Environmental Security Assessment and Management of Obsolete Pesticides in Southeast Europe

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 inRomania.- 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.