Environmental Security Assessment and Management of Obsolete Pesticides in Southeast Europe - Simeonov, Lubomir I.; Macaev, Fliur Z.; Simeonova, Biana G.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Obsolete Pesticides - A Threat to Environment, Biodiversity and Human Health -- Designing Good Sampling Plans for Characterizing Pesticide Pollution -- Analytical Approaches for Sampling and Sample Preparation for Pesticide Analysis in Environmental, Food and Biological Samples -- The Problem of Seeking Environmentally Sound Development: The Case of Obsolete Pesticides Assessment Models -- Exposure Assessment to Hazardous Pesticides - Strategies to Reduce Human and Environmental Risks -- Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Aspects of Risk Perception -- Enantioselectivity of Chiral Pesticides in the Environment -- Health Effects Associated with Acute and Chronic Exposure to Pesticides -- Pollutants Biotransformation -- The History, Toxicity and Adverse Human Health and Environmental Effects Related to the Use of Agent Orange -- The History of Organic Arsenical Pesticides and Health Risks Related to the Use of Agent Blue -- Neurodevelopmental and Neurobehavioral Effects of Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure in Newborns and Children -- Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure in Humans - Is Prevention Possible? -- Degradation of Pesticides by TiO2 Photocatalysis -- Safe Management and Disposal of Obsolete Pesticides (DDT) from the Institute of Public Health -- Pesticide Mechanisms of Action in Living Organisms -- Factors Influencing Pesticide Risks for Children -- Chromatographic Methods for Determination of Chlorophenols as Biomarkers of Exposure to Pesticides and Organochlorine Substances -- Environmental and Health Situation with Obsolete Pesticides in Egypt -- Analytical Method for Determination of Some Priority Substances in Surface and Ground Water Samples by Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry -- Structural Changes of Biological Compartments in Danube Delta Systems due to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Toxic Metals -- Quantitative Fire Risk Assessment Procedure at Pesticide Storate Facilities in Romania -- Distribution and Quantification of Pesticides in Processed Wheat Grain Fractions -- Organochlorine and Organophophate Pesticides Determination in Plants Used for Cosmetic Purposes -- Green Chemistry Protocols: Specific Ionic Liquids as Recyclable Reagents, Catalysts, Solvents and Extractors -- Relative Liver Weight in Rats Subacutely Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls -- Analyses of Organochlorine Pesticides in Black Sea Sediments -- Pesticides and Residues in Different Media with Especial Regard to Waters in Hungary -- Possible Use of Certain Mineral Raw Materials of Moldova for DDTs and HCHS Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions -- Inventory and Status of Persistent Organic Pollutants - Pesticides in Croatia -- Some Institutional Aspects and Technological Approaches to Cleaning of Polluted Territories from Obsolete Pesticides in the Russian Federation under the Framework of Synergism between the Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions -- Environmental Security Assessment Based on the Cytogenetic Estimation of  Mutagenicity and Human Health in Ukraine -- Method Validation for Pesticides Identification -- Analytical Study of Obsolete Pesticides Stockpiles in the Republic of Moldova into NATO Science for Peace Project 'Clean-up-Chemicals-Moldova' -- Definition of the Tasks for the EU-PHARE Danube Regional Pesticide Study Project 1995-1997 -- The Danube Regional Pesticide Study Project 1995-1997: a Brief Synthesis of the Results -- Principles and Application of the Integrated Pest Management Approach. Biological Pesticides -- Initiatives and Actions on the Elimination of Obsolete Pesticides Risk/Hazards in the Republic of Moldova -- General Approaches and Procedures for Pesticide Legislation -- Subject Index.
Keywords: Ecotoxicology; Public health; Pharmacology; Analytical chemistry; Ecotoxicology; Public Health; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Analytical Chemistry