About the book : Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis.

& Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006.

279 p.,

[Book was published at the end of 2005, Copyright of 2006].

Blog about the book: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/4528_EcotoxicologyDetergents;

some other publications of the same author which supported the main conclusions of the book, online free, see:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/44428910;

also:

http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/5152_TextsOnlineFree;

Some of key relevant blogs: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/5974_Key_Blogs;

The oil spill attracted attention to the chemicals that are commonly used to combat oil pollution, namely, detergents (the other words
that are near synonyms: surfactants, dispersants, surface-active agents, foams, washing liquids). Are these chemicals of environmental
hazard? The answer was given in a relatively recent book - see below.

The first BOOK that discovered and described in detail the ecological HAZARDS FROM SYNTHETIC DETERGENTS, issues of aquatic
pollution by detergents, foams, dispersants, surfactants; links with water quality and self-purification: This is the first book that discovered
the ecological hazards from synthetic detergents, washing liquids, shampoos and other foam-forming synthetic chemicals.

Title of the book:

‘Biological Effects of Surfactants’;

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[the content of the book, in short: very new original data on ecohazards and ecotoxicology of surfactants, which are the major components of detergents,
washing liquids; they pollute water]

Publisher: CRC Press. Taylor & Francis; ISBN: 9780849325267; ISBN 10: 0849325269;

[FULL REFERENCE OF THE BOOK] Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006.
279 p.,

tab. Bibliography on pages 203-243 and 250-253. Subject Index: p.255-279. ISBN 0-8493-2526-9.

(Diploma of the Academy of Aquatic Sciences, awarded in 2006).

ABSTRACT: The book summarizes the 20-year research done by the author and over 90 author's research publications in many Russian and international
editions as well as hundreds of publications of other scientists.

The book contains new detailed information on the results of the author’s studies of the biological effects of synthetic surfactants and detergents on
autotrophic and heterotrophic, prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. The chemicals included anionic, non-ionic and cationic surfactants, as well as
several types of detergents.

The freshwater and marine organisms studied and used for bioassay included bacteria and cyanobacteria, algae, flagellates, seedlings of higher plants
(the plant species used were: Fagopyrum esculentum, Sinapis alba, Lepidium sativum, Oryza sativa, and others), and invertebrates (mollusks Mytilus,
Crassostrea, Unio, annelids Hirudo medicinalis). New methods for bioassay and biotesting of chemicals are described and applied in the book.

The results are discussed and analyzed in connection with new priorities in assessing the ecological hazards of chemical pollution and xenobiotics on the
biosphere and hydrosphere, studying water purification in aquatic ecosystems, and setting new priorities in the area of environmental protection. The
book is of interest to scientists who conduct research in the relevant areas of ecology, limnology, oceanography, biotechnology, environmental sciences,
water sciences, geosciences, the science of the biosphere and global change, ecotoxicology, as well as to university professors, graduate students and
educators.

The book is also of interest to those who are involved in environmental management and assessment, environmental law and regulation. The book is also
of interest to the companies and industries that make dispersants to clean oil spills, shampoos, laundry detergents, detergents for cars, and other
detergents.

The opinion of Dr. Steven C. McCutcheon about the book, from his Preface: "I am pleased to have this opportunity to comment on the scientific leadership
of Sergei A. Ostroumov. The book is highly recommended to those who are involved in studying ecology and solving environmental problems". - Steven C.
McCutcheon, Ph.D., University of Georgia and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. E.P.A.); President of the American Society of Ecological
Engineering.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Foreword by Professor M.E. Vinogradov, Member of Russian Academy of Sciences, and Professor V.D. Fedorov

Foreword by Dr. Steven C. McCutcheon

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS AND SYNTHETIC SURFACTANTS AS POLLUTANTS OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS

Criteria and Priorities in Assessing the Hazardous Impacts on Aquatic Biota

Ecological Hazard and Ecosystemic Consequences of the Effect of Anthropogenic Substances on Hydrobionts

Biological Effects of Substances and the Need of Refining the Arsenal of Biotesting Methods

Substantiating the Need for Further Research into Biological Effects of Synthetic Surfactants

Ambiguity of Biological Effects Caused by Surfactants

Pollution of Aquatic Ecosystems by Synthetic Surfactants

Synthetic Surfactants and Self-Purification of Water Including its Filtration by Mollusks

ORGANISMS AND METHODS

Organisms: Substantiation of Choice and Aspects of Methods Used

Chemical Substances Used

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF WATERS CONTAINING ANIONIC SURFACTANTS

Biological Effects of Alkyl Sulfates. Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS)

