Cyanobacterial Toxins of Drinking Water Supplies

Contamination of water, both drinking and recreational, by cyanobacteria is of increasing concern worldwide. Such contamination has claimed livestock relatively frequently, but acute poisoning is rare in humans. However, there is growing speculation about the role of cylindrospermopsins and microcystins in gastrointestinal and liver cancer. Written by a world authority involved in revising the World Health Organization's drinking water guidelines, Cyanobacterial Toxins of Drinking Water Supplies provides a coherent account of the biology, chemistry, toxicology, and human health implications of cylindrospermopsins and microcystins, and their occurrence in water supplies.