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

NSERC提出了一项战略项目调查，将直接检查环境水生浮游生物(小颗粒)、重金属、病原体和抗菌素耐药性之间的联系。沉积浮体是水环境中一个未开发的隔层，对水质以及生态系统和公共健康都具有巨大的意义。拟议的研究将提供一些第一批数据，将浮体作为(L)金属(2)病原体和(3)在特定环境物理和化学条件下的抗菌剂耐药性的环境储存库进行联合评估；在影响其生态系统和公共健康影响的这些因素中获得重要的协同作用。它将为我们的非学术合作伙伴确定新的诊断指标，以促进与经济、环境和公共卫生部门相关的下一代方法和工具的战略改进和开发：加拿大环境部、安大略省和市政公共卫生单位、西奈山医院、斯特拉塔和特洛伊技术公司。这项研究将给加拿大带来重大好处，反映出重大而实质性的潜力，可以改变对深刻环境和健康问题的诊断能力，确保我们在淡水供应管理方面继续发挥领导作用，改善关键行业部门的表现，并改善加拿大人的健康和生活质量。5名研究人员、8名相关HQP以及环境、工业和公共卫生部门的非学术合作伙伴建议进行综合合作。HQP将在环境和保健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一起举办的讲习班，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年度会议/讲习班，以加强知识转让，并确保及时和有效的研究成果供其使用。

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.