Silver: Environmental Transport, Fate, Effects, and Models: Papers from Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1983 to 2002

Collects and reprints 57 papers that have appeared in the pages of Environmental toxicology and chemistry on the subject of the environmental fate and effects of silver. The researchers explore analytical and speciation chemistry, aquatic and sediment toxicology, terrestrial and microbial toxicology, foodchain and dietary exposure, and models. Among the topics are the synthesis and characterization of metal sulfide clusters, the removal of silver in wastewater treatment plants, the toxicity of silver to rainbow trout, and a probabilistic model for silver bioaccumulation. The CD-ROM contains searchable versions of the papers in Adobe Acrobat format. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Joseph W. Gorsuch is Manager of Environmental Studies at Eastman Kodak Company. For seven years, he was Director of Silver Issues and coordinated the silver environmental fate and effects research program at more than 20 university and contract laboratories. Between 1993 and 1999, he helped organize and conduct 6 international conferences on silver, and he initiated the development of the biotic ligand model (BLM) for silver, which models the effects of water chemistry on metal toxicity to aquatic animals.

James R. Kramer, a professor emeritus of aqueous geochemistry at McMaster University, continues his research on metal speciation. He is presently studying strong binding ligands in natural organic matter and the exchange of strongly bound metals with organisms. He is exploiting silver as a probe metal ion for these studies. He also is enjoying his work on a book about the life of Roger Hayward, artist, architect, inventor, and scientist.

Thomas W. La Point is a Professor in Biological Sciences and the Director of the Institute of Applied Sciences at the University of North Texas (UNT). His research interests primarily involve the fate and effects of sediment-bound chemicals. His research on the effects of silver began at Clemson University and continues at UNT. He also is involved with studies assessing the bioavailability of other metals in aquatic environments.