Includes bibliographical references and index

The emergence of environmental toxicology as science -- The historical background: Classical toxicology, ecotoxicology, and environmental toxicology -- Social aspects: The environmental movement -- Social aspects: Regulation -- Education in environmental toxicology -- The role of technology -- The science of environmental toxicology: Concepts and definitions -- The development of environmental toxicology -- An historical perspective on the science of environmental toxicology -- An evolutionary perspective on environmental toxicology -- Assessment of toxicity -- The dose-response -- The acute toxicity bioassay -- Subacute (chronic) toxicity assays -- The relationship between acute and chronic toxicity -- Statistical considerations -- Comparative bioassays -- Sediment toxicity assays -- Toxicity at the molecular level -- Carcinogenesis -- Genotoxicity assays -- Chromosome studies -- The concept of threshold toxicity -- Hormesis -- Receptors -- Routes and kinetics of toxicant uptake -- General considerations -- Route of toxicant uptake -- Skin -- Lungs -- Gills -- Digestive system -- Toxicant uptake by plants -- Uptake at the tissue and cellular level -- Toxicokinetics -- Single-compartment model -- Two-compartment model -- Volume of distribution -- Transporter-mediated transport -- Lethal body burden (critical body residue) -- Methodological approaches -- The general concepts and principles for biological indicators -- Tolerance and resistance to potentially toxic substances

"Environmental Toxicology is a introductory textbook designed for undergraduate and graduate students of this subject."--Jacket

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