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Toxicology of Water

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Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology

Part of the book series: Experientia Supplementum ((EXS,volume 101))

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To protect the quality of water from toxic pollutants for the health of humans and the environment, two approaches are generally applied in the field of toxicology to predict the effects of pollutants and to monitor the toxic pollutants in water. Here we provide our perspective on state-of-the-art methods to develop water quality criteria and the use of molecular techniques for monitoring water quality. Emphasized is the recent development and application of cell-based assays and small fish model in toxicology research of water.

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Acknowledgments

The research was supported by a New-Faculty Start-up grant from Nanjing University, China, a Discovery Grant from the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Project #326415-07) and a grant from the Western Economic Diversification Canada (Project #6578 and 6807). The authors wish to acknowledge the support of an instrumentation grant from the Canada Foundation for Infrastructure. Prof. Giesy was supported by the Canada Research Chair program and a large Chair Professorship at the Department of Biology and Chemistry and State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210089, China

    Xiaowei Zhang

  2. Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Steve Wiseman & John Giesy

  3. Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

    John Giesy

  4. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

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Zhang, X., Wiseman, S., Giesy, J. (2012). Toxicology of Water. In: Luch, A. (eds) Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology. Experientia Supplementum, vol 101. Springer, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8340-4_2

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