Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Volume 220 (Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 220)

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications. Release, Transport and Toxicity of Engineered Nanoparticles Deepika Soni, Pravin K. Naoghare, Sivanesan Saravanadevi, Ram Avatar Pandey Source Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by using their Molecular Indices: An Overview of Possibilities Efstathios Stogiannidis, Remi Laane Respiratory and Cardiovascular Effects of Metals in Ambient Particulate Matter: A Critical Review Deborah L. Gray, Lance A. Wallace, Marielle C. Brinkman, Stephanie S. Buehler, Chris La Londe CONTENTS Foreword Preface Plastics in the Marine Environment: The Dark Side of a Modern Gift Jort Hammer, Michiel H.S. Kraak, and John R. Parsons Mercury Pollution in Malaysia Parvaneh Hajeb, Jinap Selamat, Ahmad Ismail, Nor Ainy MahyudinGenotoxic and Reprotoxic Effects of Tritium and External Gamma Irradiation on Aquatic Animals Christelle Adam-Guillermin, Sandrine Pereira, Claire Della-Vedova, Tom Hinton, Jacqueline Garnier-Laplace Index Front Matter....Pages i-xi Plastics in the Marine Environment: The Dark Side of a Modern Gift....Pages 1-44 Mercury Pollution in Malaysia....Pages 45-66 Genotoxic and Reprotoxic Effects of Tritium and External Gamma Irradiation on Aquatic Animals....Pages 67-103 Back Matter....Pages 105-147 CONTENTS FOREWORD PREFACE Parameters for Pyrethroid Insecticide QSAR and PBPK/PD Models for Human Risk Assessment James B. Knaak, Curtis C. Dary, Xiaofei Zhang, Robert W. Gerlach, R. Tornero-Velez, Daniel T. Chang, Rocky Goldsmith and Jerry N. Blancato Index This book provides concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications