An Introduction to Environmental Toxicology Fifth Edition

The core content difference between this Fifth and the Fourth or the other earlier editions is minimal. In addition to the correction of the typos found in the Fourth Edition, this Fifth Edition has made minor refinements but substantial updates on the status and discussion of numerous contemporary issues covered in the book. In particular, this Fifth Edition has updated, among others, the following: the leading causes of death in the United States (Table 2.1); the cases of contemporary issues/events discussed in Chapter 4 (Table 4.1, Section 4.2); the bioaccumulation studies discussed in Chapter 6; and the persistent organic pollutant (POP) entity short-chained chlorinated paraffins that the Stockholm Convention has added to its action list since 2017 (Chapter 16). In addition, this Fifth Edition has added a cell cycle diagram (Figure 18.3) and, on several occasions (e.g., Table 1.1, Sections 4.2.3, Section 18.1.1), has highlighted the various aspects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that are deemed relevant to the principles and practice of environmental toxicology. As with the earlier editions, this Fifth Edition offers an introductory text on the scope and principles for as well as the relevant topics of environmental toxicology. To this end, the book is organized into 23 chapters under four parts (core sections) as listed below. PART I. TOXICOLOGIC CONCEPTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: (1) Scope and Principles for/of Environmental Toxicology; (2) Environmental Changes and Environmental Health; (3) Environmental Pollution and Regulatory Agencies; (4) Occurrence and Types of Environmental Toxicants; and (5) Fate and Transport of Toxicants in the Environment. PART II. BIOACCUMULATION AND BIODISPOSITION OF TOXICANTS: (6) Bioaccumulation of Persistent Environmental Toxicants; (7) Uptake, Distribution, and Excretion of Toxicants; (8) Metabolism/Biotransformation of Xenobiotics; (9) Adverse Action/Toxic Response; and(10) Factors and Conditions Affecting Toxicity. PART III. NATURE AND EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS: (11) Air Pollutants – I: Inorganic Gases; (12) Air Pollutants – II: Particulate Matter; (13) Volatile Organic Compounds; (14) Toxic and Radioactive Metals; (15) Pesticides and Pesticide Residues; (16) Persistent Toxic Substances; and (17) Biological and Underrated Physical Toxic Agents. PART IV. SPECIAL TOPICS, ISSUES, CONSIDERATIONS, AND FOCI: (18) Environmental Mutagenesis/Carcinogenesis; (19) Reproductive Toxicity and Endocrine Disruption; (20) Occupational Toxicology/Workplace Hazards; (21) Food Toxicants and Toxic Household Substances; (22) Human Health Aspects of Ecotoxicology; and (23) Environmental Health Risk Assessment.