Introduction to Environmental Toxicology: Impacts of Chemicals Upon Ecological Systems, Third Edition

the Rapidly Evolving Field Of Environmental Toxicology Involves The Study Of Toxic Compounds And Their Effect On Living Organisms, As Well As Their Fate Within The Natural Environment. Since Publication Of The First Edition, Introduction To Environmental Toxicology Has Found A Secure Place Among The Major Texts And References In This Field. introduction To Environmental Toxicology, Third Edition Seamlessly Covers Processes And Impacts From The Molecular Level All The Way Up To Population Levels. While Retaining The Strengths Of Previous Editions, The Third Edition Includes A New Chapter On Fluoride, An Update On Endocrine Disruption, A Discussion Of The Use Of Models To Reconstruct Concentration-response Curves, Expansion Of The Metals Chapter, And New Developments In Ecological Risk Assessment For Management Decisions At Site To Regional Scales. It Is An Ideal Text For Introducing Students To The Fields Of Ecotoxicology And Risk Assessment. Book Cover......Page 2 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Preface to the First Edition......Page 7 Preface to the Second Edition......Page 9 Preface to the Third Edition......Page 11 Authors......Page 13 Acknowledgments......Page 15 Table of Contents......Page 17 1 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology and Its Role in Environmental Decision Making......Page 27 2 A Framework for Environmental Toxicology......Page 41 3 An Introduction to Toxicity Testing......Page 57 4 Survey and Review of Typical Toxicity Test Methods......Page 99 5 Routes of Exposure and Modes of Action......Page 141 6 Factors Modifying the Activity of Toxicants......Page 185 7 Inorganic Gaseous Pollutants......Page 209 8 Fluoride as a Contaminant of Developing Economies......Page 229 9 Heavy Metals......Page 245 10 Biotransformation, Detoxification, and Biodegradation......Page 261 11 Measuring and Predicting the Responses of Ecological Systems to Toxicants......Page 301 12 Ecological Risk Assessment......Page 385 Appendix A......Page 429 Appendix B......Page 445 Index......Page 495 Since the publication of the first edition almost ten years ago, Introduction to Environmental Toxicology has found a secure place among the major texts and references in the field. The book moves seamlessly from mode of action of contaminants at the molecular level all the way up to impacts at the population levels. While retaining the strengths of previous editions, the third edition includes a new chapter on Fluoride, an update on endocrine disruption, a discussion of the use of models to reconstruct concentration-response curves, expansion of the metals chapter, and new developments in ecological risk assessment for management decisions at site to regional scales. (Midwest) Involves the study of toxic compounds and their effects on living organisms as well as their fate with the natural environment. Includes a chapter on fluoride, update on endocrine curves and new development in ecological risk assessment for management decisions at landscape and regional scales Since publication of the first edition in December 1994, Introduction to Environmental Toxicology has found a secure place among the major texts and references in this field. The third edition moves seamlessly from mode of action of contaminants at the mo Environmental toxicology is the study of the impacts of pollutants upon the structure and function of ecological systems.