Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Ecosystems of the North Pacific (eBook)

The book reports the results on the fate of POPs in the abiotic and biotic components of the aquatic environment North Pacific Ocean (include Russian part of North Pacific), possible health risks for coastal residents Pacific Ocean exposed to these hazardous pollutants are systematized. In particular, indicator organisms (fish, birds, and mammals), indicating the pollution of the region, were identified; the possible ways of xenobiotic transfer from the sea to the land are shown; the targets of POPs impact on living organisms were determined; the time of circulation of pollutants in the biosphere was determined; a list of 'priority' toxicants for the region based on quality screening was compiled; the risks to human health from the consumption of contaminated aquatic organisms were assessed; the levels of POPs in the human body were measured.

The book is interesting for specialists in the agro-industrial complex, aquaculture and medicine, teachers and graduate students of universities, researchers, which interested in the problems of persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

There are no similar books on the study of POPs in the Russian part of the Pacific Ocean in the world literature. This book is useful to scientists of the world who study the fate of POPs.

Professor Vasiliy Tsygankov graduated from the School of Natural Sciences of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) (Vladivostok, Russia) in 2007, is Dean of the Industrial Biotechnology and Bioengineering Faculty of School of the Advanced Engineering Studies 'Institute of Biotechnology, Bioengineering and Food Systems' at FEFU, is Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Chromatographic and Optical Methods of Analysis at FEFU, and is Doctor of Biological Sciences. Professor Vasiliy Tsygankov's area of scientific interests is fate of persistent organic pollutants and toxic elements in different components of the marine and terrestrial environment. Professor Vasiliy Tsygankov applied research in marine geochemistry, ecotoxicology, environmental chemistry, food safety, and control. Professor Vasiliy Tsygankov is Author and Co-author of more than 150 scientific publications.