Biological Effects of Alkyl Benzene Sulfonates (ABS)

Biological Effects of High-Polymer Synthetic Surfactants

Concluding Remarks

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF WATERS CONTAINING NONIONOGENIC SURFACTANTS

Biological effects of Nonionogenic Surfactants in a System With Bacteria

Biological Effects of Nonionogenic Surfactants on Phytoplankton Organisms

Biological Effects of Nonionogenic Surfactants on Higher Eukaryotes

Biological Effects of Nonionogenic Surfactants and Their Hazards to Aquatic Ecosystems

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF WATERS CONTAINING CATIONIC SURFACTANTS

Biological Effects of Ethonium

Biological Effects of Tetradecyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (TDTMA)

Biological Effects of Benzethonium Chloride

Other Data on the Biological Activities of Cationic Surfactants

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SURFACTANT-CONTAINING MIXTURES AND OTHER PREPARATIONS

Impact of Aquatic Media with Surfactant-Containing Mixtures on Hydrobionts: Earlier Works

New results on the Impact of Surfactant-Containing Mixtures on Autotrophic Organisms

New results on the Impact of Surfactant-Containing Mixtures on Heterotrophic Organisms

Assessment of the Biological Activities of Other Preparations and Samples

Some Concluding Remarks

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SYNTHETIC SURFACTANTS AND PARTICIPATION OF HYDROBIONTS IN WATER PURIFICATION

Self-purification of Water and the Role of Hydrobionts in Aquatic Ecosystems

Water Purification and Some Applied Problems

Anthropogenic Impact on Hydrobionts: Assessment of the Ecological Hazards

Generalizing Remarks

Conclusions

References

Addendum

Subject Index

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Published reviews of the book:

Toderas I.K. (Academician-Secretary of the Department of the Biological, Chemical, and Ecological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova),
Ermakov V.V. (Professor, head of the laboratory, Institute of Geochemistry, RAS). Novelty about ecological hazards of the chemicals that pollute aquatic
environment. A review of the book: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006.
279 p.). – Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Life Sciences (Buletinul Academiei de Stiinte a Moldovei. Stiintele Vietii). 2007, № 2, с.169-172.
Bibliogr. 10 refs. ["The book is a new significant step toward better knowledge and understanding the effects of chemical pollution on the biosphere" (p.
172)].

Petrosyan V.S. , Professor. Review of the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. - Ecological Studies, Hazards, Solutions,
2007. vol. 12, p.117-119 (in English).

Review of the book: Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. – Bulletin
Samarskaya Luka. - 2007. - V. 16, № 4(22). - P. 864-867. Bibliogr. 10 refs. http://www.ssc.smr.ru/media/journals/samluka/2007/16_4_22.pdf;

Review of the book: Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. // Problems of
Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Ecology. 2007. № 2 (4). p.108.

Review of the book: S.A.Ostroumov. Biological Effects of Surfactants (2006). - Ecologica, 2008. т.15, No. 51, p. 71-72. (YU ISSN 0354-3285; Belgrade; in
English).

Ermakov V.V., Professor. Review of the book: : Ostroumov S.A. Biological Effects of Surfactants. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New
York. 2006. 279 p. – Toxicological Review [Toksikologicheskij Vestnik], 2009, No. 2, p. 40 ( = Ермаков В.В. Рец. на книгу: Biological Effects of Surfactants.
CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, London, New York. 2006. 279 p. // Токсикологический вестник, 2009, № 2, с.40).

See the sites:

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Comment on the book:

Sci.Tech. Book News, v. 30, No. 1, p.58 [ISSN 0196-6006] QH541 2005-053818 0-8493-2526-9 Biological effects of surfactants. Ostroumov, S.A. CRC /
Taylor & Francis, ©2006, 279 p. $129.95 After some 20 years investigating the impact of synthetic surfactants on aquatic and other organisms,
Dr.S.A.Ostroumov (Hydrobiology, Moscow U.) has concluded that these substances are greater potential ecological hazards than previously believed. He
began focusing on the criteria and principles for assessing the hazards, and the extent to which the self-purification potential of an aquatic ecosystem can
be a target of pollutants. Here he synthesizes published papers from 1997 to 2005 and a 2000 Russian book summarizing his findings, and includes an
addendum in the English edition covering some recent literature. Translated by Victor Selivanov.

