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| Tsuguchika Kaminuma | |
| Head, Division of Chem-Bio Informatics, | |
| National Institute of Health Science | |
| 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 158-0098 Japan | |
| Tel: +81-3-3700-9540 Fax: +81-3-3700-7592 | |
| E-mail: kaminuma@nihs.go.jp |
13,011,000 Yen
(FY 1999; 6,504,000 Yen)
We have developed information infrastructure for archiving data for hazardous chemicals and environmental health in the Northwestern Pacific rim including East China Sea, its neighboring areas, and Japanese Islands. This infrastructure is a computer system which is running on Internet environment consists of a geographic information system (GIS) and databases and Internet WWW servers for information dissemination. The system can store various monitoring and survey data and display them on geographical maps so that researchers can easily compare different data sets from different sources. In addition to literature search a field study was carried out for environmental plastic resin pellets which were spilled into the environment and drifted onto seashores. We have analyzed some of these pellets and found several environmental pollutants including some endocrine disruptors. A home page called PD Watchers was opened in order to exchange information on environmental resin pellets.
Hazardous Chemicals, East China Sea, GIS, Resin Pellets, Endocrine Disruptors