Environmental Toxicity Testing

Citation

Clive Thompson, K., Wadhia, K. and Loibner, A. (2005), "Environmental Toxicity Testing", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 16 No. 5, pp. 565-566. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2005.16.5.565.2

As an integral component of environmental policy, it has become essential to regulate and monitor toxic substances. Past emphasis has been primarily on analytical approaches to the detection of specific, targeted contaminants, thus allowing chemical characterisation. However, toxicity testing or biological assessment is necessary for ecotoxicological evaluation, and this offers marked benefits and advantages that complement chemical analysis. This book addresses various issues related to environmental toxicity testing. Key issues addressed include: identification of pertinent tests, reproducibility and robustness of these tests, and cost considerations. This book not only examines these issues but also describes and explains the approaches that have been developed for environmental toxicity evaluations. Advantages, benefits and drawbacks of the strategies and methods are highlighted.

Directed equally at ecotoxicologists, industrial chemists, analytical chemists and environmental consultants, this book is written in a way that will prove helpful to both new and experienced practitioners.