Philp R.B. Ecosystems and human health: toxicology and environmental hazards

CRC Press, 2001. - 328 p.Ecosystems and Human Health: Toxicology and Environmental Hazards, Second Edition explores the broad range of environmental and human health aspects of chemical and biological hazards. The author covers the basic principles of pharmacology and toxicology as well as risk analysis, air and water pollution, and various toxicants, hazards, and poisons. He presents numerous examples of the intimate relationship between ecosystem health and human health and of the need to consider this relationship whenever human activities are likely to have a significant environmental impact.Principles of pharmacology and toxicology.
Risk analysis and public perceptions of risk.
Water and soil pollution.
Airborne hazards.
Halogenated hydrocarbons and halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons.
Toxicity of metals.
Organic solvents and related chemicals.
Food additives, drug residues and other food toxicants.
Pesticides.
Mycotoxins and other toxins from unicellular organisms.
Animal and plant poisons.
Environmental hormone disrupters.
Radiation hazards.
Gaia and chaos: how things are connected.
Case study reviews.