HW2 5432

From Environmental Technology

Contents 1 endocrine disrupter 2 ecotoxicology 3 ecological risk assessment 4 bioaccumulation 5 emerging disease 6 pollution

endocrine disrupter

http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/endocrine/index_en.htm This site describes how the European Commision uses the precautionary principle to tackle endocrine disrupters.

ecotoxicology

http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/ The ECOTOX 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.esd.ornl.gov/programs/ecorisk/ecorisk.html This site contains information and resources on a variety of topics related to the growing field of ecological risk analysis.

bioaccumulation

http://toxics.usgs.gov/definitions/bioaccumulation.html This site give the defenition of bioaccumulation and other links to other useful websites.

emerging disease

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/eid/ This site gives a list of emerging and reemerging diseases.It also has Research plans and priorities.

pollution

http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html This site talks about all the research groups and Universities are doing on different types of pollution. It also talks about the health effects and ways you can prevent it.