Is Google Good for Environmental Consulting?

Your gut answer to that question is yes, especially if you are old enough to have experience searching journals and science publications at the university library.  In case you missed that opportunity it went something like this: searching information on monochromatic computer screens, printing search results on dot matrix printers,…

Guilt by Association – Untrusted Research if Funded by Oil Industry?

I have to admit that I am a little jealous. I was checking into the research that was completed on the Gulf oil spill at the website: gulfresearchinitiative.org. I was preparing a presentation on how the oil spill in the gulf might impact monitoring of the Alberta oil sands. I…

Sample Collection and Management for Environmental Forensic Investigations (Environmental Forensics for Persistent Organic Pollutants)

This chapter presents an overview of the protocols within which environmental forensics investigations must take place, the documentation required for a robust investigation and advances in the development of electronic data recording and management. Documentation of preparations, activities, and analysis is contained within quality systems, which are the same as…

Methylsulfone Polycglorinated Biphenyl and 2,2-bis(Chlorophenyl)-1,1-Dichloroethylene Metabolites in Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus Leucas) From the St. Lawrence River Estuary and Western Hudson Bay, Canada

Knowledge is limited regarding methylsulfone (MeSO2)-polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), and especially MeSO2–2,2-bis(chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (DDE), metabolites in cetacean species. We hypothesized that the ability of beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) to biotransform PCB and DDE compounds, and to form and degrade their MeSO2 PCB and -DDE metabolites, is related to the capacity for xenobiotic metabolism….