This volume contains the contributions presented at the 2nd Conference on Environmental Toxicology , which was held in Granada, Spain in 2008. The papers cover the following subject areas: Risk Assessment; Human Health Risk; Effluent Toxicity; Bioaccumulation of Chemicals; Biodegredation and Bioremediation; Biological Effects Monitoring; Laboratory Tests and Validation; Ecotoxicity of Emerging Chemicals; New Trends in Environmental Toxicology.

Book Contents

Spanish influenza: analogue for potential ramifications of bioterrorism
K. Duncan;

Evaluation of water quality in public drinking fountains
M. H. Rebelo; A. S. Cardoso; S. A. Feliciano;

Environmental impact of soluble oils
S. Riley; C. McQuade; S. Adeloju; R. Hyne;

Developing corporate environment and health strategy: review of existing corporate citizenship (CC) models
K. Duncan;

Infant exposure to persistent organochlorine compounds is higher in Denmark than in Finland
H. Shen; K. M. Main; A.-M. Andersson; I. N. Damgaard; H. E. Virtanen; N. E. Skakkebaek; J. Toppari; K.-W. Schramm;

Different technologies for the treatment of PAH contaminated sediments and consequences on human health individual risk
D. Cocarta; I. A. Oprea; M. Ragazzi; G. Andreottola; G. Ziglio; A. Badea; T. Apostol;

Agricultural practices that reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) and generate co-benefits
K. Duncan;

Arsenic toxicity and carcinogenesis: a public health risk assessment and management approach
P. B. Tchounwou;

Toxicity assessment of effluents
T. Tišler; J. Zagorc-Končan;

Study of phytotoxic properties of sewage sludge stabilised by alkaline mediums
P. Samaras; C. A. Papadimitriou; E. Papastergiadis; A. Pappa; K. Gudulas;

Evolution of acute toxicity of non-ionic surfactants over the biodegradation process
E. Jurado; M. Fernández-Serrano; J. Núñez; M. Lechuga; G. Luzón;

Effects of hydraulic retention time, temperature, and MLSS concentration on the effluent quality of a membrane bioreactor
J. M. Poyatos; M. Molina-Muñoz; J. González-López; E. Hontoria;

Toxicity reduction evaluation (TRE) procedure for identification of toxic substances in landfill leachate
M. Cotman; A. Žgajnar-Gotvajn;

Alkylphenols and bisphenol-A and its chlorinated derivatives in adipose tissue of children
N. Olea; J. P. Arrebola; J. Taoufiki; R. Fernández-Valades; R. Prada; N. Navea; J. M. Molina-Molina; M. F. Fernandez;

Assessment of the lead and cadmium contamination levels in the Lublin Region wetlands using mallards () as a contamination vector
H. Bojar; I. Bojar;

Accumulation of heavy metals in from Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria
E. O. Olanipekun; P. O. Tedela; F. O. Iyiola; O. E. Faniyi; B. A. Falusi;

Classical and novel organohalogen compounds (PCBs and PBDEs) in hake (, L.) from the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts (France)
X. Bodiguel; J. Tronczyński; V. Loizeau; C. Munschy; N. Guiot; A. M. Le Guellec; N. Olivier; F. Roupsard; C. Mellon;

When can surfactants enhance hydrocarbon biodegradation in oil biotreatments?
C. Calvo; A. Silva-Castro; C. Perucha; J. Laguna; I. Uad; J. G. López;

Detoxification of aliphatic and aromatic organic pollutants by means of catalytic wet-air oxidation
A. Pintar; J. Batista; T. Tišler;

Ex-situ bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sewage sludge
J. E. Schmidt; S. B. Larsen; D. Karakashev;

Reducing copper toxicity by drinking coffee
H. Djati Utomo;

toxicity of indoor fungi from dwellings in Slovakia: testing on the isolated lung cells
Z. Kováčiková; E. Tátrai; E. Piecková; Z. Kolláriková; V. Jančinová; J. Tulinská; M. Kuricová; A. Líšková;

Determining the suitability of as a toxicity test species
A. Mohammed;

toxicity of indoor moulds from Slovak dwellings
E. Piecková; Z. Kolláriková;

Lung function parameters and MVOC
U. E. Rolle-Kampczyk; M. L. Greef; O. Manuwald; M. Rehwagen; O. Herbarth; S. W. Röder; A. Müller;

Mortality of silkworms due to air pollution: environmental indicators induced by ecological stress
E. Kamilova; B. Tsarev;

Surface water toxicity assessment by ecotoxicological and toxicologocical assays
C. Khalil; C. Winder;

Application of bioassays and soil column test for toxicity evaluation of selected pesticides
A. Kungolos; C. Emmanouil; M. Gkantaka; V. Tsiridis; N. Tsiropoulos;

Optimization and validation of a chromatographic methodology for the quantification of PAHs in drinking water samples
A. S. Cardoso; S. A. Feliciano; M. H. Rebelo; S. S. José; C. Reis;

Toxicity of nonionic surfactants
K. Jahan; S. Balzer; P. Mosto;

Androgenic activity of effluent from forty-five municipal waste water treatment plants in Victoria, Australia
G. Allinson; M. Allinson; F. Shiraishi; S. A. Salzman; J. H. Myers; K. M. Hermon; T. Theodoropoulos;

Acute sublethal effects of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) on the European eel (Linnaeus, 1758)
C. Della Torre; I. Corsi; C. Sensini; A. Arukwe; S. Focardi;

Classification, analysis and interaction of solid airborne particles in urban environments
P. Cariñanos; C. Galán; P. Alcázar; E. Dominguez;

Role of the chemistry of soil organic matter on the sorption of diuron
A. G. Ahangar; R. J. Smernik; R. S. Kookana;

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