Description: Preface1: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry1.1: Poisons1.2: Environmental Toxicology1.3: Environmental Chemistry1.4: Toxicity1.5: Hazard and Risk1.6: Major Toxic Hazards1.7: Perspective1.8: ReferencesSpecial Topic 1: Ecotoxicology2: Environmental Chemicals2.1: Chemicals in the Environment2.2: Detection and Measurement2.3: The Atmosphere2.4: Water2.5: Soils2.6: Biota2.7: Everyday Life2.8: ReferencesSpecial Topic 2: Pesticide Residues3: Environmental Chemodynamics3.1: Environmental Chemodynamics3.2: Dissolution3.3: Solvent Partitioning3.4: Volatilization3.5: Adsorption3.6: Significance3.7: ReferencesSpecial Topic 3: The Great Escape4: Environmental Transport4.1: Dissipation of Chemicals4.2: Transport in and from Surface Water4.3: Transport in Soil and Groundwater4.4: Atmospheric Transport4.5: Commercial Conveyance4.6: Global Transport4.7: ReferencesSpecial Topic 4: Wind, Water, and Waves5: Abiotic Transformations5.1: Transformations5.2: Photochemistry5.3: Oxidation5.4: Reduction5.5: Hydrolysis5.6: Some Other Abiotic Reactions5.7: Summary of Abiotic Reactions5.8: ReferencesSpecial Topic 5: Free Radicals and the Ozone Layer6: Biotransformations6.1: Biotransformations6.2: Transformations by Microorganisms6.3: Transformations in Animals and Higher Plants6.4: Comparative Metabolism6.5: Summary of Biotransformations6.6: ReferencesSpecial Topic 6: Anatomy of an Oil Spill7: Intoxication7.1: The Intoxication Process7.2: Absorption and Disposition7.3: Factors Governing Intoxication7.4: Toxic Effects7.5: ReferencesSpecial Topic 7: Adaptation8: Quantitative Toxicology8.1: Dose-Response Relationships8.2: Factors Affecting Quantitative Responses8.3: Toxicokinetics8.4: Toxicity Measurements and Endpoints8.5: Data from Humans8.6: ReferencesSpecial Topic 8: Epidemiology9: Intoxication Mechanisms9.1: The Biochemical Lesion9.2: Receptors and Targets9.3: Mechanisms of General Toxicity9.4: Animal-specific Mechanisms9.5: Plant-specific Mechanisms9.6: Microbe-specific Mechanisms9.7: Perspective9.8: ReferencesSpecial Topic 9: Chemical Carcinogens10: Exposure and Risk10.1: Hazard and Risk10.2: Exposure10.3: Risk Assessments10.4: Ecological Risk10.5: Risk Management10.6: ReferencesSpecial Topic 10: PBPK Models11: Inorganic Toxicants11.1: Toxic Inorganic Chemicals11.2: Some Basic Chemistry11.3: Nonmetallic Elements11.4: The Metalloids11.5: Heavy Elements11.6: Transition Elements11.7: Radioactive Elements11.8: Other Toxic Elements11.9: ReferencesSpecial Topic 11: Methylation of Metals and Metalloids12: Biotoxins12.1: Biotoxins12.2: The Alkaloids12.3: Toxic Glycosides12.4: Plant Phenolics12.5: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins12.6: Lactone Mycotoxins12.7: Perspective12.8: ReferencesSpecial Topic 12: Allelochemicals13: Industrial Chemicals13.1: Industrial Chemicals13.2: Petrochemicals13.3: Toxic Byproducts and Conversion Products13.4: ReferencesSpecial Topic 13: Why Chlorinate?14: Refractory Pollutants14.1: Refractory Chemicals14.2: DDT and DDE14.3: Chlorinated Alicyclics14.4: Chlorinated Dioxins14.5: Polychlorinated Biphenyls14.6: Phthalate Esters14.7: Perspective14.8: ReferencesSpecial Topic 14: Environmental Persistence15: Reactive Pollutants15.1: Reactivity15.2: Alkyl Halides15.3: Chlorophenols15.4: Divalent Sulfur Compounds15.5: Dithiocarbamates15.6: Nitroarenes15.7: Amines and Their Derivatives15.8: Esters15.9: Carbon Monoxide and Cyanides15.10: Perspective15.11: ReferencesSpecial Topic 15: Hazardous Waste16: Predicting Environmental Fate and Effects16.1: Quantitative Prediction16.2: Predicting Environmental Transport16.3: Predicting Environmental Transformations16.4: Modeling Environmental Fate16.5: Quantitative Structure-Activity Relations (QSAR)16.6: Microcosms (Model Ecosystems)16.7: ReferencesSpecial Topic 16: QSAR and ToxicityGlossaryIndex

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