Environmental Toxicity Testing (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Thompson, K. Clive; Loibner, Andreas; Wadhia, Kirit

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

As an integral component of environmental policy, it has become essential to regulate and monitor toxic substances. Past emphasis has been primarily on analytical approaches to the detection of specific, targeted contaminants, thus allowing chemical characterisation. However, toxicity testing or biological assessment is necessary for ecotoxicological evaluation, and this offers marked benefits and advantages that complement chemical analysis. Key issues to be addressed include identification of pertinent tests, reproducibility and robustness of these tests, and cost considerations.This book examines these issues and describes and explains the approaches that have been developed for environmental toxicity evaluations. Advantages, benefits and drawbacks of the strategies and methods are highlighted. Directed equally at ecotoxicologists, industrial chemists, analytical chemists and environmental consultants, this book is written in a way that will prove helpful to both new and experienced practitioners.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405144704
• Artikelnr.: 38282143

Autorenporträt

K. Clive Thompson is the Chief Scientist of Alcontrol Laboratories in the UK. He is an experienced and well-known environmetal researcher in analytical field. Kirit Wadhia is an environmental consultant and experienced eco-toxicologist. He has served as President of UK Society of Environmental Toxicity and Analytical Chemistry (SETAC). Andreas Loibner is the editor of Environmental Toxicity Testing, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Historical perspective and overview. Jim Wharfe
Science Group
Environment Agency
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
UK. 2. Effective monitoring of the environment for toxicity. Ian Johnson and Paul Whitehouse
Water Research Centre
Marlow
Buckinghamshire
UK
and Mark Crane
Crane Consultants
Faringdon
Oxfordshire
UK. 3. The nature and chemistry of toxicants. Ulf Lidman
Department of Biology
University of Kalmar
Sweden. 4. Frameworks for the application of toxicity data. Maria Consuelo Diaz-Baez and Bernard J. Dutka
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Facultad de Ingenieria Ambiental
Bogota
Colombia. 5. The aquatic environment. William L. Goodfellow Jnr
EA Engineering Science and Technology
Sparks
Maryland
USA. 6. Biological methods for assessing potentially contaminated soils. David J. Spurgeon
Claus Svendsen and Peter K. Hankard
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
UK. 7. Review of biomarkers and new techniques for in situ aquatic studies with bivalves. Francois Gagné and Christian Blaise
Environment Canada
Montreal
Canada. 8. Environmental monitoring for genotoxic compounds. Johan Bierkens
Ethel Brits and Luc Verschaeve
VITO Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Mol
Belgium. 9. Approach to legislation in a global context:. A - UK perspective. Jim Wharfe
National Centre for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances
Environment Agency
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
UK. B - Netherlands perspective - Soils and Sediments. Michiel Rutgers
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Bilthoven
The Netherlands and Piet den Besten
Institute for Inland Water Management and Waste Water Treatment (RIZA)
Ministry of Transport
Lelystad
The Netherlands. C - German perspective. Hans-Jürgen Pluta and Monika Rosenberg
Umweltbundesamt
Berlin
Germany. D - USA perspective. Barbara Brown and Margarete Heber
US Environmental Protection Agency
Washington DC
USA. 10. Case study: whole effluent assessment using a combined biodegradation and toxicity approach. Graham F. Whale and Nigel S. Battersby
Shell R & T Centre
Chester
UK. 11. Potential future developments in ecotoxicology. Wim De Coen
Geert Huyskens
Roel Smolders
Freddy Dardenne
Johan Robbens
Marleen Maras and Ronny Blust
Laboratory for Ecophysiology
Biochemistry and Toxicology
University of Antwerp
Belgium. References. Index. . . .