Rather than these, health problems may arise because of the considerable quantity of asbestos-containing wastes that were spread

all over the affected area from the fire retardant coatings, heat, fire, and acid resistant gaskets, Bioactive Compound Library datasheet pipe insulation, ceiling insulation, flooring, roofing, etc. of the damaged buildings. Large quantities of many chemicals from various other sources might have been spread in the tsunami hit areas and also reached the nearby coastal environment. For example, as per the Law Concerning Special Measures against PCB waste which was enforced in Japan on 15th July 2001 (http://www.jesconet.co.jp/e.g./pcblaw.htm), PCB waste holders are to dispose of all PCB wastes by July 2016. Since the deadline is five years away from now, considerable quantities of PCB wastes might have been

in stock in the tsunami hit areas, and thus washed away and Ion Channel Ligand Library clinical trial spread all over. Small stocks of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) and also various medicinal chemicals which were kept at the hospitals and commercial establishments in the tsunami washed areas are now in the environment of northeastern Japan, posing a complicated threat. Many industries in the area, involved in manufacturing processes using hundreds of organic and inorganic chemicals, were also inundated by tsunami waters

releasing them into the surrounding marine environment. Part of all the above wastes reached the coastal environment when the seawater receded to the sea. These materials, nearly before and after settlement to the seafloor will get decomposed and may release considerable quantities of the chemicals into the water for a long period of time, thus leading to bioaccumulation and biomagnification. This may lead to toxic implications in marine life especially fish and those in the apex of the marine food chain. For example, cetaceans can biomagnify chemicals like PCBs to 107 times than in the ambient water as they have high lipid stores and weak metabolic capacity for chemicals like PCBs when compared with terrestrial mammals (Tanabe et al., 1984). Scientists are now worrying about a possible build-up of radioactive material in edible marine and terrestrial biota of the tsunami hit area that may reach humans. Along with that, there is also concern about a variety of other chemicals which can have short and long term effects on wildlife and humans. Long term survey of the soil, sediment, water and biota including human should be carried out on the build-up of many toxic chemicals, to avoid any possible catastrophe by such chemicals.