Eisler's Encyclopedia of Environmentally Hazardous Priority Chemicals (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780444531056)

Thousands of inorganic and organic chemicals and their metabolites enter the biosphere daily as a direct result of human activities. Many of these chemicals have serious consequences on sensitive species of natural resources, crops, livestock, and public health. The most hazardous of these were identified by a panel of environmental specialists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; these chemicals are the focus of this encyclopedia.For each priority group of chemicals, information is presented on sources, uses, physical and chemical properties, tissue concentrations in field collections and their significance, lethal and sublethal effects under controlled conditions. This includes effects on survival, growth, reproduction, metabolism, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, and mutagenicity - and proposed regulatory criteria for the protection of sensitive natural resources, crops, livestock, and human health. Taxonomic groups of natural resources covered include terrestrial and aquatic plants and invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Author: Ronald Eisler
ISBN-10: 044453105X
ISBN-13: 9780444531056
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2007
Pages: 986
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 5.45lbs
Size: 10.46h x 7.86w x 1.76d