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SCOPE 38

IPCS JOINT SYMPOSIA 9

ECOTOXICOLOGY AND CLIMATE

With Special Reference to

Hot and Cold Climates

Edited by:

Philippe Bourdeau -- Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

John A. Haines - International Programme on Chemical Safety, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Werner Klein - Fraunhofer-Institut fur Umweltchemie und Okotoxikologie, Schmallenberg- Grafschaft, Federal Republic of Germany

C. R. Krishna Murti - Chairman, Scientific Commission for Bhopal Studies, New Delhi, Madras, India

Published on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)

of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU),

and the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)

of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),

and the International Labour Organization (ILO)

by:

JOHN WILEY & SONS

Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore

Click on a chapter number to open pdf.

Title Pages

Forword and Preface

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction, Conclusions, and Recommendations

1. 0 Introduction, General Conclusions, and Recommedations

Chapter 2. Background: World's Climate and Ecosystems: Global Transport of Chemicals

2.1 Climates of the world seen from an ecotoxicological perspective - G.A McKay and M.K. Thomas

2.2 Ecosystems of the world - E.F. Bruenig

2.3 Atmospheric transport of chemicals - D.R. Miller and C.A. Robinson

2.4 Aquatic transport of chemicals - E.D. Goldberg

Chapter 3. Environmental Fate of Chemicals and Chemical Exposure in Tropical, Arid and Cold Regions

3.1 Mobility of environmental chemicals, including abiotic degradation - W. Klein

3.2 Biotic degradation of pollutants - F. Matsumura

3.3 Chemicals in cold environments - D.R. Miller

3.4 Chemicals in tropical and arid regions - C.R. Krishna Murti

Chapter 4. Effects of Environmental Chemicals on Biota and Ecosystems inTropical, Arid and Cold Regions

4.1 Effects of temperature and humidity on ecotoxicology of chemicals - P.N. Viswanathan and C.R. Krishna Murti

4.2 Effects in arid regions - A.S. and R.Y. Perry

4.3 Effects in marine ecosystems - J.P. Lay and A. Zsolnay

4.4 Effects in artic and subartic systems - D.R. Miller

4.5 Effects on domestic animals - R.K. Ringer

Chapter 5. Case Studies

5.1 Environmental pollution in coastal areas of India - R. Sen Gupta, Sugandhini Naik and V.V.R. Varadachari

5.2 Biodegradation of pesticides in tropical rice ecosystems - N. Sethunathan

5.3 Effects of insecticides in rice ecosystems in Southeast Asia - E.D. Magallona

5.4 Fate and effects of aldrin/dieldrin in terrestrial ecosystems in hot climates - I. Scheunert

5.5 The use of insecticides in the Onchocerciasis Control Programme and aquatic monitoring in West Africa - C. Leveque

5.6 Herbicides in warfare: The case of Indochina - A.H. Westing

5.7 Fate and undesirable effects of pesticides in Egypt - A.H. El-Sebae

5.8 Mercury in Canadian rivers - D.R. Miller

Index



	SCOPE 38 IPCS JOINT SYMPOSIA 9 ECOTOXICOLOGY AND CLIMATE With Special Reference to Hot and Cold Climates Edited by: Philippe Bourdeau -- Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium John A. Haines - International Programme on Chemical Safety, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland Werner Klein - Fraunhofer-Institut fur Umweltchemie und Okotoxikologie, Schmallenberg- Grafschaft, Federal Republic of Germany C. R. Krishna Murti - Chairman, Scientific Commission for Bhopal Studies, New Delhi, Madras, India Published on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), and the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Labour Organization (ILO)
	by: JOHN WILEY & SONS Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore Copyright 1989: by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) Click on a chapter number to open pdf. Title Pages Forword and Preface Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction, Conclusions, and Recommendations 1. 0 Introduction, General Conclusions, and Recommedations

	Chapter 2. Background: World's Climate and Ecosystems: Global Transport of Chemicals 2.1 Climates of the world seen from an ecotoxicological perspective - G.A McKay and M.K. Thomas 2.2 Ecosystems of the world - E.F. Bruenig 2.3 Atmospheric transport of chemicals - D.R. Miller and C.A. Robinson 2.4 Aquatic transport of chemicals - E.D. Goldberg Chapter 3. Environmental Fate of Chemicals and Chemical Exposure in Tropical, Arid and Cold Regions 3.1 Mobility of environmental chemicals, including abiotic degradation - W. Klein 3.2 Biotic degradation of pollutants - F. Matsumura 3.3 Chemicals in cold environments - D.R. Miller 3.4 Chemicals in tropical and arid regions - C.R. Krishna Murti Chapter 4. Effects of Environmental Chemicals on Biota and Ecosystems inTropical, Arid and Cold Regions 4.1 Effects of temperature and humidity on ecotoxicology of chemicals - P.N. Viswanathan and C.R. Krishna Murti 4.2 Effects in arid regions - A.S. and R.Y. Perry 4.3 Effects in marine ecosystems - J.P. Lay and A. Zsolnay 4.4 Effects in artic and subartic systems - D.R. Miller 4.5 Effects on domestic animals - R.K. Ringer Chapter 5. Case Studies 5.1 Environmental pollution in coastal areas of India - R. Sen Gupta, Sugandhini Naik and V.V.R. Varadachari 5.2 Biodegradation of pesticides in tropical rice ecosystems - N. Sethunathan 5.3 Effects of insecticides in rice ecosystems in Southeast Asia - E.D. Magallona 5.4 Fate and effects of aldrin/dieldrin in terrestrial ecosystems in hot climates - I. Scheunert 5.5 The use of insecticides in the Onchocerciasis Control Programme and aquatic monitoring in West Africa - C. Leveque 5.6 Herbicides in warfare: The case of Indochina - A.H. Westing 5.7 Fate and undesirable effects of pesticides in Egypt - A.H. El-Sebae 5.8 Mercury in Canadian rivers - D.R. Miller Index