HW2:2501
From Environmental Technology
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endocrine disrupter
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www.whyfiles.org/045env_hormone Tells what they are, what they do, and who they screw up. Gives all sorts of background knowledge from hormones to the EPA's action plan
ecotoxicology
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www.ipmrc.com/expert/ecotox/index.shtml Web site for Integrated Pest management Resource Center. Basic guide on the ecotoxicology in pest management, good definitions.
ecological risk assessment
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www.epa.gov/pesticides/ecosystem/ecorisk.htm EPAs website. Tells what they are and how to do them.
bioaccumulation
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www.toxics.usgs.gob/definitions/bioaccumulation.html Toxic substance Hydrology Program. Gives the definition and how it happens.
emerging disease
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www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm CDC website on how we should all just give it up and move to our own islands.
pollution
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www.scorecard.org The pollution information site. Find out who the evil polluters are and how they are slowly killing us.
biological amplification
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www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2001_gbio/folder_structure/ec/m3/s4 Gives basic definition with illustration.
carcinogen
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinogen Encyclopedia definition with a list of a bunch of them.
environmental stressor
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www.oas.gov/osde/environmentallaw/default.htm Site for Organization of American States with stuff about Environmental Law Enforcement and compliance.
red tides
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www.whoi-edu/science/B/redtide/ The Harmful Algae Page. Fun game at the top to test your taxonomic identification skills. Has lots of information and pictures.