Search results for "contamination"
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Les particules biotiques (pathogènes ou non)
2017
National audience
Écologie microbienne de la grotte de Lascaux
2009
National audience
Biodechlord : à la recherche de traces de dégradation microbienne du chlordécone dans les sols contaminés des Antilles
2014
Session 5 - Milieux impactés / Impacted mediaSession 5 - Milieux impactés / Impacted media; Objectives: Chlordecone was intensively used in the French West Indies (FWI) to control the banana weewil. Recent surveys showed that arable soils cropped with banana, representing up to 20,000 ha, are contaminated this insecticide with concentrations ranging between 0.2 and 37.4 mg kg−1. Chlordecone was classified as a persistent organic pollutant in May 2009. It is not only contaminating soil resources but also water resources where it is often detected. This insecticide is bioaccumulated in different plant and animals thereby contaminating the food chain causing an important human health. This con…
Contagions. Histoires de la précarité humaine
2011
Catastrophes nucléaires et contaminations radioactives ; contaminations alimentaires par diverses bactéries qui affectent aussi la santé fragile de l’agriculture européenne ; mouvements d’émancipation des peuples du Maghreb et du Proche-Orient qu’on qualifie de « contagion démocratique » ; ravages de produits financiers toxiques qui continuent de menacer l’équilibre budgétaire des États-nations ; émergence de maladies infectieuses globales (SRAS, grippes H1N1 et H5N1) que l’OMS ne peut contrô...
Infected persons by the fact of a public organism : is a fair compensation by the community realistic ? A graph-theory pproach
1999
The paper focuses on indirectly infected persons (persons infected by a person, infected by a person, etc., itself infected by a public organism, for AIDS, hepatitis C, etc.). It is assumed that fairness implies the national community to indemnify them. Graph theory is used to explain what is indirect infection. The concept of chains of infection, and their length is central. Re-infections are considered also because even individuals that are initially infected by another cause could become later indirectly infected by the public agent. The number of persons to be indemnified is larger than for direct infection, so the cost of compensation is higher, unless if compensation per capita is low…
Les souches d'E. coli résistantes aux antibiotiques
2016
National audience; Le projet "CIREC" vise à étudier la prévalence et la caractérisation des souches d’E.coli productrices de β-lactamase à spectre élargi (BLSE) de type CTX-M dans les eaux usées et les boues issues d’une quarantaine de stations d’épuration (STEP) de la région Bourgogne. Puis, il s’agira d’identifier et caractériser les voies possibles de transfert de ces souches, les rejets d’effluents traités des STEP dans les rivières pouvant avoir des conséquences sur la contamination de la faune aquatique d’eau douce.
Les souches d’Escherichia coli résistantes aux antibiotiques
2017
Parmi les bactéries multi-résistantes, les entérobactéries productrices de β-lactamase à spectre élargi (BLSE) occupent une place croissante. Parmi celles-ci, c’est Escherichia coli (entérobactérie commensale du tube digestif de l’homme et de l’animal) qui est l’espèce la plus concernée par cette production enzymatique. Cependant, il existe peu de données sur l’existence de réservoirs environnementaux pour ces souches, leur capacité à survivre dans l’environnement et en particulier dans les eaux douces et dans les sols. Le projet "CIREC" visait donc à étudier la prévalence et la caractérisation des souches d’E.coli productrices de BLSE de type CTX-M dans les eaux usées et les boues issues d…
A survey of recent results in passive sampling of water and air by semipermeable membrane devices
1995
Abstract A survey is presented of some recent results for passive sampling of water and air for trace organic contaminants using lipid-filled semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs). Results of water sampling for trace organochlorine compounds using simultaneously exposed SPMDs and the most universally applied biomonitor (bivalves) are discussed. In general, the total amounts of accumulated analytes available for analysis in bivalves and SPMDs were comparable. However, SPMD controls typically had negligible levels of contamination, which was not always the case for transplanted bivalves, even after prolonged depuration prior to exposure. In surveys of the spatial trends of organochlorines at…
An environmental study by factor analysis of surface seawaters in the Gulf of Valencia (Western Mediterranean)
1999
Abstract A study is made on the quality of coastal waters in the Gulf of Valencia (Spain) in terms of contamination markers including microbiological agents, toxic heavy metals and nutrients that adversely affect the environment. Relationships are also established between these factors and other physical and chemical parameters. A multivariate analysis is conducted where a total of 14 parameters are established for 919 water samples corresponding to 52 sampling points along the coast of the province of Valencia – specifically, total and fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci, Ni(II), Zn(II), Pb(II), Cd(II), Cu(II) and Cr(VI) concentrations, nitrates, phosphates, dissolved oxygen and finally pH…
Bioaccumulation of organochlorine compounds in earthworms
1992
Abstract Bioaccumulation of chlorophenolic wood preservatives 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol (2346-TeCP) and pentachlorophenol (PeCP) and their metabolites in earthworms were studied in the laboratory, and by taking worm samples from the contaminated soil of a sawmill which was abandoned 28 yr ago. In two laboratory experiments 2346-TeCP (containing PeCP as impurity) was added into the soil, and samples were taken at certain intervals both from the soil and the earthworms ( Lumbricus rubellus in experiment 1 and Aporrectodea caliginosa tuberculata in experiment 2). Considerable amounts of chlorophenols were found in field samples. Soil concentrations ranged from 157 to 338 μg 2346-TeCP g −1 dry …