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MODERN ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ITS MAIN MISTAKEстатья
- Автор: Ostroumov S.A.
- Журнал: Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions
- Том: 19
- Год издания: 2013
- Первая страница: 29
- Последняя страница: 30
- Аннотация: MODERN ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ITS MAIN MISTAKE S.A.Ostroumov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia The aim of this short communication is to identify the main mistake of modern aquatic ecotoxicology, the main mistake in modern approach to aquatic pollution. The modern science of today will become the obsolete science of tomorrow. What the contemporary scientists consider modern concepts will become what the scientists of the future days will consider obsolete, out-of-date, pseudoscientific or antiquated, primitive and naïve interpretations of facts. This general truth is applicable to the modern concepts of how to deal with aquatic pollution. The modern concept is focused primarily on trying to find out which concentrations of pollutants are ‘toxic’, and which are not toxic. On the basis of this knowledge, the main effort is to limit the input of pollutants to surface aquatic ecosystems, with the aim to have the concentrations of the pollutants at the levels which are not ‘toxic’. The most convincing criterion of toxicity of the pollutant is death or pathology of organisms. This is the basic concept or paradigm of the modern science. This is the modern and naïve interpretation of facts of aquatic ecotoxicology, environmental science and ecology. What is a more advanced approach? It is formulated and explained in the following publications and online materials. Not only the input of pollutants is important. Equally important is another factor which is underestimated in modern ecotoxicology. This other – underestimated - factor is the hazard of a decrease in efficiency of the ecological machinery of the aquatic ecosystem, namely the ecological machinery of water self-purification. This decrease can be induced by relatively low - innocent in appearance – concentrations of relatively mild pollutants. This decrease is not associated with mortality or morphological pathology of organisms. That is why these relatively low concentrations, and the relatively mild, almost ‘innocent’ pollutants escape the attention of modern scientists and experts. Example which illustrates the argument formulated above: relatively low, ‘non-toxic’, and definitely non-lethal concentrations of synthetic surfactants (components of detergents and shampoos) induced a decrease in water-filtration by marine bivalve mollusks [1 ], freshwater bivalve mollusks [ 2 ], crustaceans exemplified by daphnia [ 3 ], and by rotifers [ 4 ]. References. 1. Marine mollusks. Inhibition of Mussel Suspension Feeding by Surfactants of Three Classes; in Hydrobiologia (2006); Full text free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45958156 http://www.scribd.com/doc/59544597 http://www.scribd.com/doc/104742811 2. Freshwater mollusks. See the ref.: Responses of Unio tumidus to Mixed Chemical Preparations and the Hazard of Synecological Summation of Anthropogenic Effects. - Doklady Biological Sciences, 2001, v.380, No.1-6; pp.492-495. DOI: 10.1023/A:1012344026176; Full text free: www.scribd.com/doc/49065621 3. Crustaceans. On studying the hazards of pollution of the biosphere: Effects of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) on planktonic filter-feeders; in: Doklady Biological Sciences (2009); DOI 10.1134/S0012496609020136; Full text free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45914806 4. Rotifers. Effect of a Cationic Amphiphilic Compound on Rotifers. - Doklady Biological Sciences. 2003. Vol. 390. P. 252-255. DOI 10.1023/A:1024417903077; http://www.scribd.com/doc/52634169 Additional discussion and comment see at: Why it matters. FAQ on innovative publications. Environmental_science. New facts on #environmental_hazards. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/01/why-it-matters-faq-on-innovative.html Why water_quality goes down rapidly. chemical #pollution #eutrophication #algal_blooms water_safety #sustainability, http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/01/why-water-quality-goes-down-so-rapidly.html Why the current measures against water pollution will fail for sure, if the new discoveries are ignored. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/08/why-current-measures-against-water.html Explanation of the most important, vital, well-cited publications with key innovations on how to protect water quality and to increase environmental safety of water supply. http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/05/explanation-of-most-important-vital.html **
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| 1. | Полный текст | text of the volume | p.1-30.This_is_a_part_of_the_volume_19_no_formatting.docx | 54,7 КБ | 4 сентября 2013 [Ostroumov] |
| 2. | Полный текст | Полный текст книги с этой статьей | Ecological_Studies_Hazards_Solutions_vol.19_2013._Volume_19… | 4,5 МБ | 28 февраля 2024 [Ostroumov] |