A history of fishing with explosives and poisons in Hong Kong waters

Fishing with explosives is still being practiced aroung Hong Kong. The first legislation against blast fishing was passed in Hong Kong in 1903. Since then, successive legislation has increased the penalties and fines on blast fishing and fishing with poisons. However, the problem has not been eliminated as enforcement puts pressure on the resources of the marine police. It would be more effective to educate the local communities on the destructive effects of these practices and make them more vigilant and responsible in controlling them.

Towards Surface Plasmon Resonance biosensing combined with bioaffinity-assisted nano HILIC Liquid Chromatography Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry identification of Paralytic Shellfish Poisons

The potential for coupling technologies to deliver new, improved forms of bioanalysis is still in its infancy. We review a number of examples in which coupling has been successful, with special emphasis on combining surface-plasmon-resonance biosensors with mass spectrometry. We give an overview of current progress towards combining biosensor-based bioanalysis with chemical analysis for confirmation of paralytic shellfish poisons that are marine toxins. This comprehensive approach could be an alternative to the official methods currently used (e.g., animal testing and high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection) and could serve as a model for many more such applications. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Assessment of specific binding proteins suitable for the detection of paralytic shellfish poisons using optical biosensor technology

Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxin monitoring in shellfish is currently performed using the internationally accredited AOAC mouse bioassay. Due to ethical and performance-related issues associated with this bioassay, the European Commission has recently published directives extending procedures that may be used for official PSP control. The feasibility of using a surface plasmon resonance optical biosensor to detect PSP toxins in shellfish tissue below regulatory levels was examined. Three different PSP toxin protein binders were investigated: a sodium channel receptor (SCR) preparation derived from rat brains, a monoclonal antibody (GT13-A) raised to gonyautoxin 2/3, and a rabbit polyclonal antibody (R895) raised to saxitoxin (STX). Inhibition assay formats were used throughout. Immobilization of STX to the biosensor chip surface was achieved via amino-coupling. Specific binding and inhibition of binding to this surface was achieved using all proteins tested. For STX calibration curves, 0 - 1000 ng/mL, IC50 values for each binder were as follows: SCR 8.11 ng/mL; GT13-A 5.77 ng/mL; and R895 1.56 ng/mL. Each binder demonstrated a different cross-reactivity profile against a range of STX analogues. R895 delivered a profile that was most likely to detect the widest range of PSP toxins at or below the internationally adopted regulatory limits.

Artificial Equations, Artificial Distinctions: Language that Poisons the Waters of Ethnic Relations

“It is my contention at this point that when race relations on campuses get better, it is in spite of, not because of, the proliferation of jargon-based rhetoric about diversity.”

Neurotoxicity : identifying and controlling poisons of the nervous system : summary.

"April 1990"--p.4 of cover.

Mémoire ou Prospectus de mémoire sur l'usage des drogues-poisons.

Tableau des principaux usages de l'arsenic et du sublié-corrosif: p. 33-49.

Contre-poisons de l'arsenic, du sublimé corrosif, du verd-de-gris et du plomb : la première, recherches Médico-Chymiques sur différens moyens de dissoudre le mercure, &c : la seconde exposition de différens moyens d'unir le mercure au fer, &c. : la troisième, nouvelles observations sur l'éther / Pierre-Toussaint Navier ... ; Tome premier

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Contre-poisons de l'arsenic, du sublimé corrosif, du verd-de-gris et du plomb : la première, recherches Médico-Chymiques sur différens moyens de dissoudre le mercure, &c : la seconde exposition de différens moyens d'unir le mercure au fer, &c. : la troisième, nouvelles observations sur l'éther / Pierre-Toussaint Navier ... ; Tome second

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