Environmental Toxicology III (Wit Transactions on Ecology and the Enviromnment)

This volume contains the edited contributions presented at the third Conference on Environmental Toxicology, which was held on the island of Cyprus, May 4-6, 2010. The Conference created an atmosphere that encouraged fruitful interactions and exchange of knowledge and ideas among the participants working in industry and government and those employed at universities and research organizations. Environmental toxicology is an interdisciplinary science that integrates biology, microbiology, chemistry, engineering, environmental sciences, ecology and other sciences. Assessment of the environmental effects of chemicals depends on the organisms tested and involves not only the toxicity of individual chemicals, but also their interactive effects, genotoxicity, mutagenicity and immunotoxicity testing. Their synergistic effects can be very difficult to quantify or predict. This volume therefore examines experimental and theoretical developments aimed at producing approaches for characterization and appropriate strategies and assays for screening for substances that might be harmful agents and preventing them from reaching sensitive endpoints.