Environmental toxicology assessment/ Mervyn, Richardson

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Inaugural address by Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari, President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Address by Nawab Muhammad Yousaf Talpur, Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Islamabad, Pakistan; Welcome address by Dr Zafar Altaf, Chairman, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council and Secretary, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Cooperatives, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan; Statement from the UNIDO Representative, Dr Balasubramanyan Sugavanam, Workshop on Ecotoxicology, Islamabad, Pakistan; List of contributors; Abbreviations. PROLOGProlog; NEW MEASURING TECHNIQUES; The Potential and Limitations of New Technical Approaches to Ecotoxicology Monitoring; Environmental Toxicity Assessment Using Luminescent Bacteria; Fluorescence in situ Hybridization en Suspension (FISHES) Using Biotin-labeled DNA Probes for Measuring Genetic Expression of Metallothionein and Cytochrome P-450 1A1 (CYP1A1) in Rainbow Trout Hepatoc; Ecotoxicology Testing; Effective Use in Field Monitoring; Solid Phase Testing of Aquatic Sediments Using Vibrio fischeri: Test Design and Data Interpretation. Use of Radiolabeled Chemicals in Agricultural and Environmental Studies: Transport and Degradation of Pesticides in Lower Sand LayersTESTS USING PLANTS, ALGAE, ETC; Use of Aquatic Plants in Ecotoxicology Monitoring of Organic Pollutants: Bioconcentration and Biochemical Responses; QSAR Studies of Algal Toxicity; Acute Exposure Phytotoxicity Assay Based on Motility Inhibition of Chlamydomonas variabilis; Validation of a Microplate-Based Algal Lethality Test Developed with the Help of Flow Cytometry; APPLICATION OF MONITORING TECHNIQUES. The Role of UNIDO on Ecotoxicology Monitoring in Developing CountriesAgroecotoxicology in the Developing Asian Region; Pakistan; Ecotoxicology Monitoring of Industrial Effluents; Biodegradation Testing in the Regulatory Environment; Some Observations on Biodegradability Testing of Chemicals; CASE STUDIES; The Austrian Water Quality Monitoring System and its Integration into the Water Management Concept; Bromate Survey on European Water Utilities; Pesticide Residues in Foodstuffs in Pakistan: Organochlorine, Organophosphorus and Pyrethroid Insecticides in Fruits and Vegetables. The Effects of Industrial Wastes on Nitrification Processes Found Within Wastewater Treatment WorksEnvironmental Audit of a Former Soviet Port; Biological and Environmental Properties of Nitro-, Nitramine- and Nitrate Compounds: Explosives and Drugs; Application of QSPR and QSAR Studies in Environmental Toxicology Assessment; The Idrija Mercury Mine, Slovenia, a Semi-Millennium of Continuous Operation: An Ecological Impact; RISK ASSESSMENT, SAFETY AND ECONOMICS .; EC Environmental Risk Assessment of New and Existing Chemicals; Private.