Cadmium in the Environment

ISBN-13: 9781315891279 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 168 str.

Lars Friberg

Opis

The focus of this report is upon information essential to the understanding of the toxic action of cadmium and the relationship between dose (exposure) and effects on human beings and animals. The therapy of cadmium poisoning has not been discussed.This review on cadmium in the environment has been performed under a contract between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Environmental Hygiene of the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. The report is intended to serve as a background paper for a future Air Quality Criteria document on cadmium. Therefore, particular attention has been given to information relevant for the evaluation of risks due to long-term exposure to low concentrations of cadmium. Acute effects from short-term exposure to high concentrations are dealt with briefly. In vitro studies without bearing on the main problem have not been dealt with.The report is not limited to effects from exposure via inhalation. Newly accessible information, showing that large populations may be exposed considerably via the oral route, can elucidate chronic effects of cadmium in general. Man and animals can be victims of secondary exposure through vehicles such as food and water which have been contaminated by cadmium in air.

Spis treści

1. Heavy Metals in the Marine Environment P. S. Rainbow and R. W. Furness 2. Trace Metals in Seawater J- D. Burton and P. J. Stratham 3. Metals in the Marine Atmosphere R. Chester and K. J. T. Murphy 4. Processes Affecting Metal Concentrations in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Sediments S. N. Luoma 5. Heavy Metal Levels in Marine Invertebrates P. S. Rainbow 6. Use of Microalgae and Invertebrates as Monitors of Metal Levels in Estuaries and Coastal Waters D. J. H. Phillies 7. Toxic Effects of Metals and the Incidence of Metal Pollution in Marine Ecosystems W. J. Langston 8. Biochemical and Cytological Assessments of Metal Toxicity in Marine Animals S. G. George 9. Metal Levels in Marine Vertebrates D. R. Thompson 10. The Use of Seabirds as Monitors of Heavy Metals in the Marine Environment P. M. Walsh 11. Evidence for Historical Changes in Global Metal Pollution- Snow and Ice Samples E. W. Wolff 12. Evidence from Biological Samples for Historical Changes in Global Metal Pollution R. W. Furness, D. R. Thompson, and P. M. Walsh 13. Human Exposure to Metals through Consumption of Marine Foods- A Case Study of Exceptionally High Intake among Greenlanders J.C. Hansen

O autorze

Lars Friberg