Part1. The utility of the Exposome Paradigm -- Chapter1. Using Exposomics to assess cumulative risks from multiple environmental stressors -- Chapter2. Sequencing the Public Health Exosome -- Chapter3. The US Military and the Exposome -- Chapter4. Framing Fetal and Early Life Exposome within Epidemiology -- Part2. Measuring the internal exposome -- Chapter5. Epigenetics and the exposome -- Chap…
1. How to adapt chemical risk assessment for unconventional hydrocarbon extraction related to the water system -- 2. A Review of the Chemistry, Pesticide Use and Environmental Fate of Sulfur Dioxide, as Used in California -- 3. A non-destructive method to identify POP contamination sources in omnivorous seabirds -- 4. The Environmental Behaviour of Methylene-4,4‘-dianiline (MDA) -- 5. Distrib…
1. Introduction -- 2. Integrated ecological survey of the tailing ponds KOSHKAR-ATA -- 3. Brief results of monitoring in the tailing pond area in 2008.This book presents a comprehensive study of the environmental situation prevailing in the areas located near the Koshkar-Ata (Kazakhstan) tailings dump and the development of rehabilitation measures taking into account the area’s soil and clima…
1. Graphene-based Nanomaterials Toxicity in Fish -- 2. Environmental Problems of Mining Waste Disposal Sites in Russia -- 3. Mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), selenium (Se) and arsenic (As) in liver, kidney and feathers of gulls: A review -- 4. Pesticides and Related Toxicants in the Atmosphere.Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical revi…
Introduction -- Background to the emergence of ecophamacovigilance -- Pharmaceuticals reaching the environment: concepts, evidence and concerns -- Ocurrence of pharmaceuticals in the environment -- Detection of pharmaceuticals in the environment -- Ecotoxicological studies of pharmaceuticals in the environment -- Legislation to control the discharge of pharmaceuticals in the environment -- Adva…
The population explosion that began in the 1960s has been accompanied by a decrease in the quality of the natural environment, e.g. pollution of the air, water and soil with essential and toxic trace elements. Numerous poisonings of people and animals with highly toxic anthropogenic Hg and Cd in the 20th century prompted the creation of the abiotic environment, mainly in developed countries. Ho…
Strategic Actionable Net-Centric Biological Defense System -- Natural Toxins: The Past and the Present -- Biological Weapons Inspections- the Iraq Experience -- Integrated, Secure and Sustainable Disease Surveillance System in Uzbekistan: Aspects of Laboratory Research Networks -- Apds, a Network-Ready, Broad Spectrum, Environmental Pathogen Detection System -- Concept Design of Anautonomous Bi…
Basic Information on Sustainable Issues -- The Culture of Waste -- Sustainability in the Built Environment -- Industrial Approach to Sustainability -- Energy Sustainability -- Measuring Sustainability -- Sustainable Impact Assessment (SuIA) -- Case Example - A Community in Search of Its Future.Sustainability is an elusive concept and many have tried to define the idea of what it is. This book r…
Wild woodlands as a new component of urban forests -- Wild Urban Woodlands: Towards a Conceptual Framework -- New Perspectives for Urban Forests: Introducing Wild Woodlands -- Attitudes towards wild woodlands -- Attitudes towards Wilderness and Public Demands on Wilderness Areas -- Surrogate Nature or Wilderness? Social Perceptions and Notions of Nature in an Urban Context -- Nature for People:…
Remedial properties of humic substances: general considerations and problems in addressing needs of environmental remediation -- Remediation Chemistry of Humic Substances: Theory and Implications for Technology -- Soil Organic Matter and Protective Functions of Humic Substances in the Bioshere -- Chemical Stoichiometry and Molecular Level Mechanisms as Support for Future Predictive Engineering …