Aquatic Environmental Health and Toxicology

Aquatic Environmental Health and Toxicology

1Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, No. 8, 1st Wudayuan Road, East Lake Hi-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei 430223, China 2Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Zátiš́ı 728/II, 389 25 Vodňany, Czech Republic 3Biomedical Sciences Research Building (BSRB), University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pit...

Toxicology and Environmental Health

The US National Library of Medicine’s specialized information site on toxicology and environmental health provides a comprehensive cluster of links to bibliographies, databases, tutorials, and other scientific and consumer oriented resources related to toxicology and hazardous chemicals. The website includes access to resources produced by the US National Institutes of Health and by other gover...

Environmental fate and aquatic toxicology studies on phthalate esters.

A comprehensive environmental fate and effects testing program, sponsored by the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) Phthalate Esters Program Panel, has been completed. Based on the results, a preliminary safety assessment has shown that all of the 14 commercially important phthalates tested have sufficiently high safety factors to demonstrate low potential for adverse environmental effect...

Aquatic toxicology: fact or fiction?

A brief history of the development of the field of aquatic toxicology is provided. In order to provide a perspective on the state-of-the-art in aquatic toxicology relative to classical toxicology, the two fields are compared from the standpoint of the type of scientist practicing each field, the respective objectives of each, the forces which drive the activity in each field, and the major adva...

Aquatic toxicology of perfluorinated chemicals.