single toxicant before it, yet one that has now been brought under effective control-at least in estuaries and the nearshore environment. The problem with TBT and its cause was first recognized in France, then in the United Kingdom and the United States of America; and in these and other countries legislation is now in place (see Abel, Chapter 2; Champ and Wade, Chapter 3), but in many countries the hazard is only now being identified. This volume has the important function of making available to all a summary of the results of work on TBT and the main conclusions. It will help to minimize...
single toxicant before it, yet one that has now been brought under effective control-at least in estuaries and the nearshore environment. The problem ...
This book is a comprehensive, contributed work on organotin compounds, particularly tributyltin, and their environmental distribution and effects. Important biological effects include direct toxicity, embryogenetic effects, and bioaccumulation in fish, oysters and bivalves.
This book is a comprehensive, contributed work on organotin compounds, particularly tributyltin, and their environmental distribution and effects. Imp...
