Interconnections Between Human and Ecosystem Health Di Giulio, R.T. and Monosson, E.

ISBN 10: 0412624001 / ISBN 13: 9780412624001

Published by Springer, 1996

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Interconnections Between Human and Ecosystem Health | Richard T. Di Giulio et Emily Monosson | Chapman & Hall, ecotoxicology series 3, 1996, in-8 cartonnage éditeur de 275 pages. Ouvrage en très bel état général. Intérieur frais malgré quelques accolades au stylo. [T41].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interconnections Between Human and Ecosystem Health Di Giulio, R.T. and Monosson, E.
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0412624001
• ISBN 13: 9780412624001
• Binding: Hardcover Mar 31, 1996
• Condition: Used: Good

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Synopsis

Ecotoxicology is a relatively new scientific discipline. Indeed, it might be argued that it is only during the last 5-10 years that it has come to merit being regarded as a true science, rather than a collection of procedures for protecting the environment through management and monitoring of pollutant discharges into the environment. The term 'ecotoxicology' was first coined in the late sixties by Prof. Truhaut, a toxicologist who had the vision to recognize the importance of investigating the fate and effects of chemicals in ecosystems. At that time, ecotoxicology was considered a sub-discipline of medical toxicology. Subsequently, several attempts have been made to portray ecotoxicology in a more realistic light. Notably, both Moriarty (1988) and F. Ramade (1987) emphasized in their books the broad basis of ecotoxicology, encompassing chemical and radiation effects on all components of ecosystems. In doing so, they and others have shifted concern from direct chemical toxicity to humans, to the far more subtle effects that pollutant chemicals exert on natural biota. Such effects potentially threaten the existence of all life on earth. Although I have identified the sixties as the era when ecotoxicology was first conceived as a coherent subject area, it is important to acknowledge that studies that would now be regarded as ecotoxicological are much older.

From the Back Cover

This book addresses comparisons between human environmental health and the health of the natural world by authors fro several disciplines such as molecular biology, toxicology, ecology, risk assessment and perception, economics, psychology and literature.