Environmental Toxicity Testing
Sheffield Analytical Chemistry Series
1. Auflage Januar 2005
408 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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.
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.
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tool for anyone interested in studying and understanding the
environment."
"Easy to use and consult, the book is an important asset for
teachers, students and employees that are involved in environmental
practices."
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2005
"The articles are very well referenced and contain a depth of
information that will be useful to people already working in the
field."
Chemistry and Industry 2005
"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." Management of Environmental Quality:
An International Journal, 16:5
"Undergraduate students and future practitioners may find useful
general information on assessment methods of the biological
consequences of environmental pollution." Anal Bioanal Chem
2006
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.
