Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

ISBN-13: 9783319037769 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 142 str.

David M. Whitacre

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Mercury Toxicity and Neurodegenerative Effects.- E-Waste Disposal Effects on the Aquatic Environment: Accra, Ghana.- Environmental Fate and Toxicology of Clomazone.- Modulation of Plant Growth and Metabolism in Cadmium-Enriched Environments.- Effect of Fruit and Vegetable Processing on Reduction of Synthetic Pyrethroid Residue.- Toxicity Reference Values for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers: Risk Assessment for Predatory Birds and Mammals from Two Chinese Lakes.- Index.

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CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
Mercury Toxicity and Neurodegenerative Effects
Alessia Carocci, Nicola Rovito, Maria Stefania Sinicropi, Giuseppe Genchi
E-Waste Disposal Effects on the Aquatic Environment: Accra, Ghana
Jingyu Huang, Philip Nti Nkrumah, Desmond Ofosu Anim, Ebenezer Mensah
Environmental Fate and Toxicology of Clomazone
April Van Scoy and Ronald S. Tjeerdema
Modulation of Plant Growth and Metabolism in Cadmium-Enriched Environments
Shaista Qadir, Sumiya Jamshieed, Saiema Rasool, Muhammad Ashraf, Nudrat Aisha Akram and Parvaiz Ahmad
Effect of Fruit and Vegetable Processing on Reduction of Synthetic Pyrethroid Residues
Reena Chauhan, Beena Kumari and M.K. Rana
Toxicity Reference Values for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers: Risk Assessment for Predatory Birds and Mammals from Two Chinese Lakes
Ruiqing Zhang, Jianyang Guo, Fengchang Wu, Yunsong Mu, John P. Giesy, Hong Chang, Xiaoli Zhao and Chenglian Feng
Index