HW2 6241

From Environmental Technology

endocrine receptor -http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256CED00686C5B -Endocrine-Receptor Status Classifications Have High Rate of Error: Presented at SGBC

ecotoxicology -http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/ -The ECOTOX (ECOTOXicology) database provides single chemical toxicity information for aquatic and terrestrial life. ECOTOX is a useful tool for examining impacts of chemicals on the environment.

ecological risk assessment -http://www.ead.anl.gov/project/dsp_fsdetail.cfm?id=8 -EAD is conducting an ecological risk assessment to support CERCLA activities at the U.S. Army at the J-Field site, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

bioaccumulation -http://www.esd.ornl.gov/BMAP/bioaccum.html -Because fish are readily consumed by humans as well as by many wildlife species, the monitoring of contamination in fish provides a direct measure of the potential human and ecological health concerns associated with contaminant sources.

emerging disease -http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/discovery/lyme.htm -Lyme Disease Vaccine:Preventing an Emerging Disease

pollution -http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html -When people think about air pollution, they usually think about smog, acid rain, CFC's, and other forms of outdoor air pollution. But did you know that air pollution also can exist inside homes and other buildings?

biological amplification -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2766289&dopt=Abstract -Biological amplification factor for sunlight-induced nonmelanoma skin cancer at high latitudes.

carcinogen -http://www.carcinogen.com/ -The following is a list of substances NIOSH considers to be potential occupational carcinogens.

environmental stressor -http://www.macses.ucsf.edu/research/Social%20Environment/notebook/stress%20survey.htm -The survey of instruments was completed and the chapter written by Melissa Smiley and Ana Diez Roux. It was last revised in May, 2005

red tides -http://research.myfwc.com/features/view_article.asp?id=9670 -This summary report of current red tide conditions around Florida includes a map of sampling results and regional status reports