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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