Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology: Continuation of Residue Reviews / Edition 1

by George W. Ware

Overview

International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communi­ ties over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic envi­ ronments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and archival documentations. These three international publications are integrated and scheduled to provide the coherency essential for nonduplicative and current progress in a field as dynamic and complex as environmental contamination and toxicology. This series is reserved ex­ clusively for the diversified literature on "toxic" chemicals in our food, our feeds, our homes, recreational and working surroundings, our domestic animals, our wildlife and ourselves. Tremendous efforts worldwide have been mobilized to evaluate the nature, presence, magnitude, fate, and toxi­ cology of the chemicals loosed upon the earth. Among the sequelae of this broad new emphasis is an undeniable need for an articulated set of authoritative publications, where one can find the latest important world literature produced by these emerging areas of science together with docu­ mentation of pertinent ancillary legislation. Research directors and legislative or administrative advisers do not have the time to scan the escalating number of technical publications that may contain articles important to current responsibility. Rather, these individu­ als need the background provided by detailed reviews and the assurance that the latest information is made available to them, all with minimal literature searching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387979250
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	12/18/1992
Series:	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology , #131
Edition description:	1993
Pages:	154
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

George W. Ware was Professor Emeritus of Entomology and Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Arizona. He was an Author of eight books and more than 150 scientific articles on pesticide chemistry and toxicology, pesticide application drift, pesticide residues, and radiation biology.

​Francis Alan Gunther served the University of California for the whole of his professional life. He spent a career of 44 years as a leader in the development of analytical methods for pesticide residues and in the determination of the physical and chemical fates of pesticides and related chemical residues in the environment. While so doing, he developed anddirected what was indeed a national and international center of research on these subjects.

Table of Contents

Contents

Environmental Dehalogenation-Chemistry and Mechanism
	Charles E. Castro
	I Introduction
	II The Halogen Cycle
		A Synthesis of Organic Halides by the Sea
		B Synthesis from Volcanoes
		C Destruction, General Processes
	III Environmental Dehalogenation
		A Abiotic Processes
		B Biotic Processes
	IV A Summary of Transformations and Rates by Soil Bacteria
	V Site Reactivity Probes
		Summary
		References
Trace Metal-Sediment Dynamics in Estuaries: Pollution Assessment
	Michael J. Kennish
	I Introduction
	II Chemical Forms and Concentrations of Trace Metals
		A Chemical Forms
		B Concentrations
	III Trace Metal-Sediment Interactions During Estuarine Mixing
		A Flocculation
		B Adsorption Processes
	IV Methods of Sediment-Trace Metal Sample Analysis
	V Trace Metals and Bottom Sediments
	VI Trace Metal-Sediment Profiles
		A Case Studies
		B Natural vs. Anthropogenic Trace Metal Sources
		Summary
	Acknowledgements
	References
Natural Organic Matter and the Bound Water Concept in Aquatic Ecosystems
	Rolf D. Vinebrooke and Roy Cullimore
	I Introduction
	II Characterization of Natural Organic Matter
	III States of Water
	IV Air-Water Interface
	V Water Column
	VI Sediment-Water Interface
	VII Sediments
	VIII Environmental Significance and Implications of Natural Organic Matter
	IX Discussion
	Summary
	Acknowledgements
	References