Strategies for eliminating and reducing persistent bioaccumulative toxic substances: common approaches, emerging trends, and level of success.

Chlorinated Organic Compounds in the Environment: Regulatory and Monitoring Assessment

Sub Ramamoorthy and Sita Ramamoorthy (1997)

A toxicity profile is given for each chemical, allowing readers to evaluate short-and long-term effects on the environment. Other information provided in this book can help with monitoring, impact assessment, and decision-making processes.

370 pages, hardcover. Member: $79. Nonmember: $86. Catalog #859.

Environmental Contaminant Reference Databook--Volume III

Jan C. Prager (1998)

This compendium describes the physical, chemical, and biological dangers associated with environmental contaminants--primarily individual chemicals, but also selected simple and complex mixtures. Each substance is summarized on a few pages. The book focuses on the environmental effects of potentially dangerous, federally regulated chemicals, as well as on chemicals of special interest to safety professionals.

1230 pages, hardcover. Member: $171. Nonmember: $188. Catalog #738.

Introduction to Environmental Toxicology

Wayne G. Landis and Ming-Ho Yu (1995)

This text takes a multidisciplinary approach to environmental toxicology It emphasizes ecological systems at every level of biological organization, from the molecular level to the ecosystem level. The material is organized into the following chapters:

* Introduction to Environmental Toxicology;

* A Framework for Environmental Toxicology;

* An Introduction to Toxicity Testing;

* Survey and Review of Typical Toxicity Test Methods;

* Routes of Exposure and Modes of Action;

* Factors Modifying the Activity of Toxicants;

* Inorganic Gaseous Pollutants;

* Biotransformation, Detoxification, and Biodegradation;

* Measurement and Evaluation of Ecological Effects of Toxicants; and

* Ecological Risk Assessment and Environmental Toxicology.

328 pages, hardcover. Member: $79.95. Nonmember: $93.50. Catalog #652.

Principles of Environmental Toxicology

Ian C. Shaw and John Chadwick (1998)

This textbook offers a good introduction to all the major areas of environmental toxicology. It covers the fate of chemicals in the environment, environmental toxicity testing, risk assessment, radioactivity in the environment, legislation, environmental monitoring, and the future impact of industrial development on the environment. Nine chapters break down the material as follows:

* Historical Review of Human Impact on the Environment,

* Effects of Pollutants on Ecosystems,

* Environmental Toxicity Testing,

* Environmental Monitoring,

* Human Toxicology,

* Fate and Behavior of Chemicals in the Environment,

* Radioactivity and the Environment,

* Legislation, and

* Prologue to the Future.

216 pages, softcover. Member: $31.95. Nonmember: $37.50. Catalog #846.

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