HW2 5432

From Environmental Technology

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

endocrine disrupter

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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

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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

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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

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

emerging disease

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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

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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.

biological amplification

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http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/102/ecosystem.html This site gives an overview and the roles of organisms

carcinogen

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http://www.carcinogen.com/ This site gives you the resources on the risk and growth and how to prevent it.

environmental stressor

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http://www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/environ/plans_files/plans/flint-pdf/flint4.pdf This site describes the significant environmental stressors which threaten water quality in the Flint River Basin.

red tides

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http://museum.gov.ns.ca/poison/redtide.htm This site gives you the types and symptoms of red tides.