Background
Rainbow, Philip Stephen was born on October 21, 1950 in Khartoum, Sudan. Son of Frank Evelyn and Joyce May Victoria (Turner) Rainbow.
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A dozen articles review the current knowledge on the levels of heavy metals in marine environments (particularly in marine animals), the dynamic processes in such systems, the toxic effects, and the threats presented by heavy metals in foods of marine origin. They consider how various animals deal with heavy metals, for example by regulating the level or by detoxification and storage; the interaction of heavy metals with biological materials; individual, population, and ecosystem levels; and global cycling. Includes a case study of the exceptionally high metal intake among Greenlanders as an example of human exposure through the consumption of marine foods.
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(Twenty years ago, researchers wishing to identify contami...)
Twenty years ago, researchers wishing to identify contaminated areas in aquatic environments generally took water samples, and analysed them badly (as we have since discovered) for a few "pollutants" which were of topical note at the time (and which could be quantified by the methods then available). Today, the use of aquatic organisms as biomonitors in preference to water analysis has become commonplace, and many national and interna tional programmes exist around the world involving such studies. We believe that this trend will continue, and have complete faith in the methodology (when it is employed correctly). We hope that the following text assists in some part in attaining this goal, such that the quality of our most basic global resource -water - is adequately protected in the future. DAVE PHILLIPS, PHIL RAINBOW England, March 1992 vii Acknowledgements Our thanks for contributions to this book are due to several individuals and groups, for varying reasons. Firstly, a co-authored book is always a triumph, and we trust that the following text is an acceptable compromise of the views of two individual authors, on a complex and developing topic. Secondly, many of the ideas herein have crystallised over the last two decades as the field has grown, and we are individually and collectively grateful to a number of researchers for their insight and assistance.
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Rainbow, Philip Stephen was born on October 21, 1950 in Khartoum, Sudan. Son of Frank Evelyn and Joyce May Victoria (Turner) Rainbow.
Bachelor with honors, U. Cambridge, England, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Wales, United Kingdom, 1975; Doctor of Science, U. Wales, 1994.
Lecturer, Queen Mary College, U. London, England., 1975-1989; reader, Queen Mary and Westfield College, U. London, England., 1989-1994; professor, Queen Mary and Westfield College, U. London, since 1994. Member Executive Committee Field Studies Council, United Kingdom, 1980-1986, 87-93.
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Fellow Linnean Society London (county member 1987-1990), Zoological Society London. Member Marine Biological Association (United Kingdom), Marine Biological Association Hong Kong, Estuarine Coastal Science Association.
Married Mary Meaken, August 4, 1973. Children: James Andrew, Christopher John.