Synthetic Musk Fragrances in the Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rimkus, Gerhard G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Anthropogenic Compounds, 3X
• Subjects: Pollution.; Ecotoxicology.; Environmental pollution.; Environmental management.; Medical biochemistry.; Environmental health.; Pollution, general.; Terrestrial Pollution.; Environmental Management.; Medical Biochemistry.; Environmental Health.

Over the last decade, synthetic musk fragrances, which after use enter the environment by different pathways, have been described as a new group of bioaccumulative and persistent xenobiotics. This book gives the first comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the environmental pollution caused by sev...

Table of Contents:

• Cornelia Sommer: The Role of Musk and Musk Compounds in the Fragrance Industry
• Hans-Dietrich Eschke: Synthetic Musks in Different Water Matrices
• Cornelia Fooken: Synthetic Musks in Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM), Sediment, and Sewage Sludge
• Pim E.G. Leonards and Jacob de Boer: Synthetic Musks in Fish and other Aquatic Organisms
• Roland Kallenborn and Robert Gatermann: Synthetic Musks in Ambient and Indoor Air
• Werner Butte: Synthetic Musks in House Dust
• Thomas Heberer, Susanne Jürgensen and Hermann Fromme: Synthetic Musks in the Aquatic System of Berlin as an Example for Urban Ecosystems
• Jana Hajslova and Lucie Setkova: Synthetic Musks in Bioindicators: Monitoring Data of Fish and Human Milk Samples from the Czech Republic
• Scarlett Biselli, Robert Gatermann, Roland Kallenborn, Leiv K. Sydnes and Heinrich Hühnerfuss: Biotic and Abiotic Transformation Pathways of Synthetic Musks in the Aquatic Environment
• Heinrich Hühnerfuss, Scarlett Biselli and Robert Gatermann: Enantioselective Analysis of Polycyclic Musks as a Versatile Tool for the Understanding of Environmental Processes
• Daniel Dietrich and Bettina Hitzfeld: Bioaccumulation and Ecotoxicity of Synthetic Musks in the Aquatic Environment
• Stefan Schwartz, Volker Berding and Michael Matthies: Musk Fragrances and Environmental Fate Models - HHCB as an Example for Model Refinements
• Hubertus Brunn, Nikola Bitsch and Judith Amberg-Müller: Toxicology of Synthetic Musk Compounds in Man and Animals
• Premysl Slanina: Risk Evaluation of Dietary and Dermal Exposure to Musk Fragrances
• Froukje Balk, Daniel Salvito and Han Blok: Recent Studies conducted by the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM) in Support of the Environmental Risk Assessment Process.