toxicity testing Books
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Community Toxicity Testing
This book offers the reader a series of case histories of actual use of complex test systems together with a discussion of their advantages and disadvantages. A substantial amount of information and methodology is provided that can be used in the validation process at the community level of biological ...
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Aquatic Invertebrate Bioassays
The first comprehensive review of the use of invertebrates in toxicity testing and hazard evaluation. Discussions range from comprehensive evaluations of specific organisms to proposals for alternative ...
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Characterization and Toxicity of Smoke
12 peer-reviewed papers on smoke toxicity, smoke chemistry, and smoke characterization. Studies address smoke hazard assessment, smoke spread modeling, appropriateness of toxicity tests, appropriateness of animal species as human substitutes, effect of materials on nuclear winter, and more. For ...
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Risk Assessment with Time to Event Models
How can environmental regulators use information on 48-hour toxicity tests to predict the effects of a few minutes of pollution? Or, at the other extreme, what is the relevance of 96-hour toxicity data for organisms that may have been exposed to a pollutant for six months or more? Time to event methods are the ...
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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 147
Contents: Lilia A. Albert: Persistent Pesticides in Mexico.- John Cairns, Jr., J.R. Bidwell, and Matthew E. Arnegard: Toxicity Testing with Communities - Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Whole System Manipulations.- S.A. Mabury, J.S. Cox, and D.G. Crosby: Environmental Fate of Rice Pesticides in California.- George ...
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Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment
• Biomarkers • Marine Toxicity Test Methods ...
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Small-scale Freshwater Toxicity Investigations
While toxicity testing procedures and hazard assessment approaches have been published in past decades, many are wanting in detail for users to fully understand or reproduce successfully. Small-scale Freshwater Toxicity Investigations (Volumes 1 and 2) responds to this need by providing comprehensive ...
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Small-scale Freshwater Toxicity Investigations
While toxicity testing procedures and hazard assessment approaches have been published in past decades, many are wanting in detail for users to fully understand or reproduce successfully. Small-scale freshwater toxicity investigations (Volumes 1 and 2) responds to this need by providing comprehensive ...
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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 142
.- Kong/Bitton/Koopman/Jung: Heavy Metal Toxicity Testing in Environmental ...
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Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Science, Policy, and Standardization-- Implications for Environmental Decisions, 10th Volume
tests and how that impacts on metal toxicity; how modified PAHs impact on EROD ...
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Oil Spill Chemical Dispersants: Research, Experience and Recommendations
Contains 27 papers divided into four sections: laboratory toxicity and effectiveness testing; field effectiveness; fate and effects; and contingency planning and guidelines. Addresses when dispersants should be used; the results of the dispersant application; and the short-term; and long-term costs to the ...
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Principles and Methods of Toxicology, Fifth Edition
Founded on the paradox that all things are poisons and the difference between poison and remedy is quantity, the determination of safe dosage forms the base and focus of modern toxicology. In order to make a sound determination there must be a working knowledge of the biologic mechanisms involved and of the methods employed to define these mechanisms. While the vastness of the field and the rapid ...
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MT-PCR – A rapid, reliable and effective tool for assessing toxic ‘algal’ blooms in Victorian water supplies: aiding protection and preservation
This project addressed a need for a sensitive, accurate and reliable testing method to aid assessment of the toxicity of algal blooms and assist water management. Increasingly, diagnostic dilemmas are resolved through the use of DNA-based technologies which often provide high sensitivity and ...
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Aquatic Toxicology and Environmental Fate
Ninth in ASTM series, this volume addresses the following subjects: • the impact of genetically engineered microorganisms in aquatic environments • bioaccumulation and bio transformation of xenobiotics • uality assurance programs for the hydra reaggregation test and the hydrogen oxidation soil ...
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Fire Resistance of Industrial Fluids
Comprehensive, international overview of traditional, current and newly proposed fire resistance testing methods for industrial fluids. 14 peer-reviewed papers from leading researchers in the field address the following industrial fire prevention issues: Fundamental principles of fire resistance testing • ...
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Aquatic Toxicology and Hazard Assessment (12th Edition)
34 papers debate the merits of test development, animal and plant culture, nutrition and testing, and the lack of interagency harmony. Papers are divided into the following categories: • Benefits of Interagency Harmonization of Methodology• Review of Common Modes of Toxic Action• Field ...
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The Toxicology and Biochemistry of Insecticides
The first book in two decades to address this multi-faceted field, The Toxicology and Biochemistry of Insecticides provides the most up-to-date information on insecticide classification, formulation, mode of action, resistance, metabolism, environmental fate, and regulatory legislation. The book draws on the author’s groundbreaking research in insect detoxification. It discusses mechanisms at the ...
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The Basics of Testing Plastics: Mechanical Properties, Flame Exposure, and General Guidelines
This manual is the first in a planned series of volumes addressing the challenges and problems associated with testing plastics. Future manuals will focus on electrical characteristics, optical and chemical properties, rheological behavior, as well as global concerns for international testing harmonization, ...
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Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres: Tenth Volume
The tenth volume in this ongoing series provides 28 peer-reviewed papers written by experts in their field. This unique publication gives you the latest information available on flammability and sensitivity of materials in oxygen-enriched atmospheres, including oxygen compatibility and risk management concepts and practices. Topics include: Ignition and Combustion of Nonmetals covers resistance ...
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