Regulatory controls on biocides in the United Kingdom and restrictions on the use of triorganotin-containing antifouling products

Bell, Gary M.; Chadwick, John

doi:10.1016/0964-8305(94)90095-7

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“…In Australia, TBT antifouling is presently restricted to vessels greater than 25 metres in length, and in New Zealand there has been a complete ban on all TBT sales and use since December 1993 (ANZECC, 1995). The International Maritime Organisation banned the use of TBT in paints from 2003 (Julian, 1999) and concordantly many governments have prohibited organotins in antifouling paints (Bell and Chadwick, 1994;Costello et al, 2001).…”

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The impact and control of biofouling in marine finfish aquaculture

Nys

Guenther

2009

Advances in Marine Antifouling Coatings and Technologies

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Section: Tinmentioning

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The impact and control of biofouling in marine finfish aquaculture

Nys

Guenther

2009

Advances in Marine Antifouling Coatings and Technologies

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“…There is an urgent need to develop improved, less toxic means of controlling biofouling of surfaces in marine environments, both because of increasingly restrictive environmental regulations, such as the ban on tributyltin paints [78] and the high costs of registration of antifouling paints [79]. Considering the key role that biofilms appear to play as primary colonizers, in the adhesion of biofouling communities (plants and animals), it seems a reasonable strategy to search for novel compounds exhibiting antifouling activity against dominant members of biofilms.…”

Section: Control Of Biofoulingmentioning

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Implications of Extracellular Polymeric Substance Matrices of Microbial Habitats Associated with Coastal Aquaculture Systems

Camacho-Chab

Lango-Reynoso

Castañeda-Chávez

et al. 2016

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Coastal zones support fisheries that provide food for humans and feed for animals. The decline of fisheries worldwide has fostered the development of aquaculture. Recent research has shown that extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) synthesized by microorganisms contribute to sustainable aquaculture production, providing feed to the cultured species, removing waste and contributing to the hygiene of closed systems. As ubiquitous components of coastal microbial habitats at the air-seawater and seawater-sediment interfaces as well as of biofilms and microbial aggregates, EPS mediate deleterious processes that affect the performance and productivity of aquaculture facilities, including biofouling of marine cages, bioaccumulation and transport of pollutants. These biomolecules may also contribute to the persistence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and their impact on cultured species. EPS may also exert a positive influence on aquaculture activity by enhancing the settling of aquaculturally valuable larvae and treating wastes in bioflocculation processes. EPS display properties that may have biotechnological applications in the aquaculture industry as antiviral agents and immunostimulants and as a novel source of antifouling bioproducts.

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Electric field induced desorption of bacteria from a conditioning film covered substratum

Poortinga

Smit

Mei

et al. 2001

Biotech & Bioengineering

109

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Desorption of three oral bacterial strains from a salivary conditioning film on an indium tin oxide electrode during application of a positive (bacterial adhesion to the anode) or a negative electric current was studied in a parallel plate flow chamber. Bacterial adhesion was from a flowing suspension of high ionic strength, after which the bacterial suspension was replaced by a low ionic strength solution without bacteria and currents ranging from -800 to +800 microA were applied. Streptococcus oralis J22 desorbed during application of a positive and negative electric current with a desorption probability that increased with increasing electric current. Two actinomyces strains, however, could not be stimulated to desorb by the electric currents applied. The desorption forces acting on adhering bacteria are electroosmotic in origin and working parallel to the electrode surface in case of a positive current, whereas they are electrophoretic and electrostatic in origin and working perpendicular to the surface in case of a negative current. By comparison of the effect of positive and negative electric currents, it can be concluded that parallel forces are more effective in stimulating bacterial desorption than perpendicular forces. The results of this study point to a new pathway of cleaning industrial and biomedical surfaces without the use of detergents or biocides.

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Regulatory controls on biocides in the United Kingdom and restrictions on the use of triorganotin-containing antifouling products

Cited by 9 publications

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The impact and control of biofouling in marine finfish aquaculture

The impact and control of biofouling in marine finfish aquaculture

Implications of Extracellular Polymeric Substance Matrices of Microbial Habitats Associated with Coastal Aquaculture Systems

Electric field induced desorption of bacteria from a conditioning film covered substratum

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