MONITOX health risk calculator and ICT tools for improved dissemination of scientific information in the Black Sea Basin
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ENE, Antoaneta, ZUBCOV, Elena, SPANOS, Thomas, BOGDEVICI, Oleg, TEODOROF, Liliana, BOCANEALA, Corina. MONITOX health risk calculator and ICT tools for improved dissemination of scientific information in the Black Sea Basin. In: Environmental Challenges in the Black Sea Basin: Impact on Human Health, 23-26 septembrie 2020, Galaţi. Cluj-Napoca, România: Universitatea „Dunarea de Jos”, Galați, 2020, pp. 42-43. ISBN 978-606-17-1691-3.
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Environmental Challenges in the Black Sea Basin: Impact on Human Health 2020
Conferința "Environmental Challenges in the Black Sea Basin: Impact on Human Health"
Galaţi, Romania, 23-26 septembrie 2020

MONITOX health risk calculator and ICT tools for improved dissemination of scientific information in the Black Sea Basin

CZU: 551.46:004.9+574

Pag. 42-43

Ene Antoaneta1, Zubcov Elena12, Spanos Thomas13, Bogdevici Oleg14, Teodorof Liliana15, Bocaneala Corina1
 
1 "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati,
2 Institute of Zoology,
3 International Hellenic University,
4 Institutul de Geologie şi Seismologie,
5 Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development
 
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Disponibil în IBN: 7 decembrie 2020


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The project BSB27-MONITOX is aiming at enhancing regional cross-border cooperation in the Black Sea Basin (BSB) to improve joint monitoring of environmental toxic pollution and better share and exchange of new analysis methodology, data and information on ecological state and human health impact of harmful substances. This implies: 1) to build a strong BSB network of analytical laboratories and experts to elaborate a common ecotoxicological monitoring system supporting regional programmes for environmental protection and sustainable management; 2) to produce a scientific platform with harmonized information on toxics in soil, water, sediments and biota in shared riverine, deltaic and sea areas, and their potential impact on ecosystems and people. One of the specific objectives of BSB27 project is boosting awareness of the population in the Black Sea region on the environmental issues related to spread of toxicants by education and sharing scientific information and knowledge on health effects of inorganic, organic and radioactive pollutants. Pollution has NO borders/does not stop at national borders. Evaluation of people exposure to toxics (TOXs) can be accomplished only in partnership, through cooperation based on knowledge, exchange of good practices and interdisciplinary research, conducted only in transnational networks.
The paper presents a synthesis of results obtained in the period 2018-2020 in the frame of MONITOX international network created and developed through the BSB27 project, regarding the strategy of monitoring of six classes of toxic substances in interconnected environmental compartments (surface water, groundwater, sediments, soils and biota) in the Black Sea Basin and border regions and dissemination of information to various target groups through ICT tools, including the assessment of toxicants impact upon human health, thus raising the level of awareness of the population in the Black Sea region regarding the environmental issues with cross-border impact: preservation of common natural resources and protected areas, prevention of spread of toxicants, hazardous waste disposal, changing behaviour on release of pollutants and reduce litter generation.
Digital maps of pollution with trace metals, persistent organic pollutants (organochlorinated pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (16 compounds, 7 carcinogenic), nutrients, pharmaceuticals/endocrine disruptors and radionuclides, built using Q-GIS software, will be distributed through an IT platform created on the project website, together with scientific information regarding the impact of toxicants on population and aquatic ecosystems, possible sources in environment, modality of cross-border migration and accumulation in trophic chains in target areas of Black Sea region (rivers basin, deltas, sea littoral, marine environment), maximum allowed concentrations, and related legislation issues. The observed key patterns of elemental accumulation and migration in environmental compartments may be used in various environmental management programs and specific ecological studies in the Black Sea Basin.
Through the created project social page on Facebook (fb.me/Monitox.project.BSB27), news on pollutants’ spread in environment, their levels and danger to population (through ingestion, inhalation, dermal contact), carcinogenic effects, presence of microplastics in rivers, biota and personal care products, and good practices to reduce the TOXs health and ecological impacts are permanently distributed.
Innovative tools for the assessment of toxicants’ impact upon human health and ecological state of aquatic ecosystems using a health risk calculator were developed. The health risk calculator (HRC) is designed as a Web page connected by a link to the project website. The page is made using PHP, HTML, CSS and MySQL. The selection of the area for which we want to calculate the health risk index is done using a selection list defined in a HTML form or by clicking on an active area of an image map created using CSS. Health risk index calculation formulas are implemented in PHP using area-specific data from the MySQL database (which stores historical data or data obtained during the project activities). The results are displayed using HTML and CSS. HRC will also include a food toxicant calculator in order to evaluate the potential risk to human health of consumed fish, based on the estimate daily intake (EDI), the target hazard quotients (THQs), and carcinogenic risk ratio (R) as risk assessment elements; THQ<1 denotes that the daily exposure seems to cause no deleterious effects to human health.
A collection of digital materials in the form of a “Citizen’s guide for evaluating exposure to toxicants” will be prepared for different categories of public.