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Experts of the UCA study the scope of the pollution caused by tensioactivos in the Andalusian seaboard
17/12/2012
17 December 2012
Researchers of the University of Cádiz, integrated cheese cheese in the group RNM-144: Oceanography and pollution of the seaboard, that leads the chair Abelardo Gómez Vine, work in a project of investigation, funded by the Board of Andalucia, that has like aim the development of a study based in the analysis of the organic compounds regulated and emergent (tensioactivos or agent that in contact with the water modifies his superficial tension like the detergents) that they can find along the Andalusian seaboard, especially in zones protected, because of his recognised ecological value, with the end to know the current situation and happened of the pollution in this space.
Through this work, titled Sources, transport and scope of the pollution by organic compounds regulated and emergent in areas protected of the Andalusian seaboard, and that coordinates the researcher Pablo Lara Martín, pretends detect the sources contaminantes, his scope and if they are affecting to the present organisms in these areas by means of processes like the bioaccumulation. For this, these experts have defined seven areas of sampling along the seaboard, in which they will monitor systematically so much the waters like the sediments and the alive organisms. Of equal form, has developed already a series of methodologies and specific materials to do essays of adsorption and of biodegradation that will allow to evaluate better his impact on the alive organisms.
This project integrates in the activity of the group RNM-144, a work that complements with the studies Origin, distribution and persistence of pharmaceutical products and of personal hygiene (PPCPS) in aquatic systems of the region suratlántica and Processes that determine the destination of contaminantes organic emergent in floors and aquifers by the reuse of waste water and slimes of debugger, whose main researcher is the chair Eduardo González Mazo.
On the other hand, the experience of the group in this field is of recognised national prestige like international, especially in studies of biodegradabilidad of tensioactivos. In fact, this team of experts of the University of Cádiz has signed several agreements recently with the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) for the realisation of a study on anaerobic degradation of tensioactivos ionic in half marine.
