Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms - State Water Resources

70 Pages·2005·3.15 MB·English

Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms
An Increasing Risk to Human Health
& Ecosystem Sustainability
Ken Hudnell, PhD
US EPA, Office of Research and Development, National Health and
Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Neurotoxicology Division
California and Oregon Workshops on Cyanobacterial Blooms in the
Klamath River, November 8&9, 2005
ORD Research Center, RTP, NC
Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms
(CHABS): Recent Area of Science
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Overview
(cid:190) ISOC-HAB: The Interagency, International
Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful
Algal Blooms, September 6-10, 2005
(cid:190) Legislative Drivers, Participants & Products
(cid:190) Theoretical Framework
(cid:190) Cyanobacteria & their Toxins
* Microcystin Effects
(cid:190) Occurrence
(cid:190) Risk Assessment
(cid:190) Causes, Prevention & Mitigation
(cid:190) Future
ISOC-HAB Legislative Drivers,
Participants, Topics & Products
ISOC-HAB Legislative Drivers
(cid:190) Clean Water Act
* EPA authority to regulate recreational waters
(cid:190) Safe Drinking Water Act
* EPA authority to regulate drinking waters
- Cyanobacteria & their toxins are on the CCL2
(cid:190) Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research &
Control (HABHRCA) Act Reauthorized & Expanded
- Now Includes Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms
- Mandates Interagency Products on Cyanobacteria
ISOC-HAB Participants & Topics
EPA NOAA US Army Corps
Of Engineers
(cid:190) 32 Member Organizing Committee - K. Hudnell, Lead
(cid:190) 200+ Attendees, 94 Invited Participants, 25 Speakers
* Speaker Charges - State of the Science
(cid:190) Six Main Session Topics & Workgroups
* Workgroup Charges - Identify & Prioritize Research
• Causes, Prevention, • Occurrence of
Mitigation & Treatment Blooms & Toxins
• Toxins • Exposure Assessment
• Effects • Risk Assessment
ISOC-HAB Products
(cid:190) Monograph Published by Springer Press in the
Series, Advances in Experimental Medicine &
Biology, Spring, 2006. Presented to HABHRCA
Task Force to Help Meet Mandates
• Synopsis - National Research Plan on CHABS
• 6 Workgroup Reports - Research Needs
• 25 Speaker Papers - State of the Science
• Multiple Poster Abstracts - Latest Research
Theoretical Framework