Environmental Toxicology: Biological and Health Effects of Pollutants, Second Edition
An Indispensable Reference of Air, Soil, and Water Pollutants This second edition of Environmental Toxicology focuses on the biological and health effects toxins have on living organisms. It also stresses the relationship between human activity and the environment, relating changes in the environ...
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An Indispensable Reference of Air, Soil, and Water Pollutants
This second edition of Environmental Toxicology focuses on the biological and health effects toxins have on living organisms. It also stresses the relationship between human activity and the environment, relating changes in the environment with the changing patterns of human diseases, and exploring the parallels between developing economies and pollution-related health problems.
The book deals with a large number of environmental toxicants, discussing their damage process, metabolism (biotransformation), and metabolism, toxicants and their damage process, and environmental, biological, and nutritional factors that may influence toxicity. It also describes several natural defense systems and the mechanisms for detoxification, including endogenous antioxidants and free radical scavenging enzymes on a cellular level. The book continues its comprehensive analysis of EPA Criteria Air Pollutants (SO2, NO2, O3, CO, particulate matter), and volatile organic compounds, as well as soil and water pollution, and expands the chapters on fluoride, environmental metals and metalloid (lead, cadmium, mercury, nickel, and arsenic), pesticides and related material such as PCBs and dioxins, and their relationship with endocrine disruption (a new chapter) and environmental cancer, offering more insight on the interaction of various chemical agents with DNA.
Based on research from nearly 30 years of teaching environmental toxicology and related courses, the author concludes this text with an introduction to ecological risk assessment and its role in regulation and policymaking. |
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oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-10802009-10-13T01:16:38Z Environmental Toxicology: Biological and Health Effects of Pollutants, Second Edition Yu, Ming-Ho Environmental Sciences An Indispensable Reference of Air, Soil, and Water Pollutants This second edition of Environmental Toxicology focuses on the biological and health effects toxins have on living organisms. It also stresses the relationship between human activity and the environment, relating changes in the environment with the changing patterns of human diseases, and exploring the parallels between developing economies and pollution-related health problems. The book deals with a large number of environmental toxicants, discussing their damage process, metabolism (biotransformation), and metabolism, toxicants and their damage process, and environmental, biological, and nutritional factors that may influence toxicity. It also describes several natural defense systems and the mechanisms for detoxification, including endogenous antioxidants and free radical scavenging enzymes on a cellular level. The book continues its comprehensive analysis of EPA Criteria Air Pollutants (SO2, NO2, O3, CO, particulate matter), and volatile organic compounds, as well as soil and water pollution, and expands the chapters on fluoride, environmental metals and metalloid (lead, cadmium, mercury, nickel, and arsenic), pesticides and related material such as PCBs and dioxins, and their relationship with endocrine disruption (a new chapter) and environmental cancer, offering more insight on the interaction of various chemical agents with DNA. Based on research from nearly 30 years of teaching environmental toxicology and related courses, the author concludes this text with an introduction to ecological risk assessment and its role in regulation and policymaking. INTRODUCTION * Study of environmental toxicology * Worldwide development in recent decades * Environmental pollution and law * Importance of environmental toxicology * Toxicity testing - a brief review ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND HEALTH * Our changing environment * Our changing disease pattern * Examples of environmental diseases OCCURRENCE OF TOXICANTS * Introduction * Smoke or smog * Offensive odors * Agricultural damage * Intoxication of animals * Injuries to humans * Acute and chronic effects DAMAGE PROCESS AND ACTION OF TOXICANTS * Introduction * Plants * Mammalian organism * Mechanism of action FACTORS AFFECTING XENOBIOTIC ACTION * Introduction * Physicochemical properties * Dose/concentration * Duration and mode of exposure * Environmental factors * Interaction * Biological factors * Nutritional factors METABOLISM OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS * Introduction * Types of biotransformation * Mechanism of biotransformation * Consequence of biotransformation * Factors influencing biotransformation * Characteristics of the cytochrome P450s DEFENSE RESPONSES TO TOXICANTS * Introduction * Responses of humans/animals * Responses of plants AIR POLLUTION - INORGANIC GASES o Introduction o Sulfur dioxide o Nitrogen dioxide o Ozone o Carbon monoxide AIR POLLUTION - PARTICULATE MATTER o Introduction o Characteristics o Formation of particulates o Health effects o Silica o Beryllium o Asbestos ENVIRONMENTAL FLUORIDE o Introduction o Occurrence and forms of fluoride o Sources of environmental fluoride o Industrial sources of fluoride in the environment o Effects on plants o Effects on animals o Effects on humans VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS o Introduction o Sources o Petroleum hydrocarbons o Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons SOIL AND WATER POLLUTION - ENVIRONMENTAL METALS AND METALLOIDS o Introduction o Lead o Cadmium o Mercury o Nickel o Arsenic PESTICIDES AND RELATED MATERIALS o Introduction o Insecticides o Herbicides o Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) o Polybrominated biphenyls o Dioxin ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION o Introduction o Review of hormonal function o Characteristics of endocrine disrupters o Mode of action o Examples of endocrine disruption o Hormonal cancers o Testing estrogenicity MUTAGENIC POLLUTANTS o Introduction o Types of mutation o Effect of mutations o Induction of mutation ENVIRONMENTAL CANCER o Introduction o Causes of cancer o Stages in the development of cancer o Metastasis o Classification of carcinogens o Metabolism of chemical carcinogens o DNA repair RISK ASSESSMENT/TESTING o Introduction o Basic components of a risk assessment o Use of ecological risk assessment o Importance of ecological risk assessment o Frameworks for ecological risk assessment o Usefulness of ecological risk assessment predictions 2009-10-12T08:22:31Z 2009-10-12T08:22:31Z 2004 Book 156670670 http://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/1080 en application/octet-stream CRC Press |