International Mussel Watch: A global assessment of environmental levels of chemical contaminants

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6993764

The primary goal of the International Mussel Watch is to ascertain and assess the levels of chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide (CHP) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in bivalves collected from coastal marine waters throughout the world. Increased use of these persistent toxic biocides may result in contamination of living coastal resources from whole ecosystems to specific food resources with consequent implication for human health and the integrity of marine communities. Another goal for the International Mussel Watch Project will be to help develop a sustainable activity for observation and monitoring chemical contamination in especially susceptible regions of the world's oceans.

• Research Organization: International Musselwatch Committee
• OSTI ID: 6993764
• Report Number(s): PB-93-109130/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Sponsored by Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Paris (France), and United Nations Environment Programme, New York
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
FOOD CHAINS
CONTAMINATION
MUSSELS
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
SEAS
WATER POLLUTION
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
COASTAL WATERS
GLOBAL ASPECTS
PESTICIDES
PUBLIC HEALTH
TROPICAL REGIONS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
ECOSYSTEMS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
INVERTEBRATES
MOLLUSCS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
SURFACE WATERS
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560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology