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Contents 1 endocrine disrupter 2 ecotoxicology 3 ecological risk assessment 4 bioaccumulation 5 emerging disease 6 pollution 7 boilogical amplification 8 carcinogen 9 environmental stressor 10 red tides

endocrine disrupter

www.greenfacts.org/endocrine-disruptors

This site gave a very good definition of the term but not much more.

ecotoxicology

www.environmental-expert.com

Good site, very informative, but could use more.

ecological risk assessment

www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Very dependable site of info. very recomended

bioaccumulation

http://toxics.usgs.gov/definitions/bioaccumulation.html

Good site for definitions, but not much more.

emerging disease

http://www.fas.org/promed/

All around good info. site.

pollution

http://www.rcep.org.uk/

Good site for simple info. look up, but nothing too major.

boilogical amplification

http://www.webref.org/chemistry/b/biological_amplification.htm

Good site for definition searches.

carcinogen

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npotocca.html

Very informative on carcinogenic objects, also has a good definition.

environmental stressor

http://www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/environ/plans_files/plans/flint-pdf/flint4.pdf

Very simple definition of the term and good examples.

red tides

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/poison/redtide.htm

Good definition of this term and even better examples to go by.