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the Science of the Total Environment An International Journal for Scientific Research into the Envi its Relationship with Man The Science of the Total Environment 184 (1996) 245-246 Volume contents Volume 184 (1996) Preface Ethical and philosophical issues in environmental epidemiology C.L. Soskolne, R. Bertollini (Canada; Italy) Interim report on the Joint International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) — Global Environmental Epidemiology Network (GEENET) Ethics Survey C.L. Soskoine, G.S. Jhangri, B. Hunter, M. Close (Canada) Guidelines/codes of ethics: merging process and content M.S. Frankel (USA) Realities of decision-making and social issues: Implications for developing and implementing ethics guidelines C. Summers (Canada) Data protection and epidemiologic research R.C. James (Canada) Legislation to protect individual confidentiality: the case of cancer registration in Germany B. Bellach, D. Schén (Germany) Ethical aspects of genetic predisposition to environmentally-related disease P. Grandjean, M. Sorsa (USA; Finland) Monitoring the worker and the community for chemical exposure and disease: legal and ethical considerations in the United States N.A. Ashford (USA) Science, advocacy, human and environmental health H. Rolston, Ill (USA) Environmental integrity, racism and health L. Westra (Canada) Environmental justice: the role of epidemiology in protecting unempowered communities from environmental hazards S.S. Coughlin (USA) Informed consent in the Czech Republic V. Bencko (Czech Republic) Balancing the interests of patients, science and employees: case study of RF (microwave) exposures of US embassy staff in eastern European posts J.R. Goldsmith (Israel) Cancer hazard identification and qualitative risk assessment B. Terracini (Italy) Causal inference in environmental epidemiology: the role of implicit values C. Botti, P. Comba, F. Forastiere, L. Settimi (Italy) Scientific uncertainty: how do we know when to communicate research findings to the public? D. Jamieson (USA) Ethics in community-based environmental epidemiology and public health practice: some considerations D. Wartenberg (USA) Reflections on the relevance of the Georgetown paradigm for the ethics of environmental epidemiology E.R. Winkler (Canada) 246 Volume contents vol. 184 (1996) Empirical analyses of ethical misconduct in risk analyses ee ge Gee gk bud bk ad VIS bo Wak 6 4 604s oe pe ew Oe eee 8 He Ow’ Oe 8 121 Epidemiology in the courtroom: analysis of an ethical conflict ee CT eee re Cea Eee en Ce eee ee eee ee 123 Communication of research findings in peer-reviewed journals: publication bias, timing of publication, conflicting interests and fraud a ihe ee ee te Sih ein a a 46 46 aE elk 4 Nia Ok REA 6 5 PAK ARE NA ee eee 8 129 WHOASEE International Workshop on Ethical and Philosophical Issues in Environmental Epidemiology — Report on a WHO Meeting. EI PO ee ae ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 131 Towards ethics guidelines for environmental epidemiologists a eR de ee wtb bd Kd peg BR A kA Wee Oa ee Ne eee Be Oe ee ewe ws 137 Total and organic mercury concentrations in offshore crustaceans of the Ligurian Sea and their relations to the trophic levels V. Minganti, R. Capelli, R. De Pellegrini, L. Orsi Relini, G. Relini (Italy)....0..0..... 0..... .e.ee. e.e e 149 Accumulation and long term behaviour of radiocaesium in Norwegian fungi 1. Amundsen, G. Gulden, P. Strand (Norway)... ....... 0... cc ee eee eee ee eee eens 163 Uptake of mercury species by transplanted mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis under estuarine conditions (Krka river estuary) N. Mikac, Z. Kwokal, D. Martingié, M. Branica (Croatia; MN rod tea ee ik i Rh 9’g ly Wake ve 9 4 173 Determination of selenium in cereals, legumes and dry fruits from southeastern Spain for calculation of daily dietary intake J.P. Diaz-Alarcén, M. Navarro-Alarcon, H. Lopez-Garcia de la Serrana, M.C. Lopez-Martinez (Spain)......... 183 Cadmium contents in rice samples from various areas in the world T. Watanabe, S. Shimbo, C.-S. Moon, Z.-W. Zhang, M. Ikeda (Japan). .......0..... e.ee .ee.e .ee e 191 Investigations on the time-dependant variations in metal concentration in the leaves of Populus nigra ‘Italica’ R. Djingova, G. Wagner, |. Kuleff, D. Peshev (Bulgaria; Germany). ........0.0. .e.e ee.e .ee.e .ee e 197 Impact of reduction of lead in gasoline on the blood and hair lead levels in the population of Tarragona Province, Spain, 1990-1995 M. Schuhmacher, M. Bellés, A. Rico, J.L. Domingo, J. Corbella (Spain).....0.0..... .ce.e. e.e .e.ee 203 Evidence for the redissolution of soil spodic horizons under the influence of acid deposition in the Vosges mountains (north-eastern France) J.-P. Boudot, O. Maitat, D. Merlet, J. Rouiller (France)... ..... 0.0.0... cc ee ee eens 211 Impact of metalliferous ore mining activity on the environment in Gyongyosoroszi, Hungary Sk i a wis aa brB e as +e RAO ee EAD RD Se MSH ee 215 Nitrogen accumulation in surface horizons of moorland podzols: evidence from a Scottish survey C.C. White, A.M. Dawod, M.S. Cresser (UK) Author index tk La ee yh pan bk ke ee OE OER R OS eR COLE ED CLP CRS Rae be eke eres. 241 Volume _ contents