The rapidly increasing number of new production chemicals coupled with stringent
implementation of global chemical management programs necessities a paradigm shift …

Biological and environmental sciences are, more than ever, becoming highly dependent on
technological and multidisciplinary approaches that warrant advanced analytical …

Biochemical Ecotoxicology: Principles and Methods presents practical approaches to
biochemical ecotoxicology experiments for environmental protection and conservation. With …

Abstract Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) technologies offer tremendous miniaturization
capabilities and enable innovative ways of performing biotests without the need for …

High-throughput screening (HTS) assays that measure the in vitro toxicity of environmental
compounds have been widely applied as an alternative to in vivo animal tests of chemical …

Ecotoxicological risk assessment has long been based on (acute) effective concentration
and lethal concentration (EC/LC50) endpoints in organisms from different trophic levels …

At the request of the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Research Council
(NRC) recently completed a major report entitled Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A …

Advances in molecular biology and toxicology are paving the way for major improvements in
the evaluation of the hazards posed by the large number of chemicals found at low levels in …

Bioassays are among the ecotoxicologist's most effective weapons in the evaluation of water
quality and the assessment of ecological impacts of effluents, chemicals, discharges, and …

Thousands of synthetic chemicals are continuously released into the environment, where
they have the potential to produce adverse effects on ecosystems, even at low …