Estudio de contaminantes orgánicos y metales pesados en las costas de Gran Canaria

Programa de doctorado: Ingeniería ambiental y desalinización.

Flujos de metales trazas derivados de aerosoles en la Región Canaria

[ES] Las entradas de aerosoles procedentes del Continente Africano tienen un importante efecto en el clima y biogeoquímica marina de la Región Canaria. Por tal motivo, se estudiaron los factores que influyen en las concentraciones de partículas en el aire (PTS), la composición química de estas partículas y los flujos de deposición de los metales solubles (Al, Fe, Mn, Co, Ti y Cu). Para ello se tomaron muestras en tres estaciones de la Isla de Gran Canaria (Taliarte al nivel del mar, Tafira at 269 m altitud and Pico de la Gorra 1930 m altitud) desde el 2002. Utilizando las medidas de deposición seca y húmeda se puede estimar una deposición total anual para la Cuenca de Canarias de 1,36 millones de t año-1. Conociendo por tanto los valores de la composición química y la solubilidad de los elementos, podemos estimar los flujos de deposición de estos elementos solubles.

Flujos de metales derivados de aerosoles africanos en la Cuenca de Canarias

[EN]African dust pulses have important effects on the climate and marine biogeochemistry of the Canary Region. Common factors influencing the air mass concentration, elemental and composition of aerosol particles and atmospheric deposition fluxes of soluble Fe, Al, Mn, Ti, Cu and Co were examined. Aerosol samples have been collected at three stations in Gran Canaria Island (Taliarte at sea level, Tafira at 269 m altitude and Pico de la Gorra 1930 m altitude) since 2002. Air-mass back trajectories (HySPLIT, NOAA) suggested that the Sahara desert is the major sources of dust (dominant during 32-50% of days) while the Sahel desert was the major source only 2-10% of the time (maximum in summerautumn).

Validación de las reglas del tobillo de Ottawa: repercusión en los costes y calidad asistencial

Programa de doctorado: Biomedicina aplicada a la práctica clínica.

Dietary intake of environmentally persistent plaguicides in the european population

[EN] Global pollution has become one of the most important problems of the modern societies and pesticides play a major role among the chemical contaminants that are released to the environment every year. Organochlorine compounds have been widely used in the past all over the world as pesticides and some of them are still used for the control of vectors of infectious diseases. Due to their high lipophilicity, stability and resistance to degradation, most of them have been banned or strictly regulated but their levels remain high in the environment as persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Their presence in the environment leads to their introduction into the food chain, especially affecting food of animal origin with higher fat content. Due to their liposolubility, these substances tend to be bioaccumulated into the fat tissues of living beings along their entire lives, and to be biomagnificated across trophic levels in the food chain. Thus, the main human source of these pesticides comes from the daily intake of contaminated food from environmental sources. It has been established the role of many of the POPs as endocrine disruptors and even as carcinogenic agents, being thus considered as important risk factors for health. Moreover, chronic exposure to pesticides, even at very low levels, has been related with cancer, fertility problems, immunosuppression and other diseases. For this reason, it is important to know the level of POPs contamination and to identify the main sources contributing to it. Fish, meat and dairy products are the food groups with the highest levels of pollution. However, the residue levels vary by geographic area, and are influenced by several factors as food security policies, local pesticide use patterns, environmental practices, or the time when the study is conducted. Food habits, conditioned by different social and economic factors, as well as several biological factors (i.e. gender, sex and age), determine the levels of POPs exposure in the population. The purpose of this chapter is to give an overview of the dietary intake of environmentally persistent pesticides by the European population, and the potential adverse consequences of this exposure on human health.

Contaminantes tóxicos persistentes: nivel de exposición de la población canaria a través del consumo de productos lácteos

Programa de doctorado: Clínica e investigación terapéutica.

Estudio de la modelación matemática de la corrosión atmosférica del cobre en la provincia de Las Palmas: caracterización de la velocidad de corrosión mediante técnicas electroquímicas

Programa de doctorado: Ingeniería ambiental y desalinización.

Estudio del comportamiento in vivo de una placa para ensayos dinámicos

Programa de doctorado: Tecnología industrial.