Water Science & Technology

Volume 42 Number 7-8

Contents

1–14

Vitellogenin as a biomarker for environmental estrogens

PD Jones, WM De Coen, L Tremblay and JP Giesy

15–22

Estrogenic metabolites of alkylphenol polyethoxylates in secondary sewage effluents and rivers

M Ahel, E Molnar, S Ibric and W Giger

23–30

Behaviour of nonylphenol ethoxylates in sewage treatment plants in Japan – biotransformation and ecotoxicity

M Fujita, M Ike, K Mori, H Kaku, Y Sakaguchi, M Asano, H Maki and T Nishihara

31–38

Biodegradation of bisphenol A in the aquatic environment

M Ike, CS Jin and M Fujita

39–44

Distribution of endocrine disrupting semivolatile organic compounds in several compartments of a terrestrial ecosystem

G Streck and R Herrmann

45–51

The fate and behaviour of human estrogens in a night soil treatment process

H Takigami, N Taniguchi, T Matsuda, M Yamada, Y Shimizu and S Matsui

53–60

Evaluation of reproductivity of medaka (Oryzias latipes) exposed to chemicals using a 2-week reproduction test

T Shioda and M Wakabayashi

61–69

Evaluating variation of estrogenic effect by drinking water chlorination with the MVLN assay

S Itoh, H Ueda, T Naasaka, G Nakanishi and H Sumitomo

71–79

Occurrence of butyltin compounds in mussels from Indonesian coastal waters and some Asian countries

A Sudaryanto, S Takahashi, S Tanabe, M Muchtar and H Razak

81–88

Development of the ELISAs for detection of hormone-disrupting chemicals

Y Goda, A Kobayashi, K Fukuda, S Fujimoto, M Ike and M Fujita

89–95

Enzymatic degradation of alkylphenols, bisphenol A, synthetic estrogen and phthalic ester

T Tanaka, K Yamada, T Tonosaki, T Konishi, H Goto and M Taniguchi

97–108

Accumulation of butyltin compounds and total tin in marine mammals

S Takahashi, LT Le, H Saeki, N Nakatani, S Tanabe, N Miyazaki and Y Fujise

109–116

Development of quantitative comparative cytotoxicity and genotoxicity assays for environmental hazardous chemicals

MJ Plewa, Y Kargalioglu, D Vankerk, RA Minear and ED Wagner

117–123

Detection and origin of 3-chloro-4-dichloromethyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)furanone (MX) in river water

N Kinae, J Tanaka, N Kamio, C Sugiyama, M Furugori, K Shimoi and K Tanji

125–131

Genotoxicity analysis and hazardousness prioritization of a group of chemicals

E Degirmenci, Y Ono, O Kawara and H Utsumi

133–138

A novel method of analyzing environmental chemical mutagens in human cell systems

S Takahashi, XJ Chi, JU Nomura, s Sugaya, K Kita and N Suzuki

139–146

Understanding minamata disease and strategies to prevent further environmental contamination by methylmercury

Y Takizawa

147–154

Recent epidemiological studies on itai-itai disease as a chronic cadmium poisoning in Japan

M Kasuya

155–162

Flow, stock and destination of radioactive fallout Cs-137 in the global environment

S Morisawa, Y Shimada and M Yoneda

163–169

Global transport rates and future prediction of hazardous materials: Pu and Cs – from Nagasaki to Canadian Arctic

A Kudo, J Zheng, R Yamada, G Tao, T Sasaki and M Sugahara

171–176

Sources, trends, implications and remediation of mercury contamination of lakes in remote areas of Canada

L Trip and RJ Allan

177–184

History of mercury migration from Minamata Bay to the Yatsushiro Sea

A Kudo, Y Fujikawa, M Mitui, M Sugahara, G Tao, J Zheng, T Sasaki, S Miyahara and T Muramatsu

185–192

Assessment of arsenic contamination in soils and waters in some areas of Bangladesh

MB Alam and MA Sattar

193–199

Multivariate analyses on heavy metal binding fractions of river sediments in Southern Taiwan

KC Yu, CY Chang, LJ Tsai and ST Ho

201–208

Characterization of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban highway runoff

M Shinya, T Tsuchinaga, M Kitano, Y Yamada and M Ishikawa

209–216

Measuring heavy metals by quantitative thermal vaporization

C Ludwig, AJ Schuler, J Wochele and S Stucki

217–222

Fate of pesticides in a shallow reservoir

N Itagaki, O Nagafuchi, K Takimoto and M Okada

223–229

Persistent organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in some agricultural and industrial areas in Northern Vietnam

PH Viet, PM Hoai, NH Minh, NT Ngoc and PT Hung

231–240

Recent contamination of persistent chlorinated endocrine disrupters in cetaceans from the North Pacific and Asian coastal waters

TB Minh, MS Prudente, M Watanabe, S Tanabe, H Nakata, N Miyazaki, TA Jefferson and A Subramanian

241–252

Organochlorine contamination in fish and mussels from Cambodia and other Asian countries

I Monirith, H Nakata, M Watanabe, S Takahashi, S Tanabe and TS Tana

253–260

Heterogeneous and homogeneous photocatalytic degradation of chlorophenols in aqueous titanium dioxide and ferrous ion

R-A Doong, RA Maithreepala and S-M Chang

261–268

Cloning and expression of DL-2-haloacid dehalogenase gene from Burkholderia cepacia

Y Ohkouchi, H Koshikawa and Y Terashima

269–276

Bioasay for chemical toxicity using yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

H Iwahashi, K Fujita and Y Takahashi

277–282

Cytotoxicity evaluation of chemicals using cultured fish cells

M Mori and M Wakabayashi

283–290

Optimization of sol-gel based fibre-optic cholinesterase biosensor for the determination of organophosphorus pesticides

H-C Tsai and R-A Doong

291–296

Effects of inoculum's mean cell volume on algal toxicity tests

M-R Chao and C-Y Chen

297–304

Embryonic development assay with Daphnia magna: application to toxicity of chlorophenols

T Abe, H Saito, Y Niikura, T Shigeoka and Y Nakano

305–313

An example of an integrated approach for health and environmental risk assessment: the case of organotin compounds

J Sekizawa, G Suter, T Vermeire and W Munns

315–322

Novel aspects for management of xenobiotic compounds in wastewater treatment plants – linking theory, field studies, regulation, engineering, and experience

BN Jacobsen and T Guildal

323–333

Organic compounds in municipal landfill leachates

N Paxéus

335–343

Removal of heavy metal from soil and groundwater by in-situ electrokinetic remediation

S Shiba, S Hino, Y Hirata and T Seno

345–352

Copper removal by polymer immobilised Rhizopus oryzae

MS Al-Hakawati and CJ Banks

353–361

The effects of the co-existing compounds on the decomposition of micropollutants using the ozone/hydrogen peroxide process

K Kosaka, H Yamada, S Matsui and K Shishida

363–368

Supercritical water oxidation of sludges contaminated with toxic organic chemicals

N Crain, A Shanableh and E Gloyna

369–375

Biological treatment of mineral oil in a salty environment

L Yang and C-T Lai

377–382

Biodegradation of household chemicals in river water under untreated discharge conditions

C-G Peng, T Arakaki, K Jung and E Namkung

383–390

The fractionation/concentration of aquatic humic substances by the sequential membrane system and their characterization with mass spectrometry

K Ikeda, R Arimura, S Echigo, Y Shimizu, RA Minear and S Matsui

391–398

Surfactants – standard determination methods in comparison with substance specific mass spectrometric methods and toxicity testing by Daphnia magna and Vibrio fischeri

H-Q Li and HF Schröder