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Research Summaries of TSRI Projects as Distributed at The National Conference - March 5-8, 2002, Crowne Plaza, Ottawa.
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(PDF Version - 974 K)Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
- Determination of the impact of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) on Canadian environment and health of Canadians
- Reproductive/developmental effects of an environmentally relevant organochlorine mixture
- Sources of Agrochemicals to the Atmosphere and Delivery to the Canadian Environment
- Mechanism of gender related tumour promotion induced by hexachlorobenzene in the rat
- Developmental neurotoxicity of environmentally-relevant mixtures of persistent organic pollutants
- Male reproductive function and DDT in Chiapas, Mexico
- Accumulation of organochlorine contaminants by osprey
- Effects of agricultural pesticides on amphibian physiology
- Toxaphene in the marine ecosystem of the St. Lawrence - status of contamination, ecotoxicology and human health
- Bioaccumulation of phthalate esters in aquatic food-webs
- Occurrence, fate, and effects of fluorinated surfactants in the Canadian environment
- Modelling the sustainable use of organic chemicals in a healthy continental environment
- Follow-up of preschool aged children exposed to PCBs and MeHg through fish consumption
- Sources, long range transport and impacts of new and old POPs inferred from dated sediment cores and lake waters
- Biomagnification of persistent organic pollutants and mercury in Canadian freshwater subsistence fisheries and food webs
- Effects of in utero exposure to POPs on reproduction and development
- Endocrine-disrupting effects of persistent organic pollutants in free-ranging Pacific killer whales
- Assessment of potential effects from contaminant exposure on beluga whales (delphinapterus leucas) and polar bears (ursus maritimus): reproductive and endocrine systems
- Assessment of neurotoxic effects in a First Nation community exposed to PCBs
- Multiple stressors effects on native amphibians
- Development and field testing of a passive air sampling technique for persistent organic pollutants
- Metals
- Study of the physical and chemical evolution of aerosols in smelter and power plant plumes
- How sediment influences amounts of metal accumulated by bivalves
- The effects of mercury on oxidative status and neuromotor functions
- The Mechanism of Cadmium and Lead Nephrotoxicity in Developing and Mature Kidneys
- The role of biogenic minerals (Fe-oxides) in trace metal sorption in aquatic environments
- Immunotoxicity of metals
- Solubility and Speciation of Trace Metals in Eastern Canadian Soils
- A Chemical and Ecotoxicological Assessment of the Impact of Marine Tailings Disposal
- Significance of arsenic speciation [As(V) vs. As(III)] in expression of arsenic toxicity in aquatic organisms: implications for Canadian water quality guidelines
- The definitive identification of lead shotshell as a major source of lead exposure in native communities
- Transport of metals from mine tailings impoundments and release to surface waters
- Bioavailability of Arsenic in Yellowknife
- Cycling of mercury in Kejimkujik National Park
- Wildlife toxicology of lead
- Estimation of mercury emissions from natural sources processes in Canada
- Mercury in forest watersheds after fire or logging removal
- Validation of the diffusion gradient in thin-film (DGT) technique for assessment of cadmium and lead bioavailability in the aquatic environment
- Assessment of toxicological risks of environmental contamination by manganese
- Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs)
- Effects of orchard pesticides on terrestrial wildlife
- The effects of endocrine disrupters on sea water adaptability, growth and survival of salmon smolts
- EDCs in municipal sewage effluents
- Adverse reproductive effects of exposure to dioxin-like endocrine disruptors
- To Document Neonatal Exposure of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Human Amniotic Fluid
- Time to pregnancy and environmental contaminants
- Human daily intake and mammalian immunotoxicity and reproductive toxicity of organotin
- Reproductive toxicity of trichloroethylene
- Thymic fetal organ culture as an organ assay for EDCs
- Did persistent contaminants affect immune and thyroid function and reproductive development of herring gull chicks in the lower Great Lakes in the 1990s?
- Effects of a synthetic estrogen on aquatic populations: a whole lake experiment at the experimental lakes area
- Detailed endocrine assessments in wild fish and characterization of responsible EDCs at pulp mill sites
- Effects of endocrine disruption on fish reproduction
- Effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals in polar bears
- Impact of endocrine disrupting compounds on amphibian health in agricultural ecosystems
- Involvement of P-Glycoprotein in Environmental Endocrine Disruption
- Exposure and effects of endocrine disrupting substances associated with intensive agricultural practices
- Whole animal laboratory testing methods for endocrine disrupting chemicals in fish
- Urban Air
- Chemical sources of toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon derivatives
- Contribution to the identification of airborne particles in Quebec City
- Impact of wood burning on population exposure to the pollutants emitted
- Health effects study with enhanced characterization of the urban air pollutant mix
- The adverse cardiac effects of air pollution
- Urban air toxics: source signature and health effects
- Real-time characterization of the size, chemistry and origins of urban particulate matter
- A cohort study of air quality and utilization of hospital services
- Atmospheric air pollution causes heart and blood vessel disease
- TSRI environmental justice and health research
- Measurement and modelling of motor vehicle related air toxics along urban streets
- Population health impact of short-term exposure to urban air pollution
- Methods to determine biological compositions of particulate matter
- An investigation of the PACs present in the atmospheric environment
- Cardiorespiratory effects of controlled human exposures to particulate matter & ozone
- Controlled exposure study of the influence of urban air pollutants on the human cardiovascular system
- Effects of air pollution on cardiac arrhythmias
- Inhalation Toxicology of Air Pollutants: Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Effects
- Forensic fingerprinting of HAPs and VOCs by C-, H-isotope biogeochemistry
- Respiratory inflammatory response to ozone exposures in asthmatic children & adolescents
- Cumulative Effects
- Assessment of environmental risk factors for breast, colon and lung cancer in Sydney, Nova Scotia
- Risk assessment for microcystin-LR in drinking water: a rat liver tumour promotion study
- A multiple bioindicator approach to assess risk of liver cancer
- Alternative approaches for cumulative effects bioassessment
- Reproductive/mammary tumorigenic effects of neonatal exposure to breast milk contaminants
- Assessing the cumulative impacts of oil sands derived chemical mixtures on aquatic organisms in Alberta
- Exposure to chlorination by-products during pregnancy and stillbirths
- Risk assessment of complex mixtures of petroleum-derived PAH on recruitment of fish
- Effects of maternally-transferred organochlorine contaminants on reproductive success of walleye
- Determination of chloroanilines in milk by solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
- Evaluation of the pharmacokinetics and cumulative health effects of disinfection byproduct mixtures
- Effects of fish consumption from St-Lawrence River on hormonal balance and calcium transport in pregnancy
- Dissolved oxygen-nutrient interactions and the fate of toxics in microbially based aquatic ecosystems
- Environmental effects and remediation of contaminants in Sydney Harbour, Nova Scotia
- Distribution and effects of pharmaceutical drugs in the Canadian aquatic environment
- URB-MAN: A Habitat-Based Risk Assessment Tool for Managing Toxic Chemical Exposure in Urban Fisheries
- Interactive prenatal toxicity and neurobehavioral effects of concomitant gestational exposure to methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls
- Development of a cumulative effects assessment strategy for the Saint John River
- Exposure and endocrine impact of organochlorines in a Native community
- Determining the effects of environmental contaminants on mutations of repeated DNA sequences in mice
- Toxicological risk associated with the use of ethanol in automotive gasoline
- The relationships between traditional Innu harvesting practices, environmental contaminants and wildlife and human health/exposure
- Effects of polonium-210 alpha radiation on human and animal systems
- Immune function and stress response in relation to trace element exposure in wild, arctic sea ducks
