Assessing toxic risk:
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Arlington, Va. NSTA Press c2001
Ausgabe:Student ed
Schriftenreihe:Cornell scientific inquiry series
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Online-Zugang:FAW01
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
section 1 - Understanding toxic risk -- - ch. 1 - The dose makes the poison -- - Any chemical can be toxic -- - Are natural chemicals safer -- - How much is too much -- - Dose/response bioassays -- - Comparing chemical toxicities -- - Long-term versus short-term toxicity -- - Testing chronic toxicity -- - Conclusion -- - For discussion -- - Toxicity calculations -- - ch. 2 - From data to standards -- - Setting drinking water standards -- - From data to standards -- - For discussion -- - ch 3 - What's the risk -- - How safe is safe enough -- - What are the trade-offs -- - One risk versus another -- - Risk versus cost -- - For discussion -- - ch. 4 - Ecological risks -- - Effects of chemical properties -- - Testing environmental impacts of new compounds -- - For discussion -- - ch. 5 - Using bioassays for environmental research -- - Bioassay species -- - Concentration versus dose -- - An introduction to experimental design -- - Interpreting bioassay results --
- For discussion -- - References -- - section 2 - Toxicology protocols : introduction to research -- - Toxicology protocols -- - Protocol 1 : serial dilutions -- - Protocol 2 : dose/response experiments using lettuce seeds -- - Protocol 3 : dose/response experiments using duckweed -- - Protocol 4 : Dose/response experiments using Daphnia -- - Protocol 5 : testing environmental samples using bioassays -- - Protocol 6 : preparing water treatment columns -- - Protocol 7 : chemical classification of toxicants -- - Worksheets for protocols -- - Protocol planning sheet -- - Data analysis peer review form -- - section 3 - Beyond protocols : conducting interactive research -- - Ideas for bioassay research -- - Dose/response bioassays -- - Bioassays on environmental samples -- - Detoxification/classification experiments -- - Other possibilities -- - Worksheets for interactive research -- - Forms for planning research -- - Choosing a research topic --
- Interactive research planning sheet #1 -- - Interactive research planning sheet #2 -- - Presenting research results -- - Bioassay research report form -- - Poster design guidelines -- - Peer review forms -- - Experimental design peer review form -- - Research report peer review form -- - Poster peer review form
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 106 p.)
ISBN:1435657977
1933531568
9781435657977
9781933531564

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