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Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: Searching for a system

Sergei Ostroumov–Dec 1, 2009

The system of criteria for evaluation of eco-hazards of chemicals in W.Europe and N.America is outdated and does not guarantee environmental safety. The author gave a conceptual framework for an ecologically more sound system of criteria, with an example of its application to a real situation.

Tags: Earth Science, ecological hazards, stability of ecosystem, pollutants, xenobiotics, anthropogenic effects, bioassays, synthetic surfactants, water quality

http://sites.google.com/site/2000dbs371p204criteria/

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Sergei Ostroumov wrote on Dec 8, 2009 7:43 am
Our recent findings are in line with this paper, and they confirmed its main conclusions. After this paper we kept on studying aquatic organisms and how chemicals (esp surfactants and some other xenobiotics) affect them. One of key steps after this paper was summarizing our new data and ideas in the book: Ostroumov S. A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. ISBN 0-8493-2526-9. [new facts and concepts on assessment of hazards from chemicals, new look on the factors important to water quality, to sustainability; new priorities in environmental safety]. Recenly we did experiments with heavy metals.