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From Environmental Technology

Homework #02

Endocrine Disrupter- www.libertyzone.com/hz-HormoneBasics.htm...

    This site provides information with a defintion, environmental dangers, and also ways to prevent them from occuring.

Ecotoxicology- http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/

    This site provides a database for searching the impacts of chemicals on the environment.

Ecological Risk Assessment- http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=12460

    This site provides a guideline to improve the the quality and consistency of the EPA's ecological risk assessment.

Bioaccumulation-http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/102/2bioma95.html

    This site provides information on how pollutants affect various ecolosystems.  Great defintions and information on prevention.

Emerging Disease- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm

    This site provides information on the movement and influence of new and reemerging infectious diseases.  Also gives detailed information regarding each disease and it's effect on humans.

Pollution- http://www.pollution.com/

    This website has any information regarding various types of pollution and their affect on our world today.  Also provides day to day news concerning global pollution problems.

Biological Amplification-http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2001_gbio/folder_structure/ec/m3/s4/ecm3s4_2.html

    This page is a brief overview providing the reader with information regarding the process of amplification/magnification.  It also has a link for a detailed animation to show the process.

Carcinogen- http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/carcinogens.html

    This site provides some information explaining what carcinogen's are and what they do.  It also provides a very long list of known and suspected Carcinogen's.

Environmental Stressors- http://www.epa.gov/nheerl/

   This page provides a detailed list and accounts of the different effects of environmental stressors citing specific examples.

Red Tides- http://museum.gov.ns.ca/poison/redtide.htm

    This site provides a thorough explination of how and why red tide occurs and the process it goes through.  Great examples and detailed pictures to provide a better understanding.