Too much of a good thing (fish): methylmercury case study.

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Fish Inspection, Quality Control and HACCP 

Edited by Roy E. Martin, Robert L. Collette, and Joseph W. Slavin (1997) This reference is the most complete compilation of information on seafood quality control and safety published to date in one volume. The 826-page book contains the complete texts of 98 reports presented by seafood specialists from around the world at a major international seafood conference. The reports cover a wide range of current topics related to seafood quality assurance, testing, toxicity, processing, regulation, inspection, and distribution.

826 pages, hardcover. Member: $251.50. Nonmember: $293.50. Catalog #971.

Food Toxicology

Edited by William Helferich and Carl K. Winter (2001)

Nine chapters, all authored by leading American academics, concisely address critical chemical food safety and food toxicology issues that emerged in the latter half of the last decade. Specifically, the book discusses food allergens and their diagnoses, biotechnology, estrogenic factors, and antitoxicants. It also addresses more traditional topics such as pesticide residues, food additives, plant toxins, microbial toxins, and food analysis.

225 pages, hardcover. Member: $99.95. Nonmember: $116.60. Catalog #990.

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Principles of Ecotoxicology--Second Edition

C.H. Walker, S.P. Hopkin, R.M. Sibly, and D.B. Peakall (2001)

This edition builds upon the foundations laid by the outstanding success of the first edition. The text progresses from the molecular basis of pollutant toxicity to consequent effects at higher levels of organization--cellular, whole-organism, population, community, and ecosystem. The first section describes the major classes of organic and inorganic pollutants, their properties, the manner of their release, their environmental fate, and their transport in air, water, and long food chains. There then follows a discussion of the effects of pollutants upon individual organisms. The final section deals with effects at the levels of population, community, and ecosystem.

309 pages, softcover. Member: $45.50. Nonmember: $53.50. Catalog #995.

Principles of Environmental Toxicology

Ian C. Shaw and John Chadwick (1998)

This textbook provides a good introduction to all the major areas of environmental toxicology. It includes 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.

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

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