Original title:
Human health risks of cyanobacterial toxins /Microcystins/ in Brno Reservoir
Authors:
Maršálek, Blahoslav ; Babica, P. ; Bláha, Luděk Document type: Papers Conference/Event: Regional Meeting of the Central and Eastern European Section /7./, Brno (CZ), 2002-10-14 / 2002-10-16
Year:
2002
Language:
eng Abstract:
Monitoring of cyanobacterial blooms showed, that significant health risks of both direct dermal contact as well as exposure to microcystins exist in recreation in Brno. During the summer season 2001, safety limits for dermal contact were exceeded at 93% of analysed localities. Our results iniciate that both monitoring and regelatory actions ase necessary.
Keywords:
Brno Reservoir; cyanobacteria; health Project no.: CEZ:AV0Z6005908 (CEP), KSK6005114 (CEP) Funding provider: GA AV ČR Host item entry: SECOTOX 2002: Trends and advances in environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology, ISBN 80-210-2971-4
Institution: Institute of Botany AS ČR
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Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences. Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0027735