Showing papers in "Environment International in 2008"

TL;DR: Nonylphenol is a toxic xenobiotic compound classified as an endocrine disrupter capable of interfering with the hormonal system of numerous organisms and is found often in matrices such as sewage sludge, effluents from sewage treatment works, river water and sediments, soil and groundwater.

TL;DR: Findings from this review indicate that current aquaculture practices can lead to elevated levels of antibiotic residues, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, persistent organic pollutants, metals, parasites, and viruses in aquacultured finfish and shellfish.

TL;DR: This review presents an overview of literature published on the use of Pb isotopic analyses of different environmental matrices and summarises analytical techniques used for the determination of P b isotopes in environmental samples.

TL;DR: A review of the state of the science regarding Tributyltin is presented in this paper, with special attention paid to the environmental levels, toxicity, and human exposure. But, data concerning TBT levels in foodstuffs are scarce, and therefore, investigations on experimental toxicity, dietary intake, potential human health effects and development of new sustainable technologies to remove TBT compounds are clearly necessary.

TL;DR: The hazardous properties of pesticides which are known to have ED properties are reviewed in order to assess the implications for risk assessment and a more precautionary approach to the use of ED pesticides, especially for non-essential purposes is proposed.

TL;DR: State-of-the-art remediation technologies available for reducing dioxins formation and emission from the important sources such as, flue gas, fly ash and soil were described in detail.

TL;DR: Several improvements would increase the utility of sustainability indices for policy decisions, particularly the identification of biases introduced by the index methodology and data inclusion.

TL;DR: This review focuses on a brief description of xenoestrogens and their occurrence in aquatic environments, and on Vg induction in aquatic invertebrates in response to both experimental and environmental exposure to estrogenic compounds.

TL;DR: Despite the commercial formulations of PBDEs never having been manufactured in, nor imported into New Zealand, their presence in dusts from that country suggests international trade in PBDE-containing goods is an important pathway effecting their global distribution.

TL;DR: Water and several wild aquatic species including Chinese mysterysnail, prawn, fish, and water snake were collected from a reservoir surrounded by several e-waste recycling workshops in South China to investigate the levels and bioaccumulation extent of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls released from electronic waste (e-w waste) which was processed by crude recycling method.

TL;DR: Measurements imply that groundwater contamination is of geogenic origin and caused by natural anoxic conditions in the aquifers, which is the most serious health risk for the ~2 million people drinking this groundwater without treatment.

TL;DR: Exposure was lower than for PBDEs and hexabromocyclodododecanes, while that for DBDPE was similar in magnitude to (Sigma)tri-hexa-BDEs, but less than for BDE-209 and HBCDs.

TL;DR: It is found that PBDE dust concentration and surface loading were highly correlated (r=0.86-0.95, p<0.001) and home vacuum bag dust concentrations were significantly lower than researcher-collected dust and not strongly correlated.

TL;DR: The processes, actions, and behaviors that control and drive the consumption, accumulation, and need for disposal of pharmaceuticals are defined and an overview of the diverse locations where drugs are used and accumulate is provided.

TL;DR: The results obtained show a diffuse PFCs contamination of the Danish environment with concentrations similar to those measured in other countries with the absence of primary contamination sources such as fluorochemical production.

TL;DR: This review examines the current application of molecular techniques for the characterization of microbial communities in contaminated soil and water and methods that directly link microbial phylogeny to its ecological function at contaminated sites as well as high throughput methods for complex microbial community studies.

TL;DR: The urban lakes of Guangzhou were moderately polluted by PAEs, mainly originating from urban stormwater runoff, atmospheric deposition, as well as untreated discharge of industrial wastewater and municipal sewage.

TL;DR: Individuals who change their travel mode from car to walking in response to policies aimed at encouraging a modal shift in travel behavior are likely to experience considerably increased journey-time personal exposures to traffic-related air pollution.

TL;DR: All studies worldwide that analyzed the distribution of concentrations of POPs in a representative sample of the general population are identified and synthesized the studies' main characteristics, as design, population, and chemicals analyzed.

TL;DR: TSS, alkalinity and conductivity were proposed as sensitive water quality parameters for monitoring impacts of changing climate in the lower Mekong River.

TL;DR: The latter part of this review considers organic compounds in the following order: agrochemicals, petroleum and crude oil hydrocarbons, PAHs and PCBs.

TL;DR: This study found that PM(10) levels inside subway lines 1, 2 and 4 exceeded the Korea indoor air quality (Korea IAQ) standard of 150 microg/m(3) and PM(2.5) inside trains were significantly higher than those measured on platforms and in ambient air reported by the Korea Ministry of Environment.

TL;DR: A detailed review of constructed wetlands systems in Ireland was undertaken, and an assessment of the efficiency of CWs in operation in Ireland towards abating environmental pollution was done, and compared with CWs operating in other European countries.

TL;DR: This paper focuses on the recent advancement in arsenic speciation in solid phases and covers relevant methodological, analytical and modeling aspects.

TL;DR: In the group of study a positive correlation among fish consumption and levels of NP in the milk was observed, in accordance with the evidence that seafood represents one of the most important sources of exposure to this group of contaminants in Italy.

TL;DR: The present review comprehensively brings together key data of the long-term studies of biological effects in plants and animals inhabiting over 20 years the Chernobyl NPP zone to assess minimum doses at which ecological and biological effects were observed.

TL;DR: The soil-to-plant transfer of Co appears to be viable route to expose lower trophic levels to biologically significant concentrations and Co is potentially accumulated in biomass and top soil and discusses the toxicology and potential for bio magnification and food chain accumulation.

TL;DR: The present data suggest an immunosuppression in the individuals from Ponta Grossa Lake after exposure to POPs, which are bioavailable, induce severe damages in target organs such as the liver, and can disturb the immune system of the trahira.

TL;DR: HCH and DDT residues in fish in India were lower than those in the temperate countries indicating a lower accumulation in tropical fish, which might be related to rapid volatilization of this insecticide in the tropical environment.

TL;DR: Experiments presented in this paper show that quite accurate predictions of air pollutant indicator levels are possible with a simple neural network and that further optimizations of the model can be achieved using different input parameters and different experimental setups.