Assessing the strategic role of aquatic floc linking water quality to ecosystem and public health

评估水生絮凝体在水质与生态系统和公共卫生之间的战略作用

• 批准号: 350885-2007
• 负责人: Warren, Lesley
• 金额: $ 9.44万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Strategic Projects - Group
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=361141
• 关键词: Assessing; strategic; role; aquatic; floc

A NSERC Strategic Project investigation is proposed that will directly examine the links between environmental aquatic floe (small particles), heavy metals, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance. Sedimentary floe is an unexplored compartment of the aquatic environment with enormous significance for water quality, as well as both ecosystem and public health relevance.The proposed research will provide some of the first data that integrates joint assessment of floe as an environmental repository of (l)metals (2) pathogens and (3) antimicrobial resistance under characterized environmental physical and chemical conditions; capturing important synergies in these factors which influence their ecosystem and public health impacts. It will identify new diagnostic indicators that will promote strategic improvements and develpment of next generation approaches and tools relevant to economic, environmental and public health sectors for our non-academic partners: Environment Canada, Ontario and Municipal Public Health Units, Mount Sinai Hospital, Xstrata and Trojan Technologies. Significant benefit to Canada will ensue from this research, reflecting the significant and substantial potential to transform the diagnostic capabilities for profound environmental and health issues, ensuring our continuing leadership role in the stewardship of freshwater supplies, improved performance for key industry sectors and improving the health and quality of life for Canadians.An integrated collaboration is proposed amongst 5 investigators, 8 associated HQP and environmental, industrial and public health sector non-academic partners. HQP will gain highly valuable transdisciplinary skills in environment and health techniques and will actively participate in workshops with end users enhancing their training and providing possible employment avenues. In addition the industrial, environmental and health regulatory agency partners will benefit from annual meeting/workshops enhancing knowledge transfer and ensuring timely and effective research outcomes for their use.

提出了一项NSERC战略项目调查，将直接研究环境水生浮冰（小颗粒）、重金属、病原体和抗菌素耐药性之间的联系。沉积浮冰是水生环境中一个未开发的区域，对水质、生态系统和公共卫生都具有重要意义。拟议的研究将提供一些第一批数据，以整合对流动作为(1)金属(2)病原体和(3)在特征环境物理和化学条件下的抗菌素耐药性的环境储存库的联合评估；在这些影响其生态系统和公共卫生影响的因素中发挥重要的协同作用。它将确定新的诊断指标，为我们的非学术合作伙伴：加拿大环境部、安大略省和市公共卫生单位、西奈山医院、斯特拉塔和特洛伊技术公司，促进战略改进和开发与经济、环境和公共卫生部门有关的下一代方法和工具。这项研究将给加拿大带来重大利益，反映出改变对深刻的环境和健康问题的诊断能力的巨大潜力，确保我们在管理淡水供应方面继续发挥领导作用，改善关键工业部门的业绩，改善加拿大人的健康和生活质量。建议在5名研究人员、8名相关的卫生质量计划以及环境、工业和公共卫生部门的非学术伙伴之间开展综合合作。HQP将在环境和卫生技术方面获得非常宝贵的跨学科技能，并将积极参加与最终用户的讲习班，加强他们的培训并提供可能的就业途径。此外，工业、环境和卫生监管机构的伙伴将受益于加强知识转移和确保及时有效的研究成果供其使用的年度会议/讲习班。