Ecological Risk Assessment: Innovative Field and Laboratory Studies

255 Pages·2017·5.326 MB·English

by  TANNENBAUM, LAWRENCE V

Ecological Risk
Assessment
Innovative Field and Laboratory Studies
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Ecological Risk
Assessment
Innovative Field and Laboratory Studies
Lawrence V. Tannenbaum
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Names: Tannenbaum, Lawrence, author.
Title: Ecological risk assessment : innovative field and laboratory studies /
Lawrence V. Tannenbaum.
Description: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017034217 | ISBN 9781498786171 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Ecological risk assessment.
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and a man of understanding shall attain
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such a wonderful family. I dedicate this book to
– My Aishes Chayil, Chava Esther,
– Our dear children Eliezer Moshe and his wife Hindy;
Shifra Miriam and her husband Yaakov Boruch
– Our dear grandchildren Dovid Yaakov, Freida Leah,
Yechezkel, and Malka Perel Tannenbaum; Shmuel,
Sheftel Yekusiel, and Freida Leah Beren.
May we be able to continue to help preserve this
wonderful land for future generations.
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Contents
Preface xv
Author xix
Introduction 1
SeCtion i Field Studies
Study #1 Document Chemical-Induced Ecological Impacts (of Import)
at Contaminated Sites 21
Premise 21
Study Guidelines 21
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 25
Study #2 E xplore the Need for, Veracity of, and Utility of Toxicological
Benchmarks for Non-Earthworm Soil Organisms 27
Premise 27
Study Guidelines—Empirical Work in the Field 29
Study Guidelines—Laboratory Study 30
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 30
Study #3 Demonstrate the Erroneous Nature of Avian and Mammalian TRVs
through Hands-On Animal Study 33
Premise 33
Study Guidelines 35
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 36
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Study #4 D etermine Required Minimum (Species-Representative)
Bird Counts for ERAs at Prototypical Contaminated Sites 39
Premise 39
Study Guidelines 41
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 43
Study #5 Field Document Spent Shot Pellet Ingestion by Grit-Ingesting Birds 45
Premise 45
Study Guidelines 46
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 47
Study #6 H ealth-Screen Birds for Assumed Lead Pellet Ingestion;
and Provide Follow-On Care 49
Premise 49
Study Guidelines 50
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 51
Study #7 A pply a “Top-Down” Medical Screening Scheme for Birds
and Mammals 53
Premise 53
Study Guidelines 54
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 55
Study #8 E stablish an Environmental Residue Effects Database for Terrestrial
Animals in the Wild 57
Premise 57
Study Guidelines—Field 59
Study Guidelines—Laboratory 61
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 61
References 63
Study #9 A ggressively Expand the RSA Database 65
Premise 65
Study Guidelines 67
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 69
Contents ix
Study #10 R eposition Small Rodents in the Wild to Enhance
the Understanding of Contaminated Soil Exposures 71
Premise 71
Study Guidelines 72
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 74
Study #11 E xpand GPS Technology-Based Spatial Movements-Tracking
for Mammals 77
Premise 77
Study Guidelines 78
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 80
Study #12 C hemically Dose Terrestrial Environments in Support
of a Longitudinal Health-Effects Study for Ecological Receptors 83
Premise 83
Study Guidelines 84
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 87
Study #13 Validate Biokinetic Uptake Modeling for Freshwater Fish 91
Premise 91
Study Guidelines 92
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 93
Study #14 Adequately Field-Validate the Efficacy (Predictive Capability)
of the Simultaneously Extracted Metals/Acid Volatile Sulfides
(SEM/AVS) Method 97
Premise 97
Study Guidelines 99
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 100
SeCtion ii Laboratory Studies
Study #15 Establish a Database Supporting a “Top-Down” Medical
Screening Scheme for Birds and Mammals in the Field 105
Premise 105
Study Guidelines 106
Study Outcomes and Applications Thereof 108