Novel Finding of Widespread Occurrence and Accumulation of Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ethers (BADGEs) and Novolac Glycidyl Ethers (NOGEs) in Marine Mammals from the United States Coastal Waters

The Reciprocity Treaty between the British North American Provinces (Canada) and the United States was ratified in February 1855 and terminated in March 1866. It provided for free trade in all natural products, free access for United States fisheries to the Atlantic coastal waters of British North America, and access to the St. Lawrence River for American vessels under the same tolls as native vessels.

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What Can U.S. Open Ocean Aquaculture Learn From Salmon Farming?

Marine Technology Society Journal ◽

10.4031/mtsj.44.3.4 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 68-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

John Forster

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Fish Farming ◽

The United States ◽

Fish Health ◽

Salmon Farming ◽

Farmed Salmon ◽

Policy Guidance ◽

Open Ocean Aquaculture ◽

Future Growth

AbstractGlobal production of farmed salmon and trout in saltwater was 1.82 million metric tons in 2007, three times more than any other farmed marine fish category. Development of this industry teaches that, for fish farming to succeed, containment systems must be easily deployed and operated and governments must create space in their coastal waters where farms can be located. Neither of these circumstances exists presently in the United States and, until this changes, other lessons that salmon farming teaches can only provide research or policy guidance. These include the importance of selecting a good fish to farm and making them “affordable” by being efficient. Salmon farmers achieved the latter through mechanization, industry scale, and a focus on good fish health and performance.Salmon farming also teaches that various plant and animal ingredients can be used in salmon feed and that its future growth will not be limited because salmon is a carnivore, as some have suggested. In fact, carnivorous fish, such as salmon, may turn out to be some of the most ecologically efficient species to farm. It is noteworthy, too, that it took 40 years to establish an industry with the capacity to produce 1.82 million metric tons of fish per year while the United States imported 2.36 million metric tons of seafood in 2008, 83% of its needs, much of it from foreign farms. If future international competition for these same supplies leads to national seafood shortages, it will be hard to replace it quickly with products from domestic aquaculture.

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Temporal trends in bisphenol A exposure in the United States from 2003–2012 and factors associated with BPA exposure: Spot samples and urine dilution complicate data interpretation

Environmental Research ◽

10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.013 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 142 ◽

pp. 84-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 74

Author(s):

Judy S. LaKind ◽

Daniel Q. Naiman

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Bisphenol A ◽

Temporal Trends ◽

Data Interpretation ◽

The United States ◽

Factors Associated

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Air, hand wipe, and surface wipe sampling for Bisphenol A (BPA) among workers in industries that manufacture and use BPA in the United States

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene ◽

10.1080/15459624.2017.1339164 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (11) ◽

pp. 882-897 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Cynthia J. Hines ◽

Matthew V. Jackson ◽

Annette L. Christianson ◽

John C. Clark ◽

James E. Arnold ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Bisphenol A ◽

The United States ◽

Wipe Sampling

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Widespread Occurrence of Common Rust, Caused by Puccinia sorghi, on Rp-Resistant Sweet Corn in the Midwestern United States

Plant Disease ◽

10.1094/pdis.1999.83.12.1177d ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 83 (12) ◽

pp. 1177-1177 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

J. K. Pataky ◽

W. F. Tracy

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

North America ◽

Sweet Corn ◽

The United States ◽

Rock Falls ◽

Corn Hybrids ◽

Widespread Occurrence ◽

Puccinia Sorghi ◽

No Formation ◽

Leaf Surfaces

Single, dominant resistance genes have been used successfully for the past 15 years to control common rust, caused by Puccinia sorghi, on sweet corn in the United States. Most sweet corn hybrids grown in the Midwest for mid- to late-season processing have Rp resistance, which is expressed as hypersensitive reactions resulting in chlorotic or necrotic flecks with little or no formation of urediniospores. Many, but not all, Rp-resistant sweet corn hybrids carry the gene Rp1D. Biotypes of P. sorghi in North America have been avirulent on plants with the Rp1D gene, except for an isolate collected in Kansas in 1990 (1). In a sweet corn nursery in Urbana, IL, in 1997, small uredinia of P. sorghi occurred on 27 of 79 Rp-resistant sweet corn hybrids that also were infected severely with southern rust caused by P. polysora (2). During August and September 1999, small uredinia or fully susceptible reactions to common rust were observed on several Rp-resistant sweet corn hybrids grown in an area bounded by Mendota, IL, Ripon, WI, and Le Sueur, MN. Southern rust also was prevalent and frequently severe in the area. Isolates of P. sorghi from Rp-resistant corn were collected during September 1999 from Mendota, Rock Falls, and Dekalb, IL; Sun Prairie, Madison, and Ripon, WI; and Rochester, Stanton, and Le Sueur, MN. Ten two-leaved seedlings of one susceptible sweet corn hybrid and five Rp-resistant hybrids, including hybrids known to carry the gene Rp1D, were inoculated in greenhouse trials. Each location (collection) was a separate trial. Inocula were prepared from several uredinia of P. sorghi per location. One set of seedlings also was inoculated with P. polysora. Susceptible reactions (uredinia with urediniospores) were observed on all inoculated seedlings. Uredinia and urediniospores of P. sorghi and P. polysora from seedlings inoculated in the greenhouse were compared directly. All isolates of P. sorghi were confirmed based on 6- to 7-day latent periods, formation of uredinia on both leaf surfaces, and urediniospores that were mostly spherical, cinnamon colored, and moderately echinulate. This is the first widespread occurrence in North America of a biotype of P. sorghi that is virulent on Rp-resistant sweet corn. References: (1) S. H. Hulbert et al. Plant Dis. 75:1130, 1991. (2) J. K. Pataky et al. Purdue Univ. AES Bull. No. 758:99, 1997.

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COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY DATA - AN AID TO THE COASTAL ENGINEER

Coastal Engineering Proceedings ◽

10.9753/icce.v1.11 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 11

Author(s):

Robert F. A. Studds

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Large Scale ◽

The United States ◽

Geodetic Survey ◽

Coastal Regions ◽

Preliminary Study ◽

Construction Plans ◽

Topographic Surveys

In its long career of surveying and chartering the coastal waters of the United States and possessions, a career which dates back to the early part of the nineteenth century, the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey has been associated with the problems of the coastal engineer. Its successive hydrographic and topographic surveys of the coastal regions furnish basic data for the study of changes in the coastline and adjacent underwater topography and the means to arrest these changes; its tide and current surveys provide the fundamental data necessary in the design of waterfront structures and in harbor improvement; and its geodetic control surveys provide an accurate base for the preliminary study and final construction plans for large-scale improvement projects. To a lesser extent the geomagnetic and seismologic data of the Bureau have also been used by the coastal engineer.

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