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Another site with additional info on the book, and info on how to order (obtain, buy) it:
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Additional relevant publications see the sites:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/44428910

Publications of Dr. S.A. Ostroumov (some with comments; edited 2010, September) see also: http://narod.ru/disk/25754841000/Publications%20of
%20DrOstroumov%20List%20Unformatted64p.docx.html; http://narod.ru/disk/25754942000/Publications.DrOstroumov.List.Unformatted64p.docx.html
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Some of key relevant blogs: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/5974_Key_Blogs;

KEY ISSUES considered or mentioned in the series of publications:

self-purification, water quality, water bodies, reservoirs, streams, contaminants, pollutants, ecotoxicology, freshwater, marine, environmental safety,
environmental security, sources of water, xenobiotics, polyfunctional role of biota, water, ecosystem functioning, hydrosphere, community, sustainable
use, resources, environmental management, human impact, potential for water purification, ecosystem’s services, biological theory, application,
reliability, external influences; anthropogenic, man-made effects, environmental practices, the new experimental results, cadmium, mollusks,
eutrophication, a new concept, a two-level synergies, environmental chemoregulators, environmental chemomediators, hazards, damage to biota,
economic evaluation, damage by the anthropogenic impact, water protection regime, special protected areas, microorganisms, aquatic, plants,
invertebrates, an analog of the bioreactor with the function of purifying water, nutrients, control of phytoplankton, consumers, trophic level, intraspecific
interactions of organisms, pheromones, regulators, interspecific interactions, V.I. Vernadsky, biosphere, matter, the regulation, geochemical processes,
transfer of matter, biogenic migration of chemical elements, increased mortality, the incidence of pathologies, uncoupling of plankton-benthic coupling,
lethal, sublethal effects, populations of fish, conservation of gene pool, preservation of the ecological role of protected populations, biogeocenotic
function, sulfate, cadmium, mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis, copper sulphate, M. galloprovincialis, lead nitrate, potassium dichromate, TDTMA, M. edulis
× M. galloprovincialis, a natural hybrid population; Crassostrea gigas, SDS, Triton X-100, Unio tumidus, detergent Tide, IXI, Fairy, the impact on the
efficiency of removal of particulate matter, synthetic, laundry detergent, powder detergent, liquid detergent, sodium dodecyl sulphate, community,
surface-active substances, surfactants, tensides, surfactant-containing mixtures, inhibition of water filtration, oysters, cationic,
tetradecyltrimethylammonium, TDTMA, anionic, sodium dodecyl sulphate, nonionic, rotifers, Brachionus calyciflorus, turbidostat, filter-feeders, suspension
feeders, bivalves, undigested organic matter, bottom, sediments, trophic, activity, Lymnaea stagnalis, phytoplankton, macrophytes; microzooplankton;
zooplankton, zoobenthos, fish, marine mammals, birds, the export of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, dissolved substances, suspended particles,
sedimentation, bottom sediments, lakes, sorption of pollutants, seston, detritus, aquatic organisms, organic matter, sediment, priorities; key issues;
contemporary issues of ecology, environmental science, biogeochemistry,

20 Key areas and keywords for application of the information generated and analyzed in the book, in brief:

monitoring, remediation, underground waters, bioassay, hazards assessment, risk assessment, sustainability, water safety, water supply, water quality,
ecotechnologies, phytotechnology, phytoremediation; freshwater, marine, detergents, surfactants, environment protection, S.A.Ostroumov, biological
effects

Among the organisms studied:

cyanobacteria, цианобактерии (Synechococcus Nіg.; Stratonostoc linckia (Roth) Elenk., f. muscorum (Ag.) Elenk. = Nostoc muscorum Ag. И др.),

marine bacteria, морские бактерии (Hyphomonas (ex Pongratz 1957) Moore, Weiner and Gebers 1984),

green algae, зеленые водоросли (Scenedesmus quadricauda Bréb., Chlorella vulgaris Beijer, Bracteacoccus minor (Chodat) Petrova и др.),

diatoms, диатомовые водоросли (Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal), эвглена (Euglena Ehr.; Euglena gracilis Klebs),

molluscs, моллюски (Unio tumidus Philipsson s. lato, U. pictorum (L.) s. lato, Crassiana crassa (Philipsson) s. lato, Anodonta cygnea (L.) s. lato, mussels
Mytilus edulis L., M. galloprovincialis Lamarck, oysters Crassostrea gigas Thunberg, Limnaea stagnalis (L.), Mercenaria mercenaria),

annelids, аннелиды (Hirudo medicinalis L.),

macrophytes, макрофиты (Pistia stratiotes L., Elodea canadensis Michaux),

plant seedlings, проростки покрытосеменных растений (Sinapis alba L., Fagopyrum esculentum Moench, Lepidium sativum L., Oryza sativa L., Camelina
sativa (L.) Crantz, Triticum aestivum L. etc, и др.).