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Bioavailability of Organic Xenobiotics in the Environment

Practical Consequences for the Environment

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Editors:
  1. Philippe Baveye

    1. Laboratory of Environmental Geophysics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

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  2. Jean-Claude Block

    1. Laboratoire Santé Environnement — LCPE, UMR Université-CNRS 7564, Faculté de Pharmacie — Pôle de l’Eau, Vandoeuvre lès Nancy, France

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  3. Vladislav V. Goncharuk

    1. Dumansky Institute of Water and Colloïdal Chemistry, Science Academyc of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2 (ASEN2, volume 64)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Organic Pollutants and Bioremediation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Persistent Organic Contaminants in the Environment: PAHs as a Case Study

      • B. Maliszewska-Kordybach
      Pages 3-34

    3. Evaluation of Contamination Level of Dnieper River Basin by Organic and Inorganic Toxicants

      • V. V. Goncharuk, M. V. Milyukin
      Pages 35-56

    4. Underground Pollution at a Former Military Installation in Valciunai (Lithuania)

      • N. Šeirys, A. Marcinonis
      Pages 57-72

    5. Application of a Biodegradation-Redox Model for Predicting Bioremediation Performance

      • G. R. Carey, P. J. van Geel, E. A. McBean, F. A. Rovers
      Pages 73-77

    6. Bioremediation of Environments Contaminated with Organic Xenobiotics: Putting Microbial Metabolism to Work

      • A. J. B. Zehnder
      Pages 79-92

    7. Factors Controlling the Biodegradation of Chemicals in Soils

      • Sylvain Fass, Hervé Vaudrey, Timothy M. Vogel, Jean-Claude Block
      Pages 93-117

  3. Assessment of Bioavailability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. The Use of Laboratory Model Systems to Elucidate the Mechanisms of Bioavailability of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds

      • H. Harms
      Pages 121-134

    3. Pollutant Aging Studies in Soils

      • Elizabeth A. Guthrie
      Pages 135-139

    4. Factors Affecting the Evaluation of Long-Term PCB Biodegradation in Soils by White Rot Fungi

      • A. Kubátová, P. Erbanová
      Pages 141-146

    5. Quantifying the Intrinsic Bioremediation Potential and the Hazard Index of Organic Xenobiotics in Aquifers Based on Their Bioavailability Rates

      • Yves Dudal, Louise Deschênes, Réjean Samson
      Pages 147-151

    6. The Use of Whole-Cell Living Biosensors to Determine the Bioavailability of Pollutants to Microorganisms

      • M. C. M. Jaspers, S. Totevova, K. Demnerova, H. Harms, J. R. van der Meer
      Pages 153-158

    7. Abiotic Transformations of Organic Xenobiotics in Soils: A Compounding Factor in the Assessment of Bioavailability

      • P. Ruggiero
      Pages 159-205

    8. Evaluation of Soil Adsorption-Desorption Capacity for the Assessment of Pesticide Bioavailability

      • M. Gennari, C. Gessa
      Pages 207-225

    9. Bioavailability of Organic Xenobiotics in the Environment

      • Philippe Baveye, Rebecca Bladon
      Pages 227-248

  4. Processes That Control Bioavailability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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    2. Physico-Chemical Characterization, Reactivity and Biodegradability of Soil Natural Organic Matter

      • J. Berthelin, C. Munier-Lamy, J.-M. Portal, F. Toutain
      Pages 251-296

    3. Organic Pollutants Associated with Macromolecular Soil Organic Matter and the Formation of Bound Residues

      • H. H. Richnow, E. Annweiler, W. Fritsche, M. Kästner
      Pages 297-326
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In the continuing fight against organic environmental xenobiotics, the initial success attributed to bioremediation has paled, in part due to the low availability of xenobiotics entrapped within a soil or sediment matrix. This has generated a very significant wave of interest in the bioavailability issue. However, much experimental evidence is puzzling or contradictory, mechanistic theories are embryonic, and implications for the practice of bioremediation or concerning the natural fate of xenobiotics are still tentative.
The debate in Europe and the USA is vigorous. Eastern Europe, following the liberalisation of the economy and political life, is evolving in a similar direction. In many cases, however, limited access to literature sources, severe language barriers, and the lack of a strong pluridisciplinary tradition are hampering the adoption of state of the art techniques.
Originally intended to allow scientists in East European countries to become acquainted with the key aspects of the bioavailability debate that is unfolding in the scientific literature in the West, and with its implications for bioremediation efforts, the present book presents a very complete coverage of the theoretical and practical aspects of the (limited) bioavailability of organic xenobiotics in the environment.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory of Environmental Geophysics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

    Philippe Baveye

  • Laboratoire Santé Environnement — LCPE, UMR Université-CNRS 7564, Faculté de Pharmacie — Pôle de l’Eau, Vandoeuvre lès Nancy, France

    Jean-Claude Block

  • Dumansky Institute of Water and Colloïdal Chemistry, Science Academyc of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

    Vladislav V. Goncharuk

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