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Fundamental Toxicology Methods and Resources for Assessing Water-relatedContamination

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This chapter provides a brief overview of basic toxicological methods and approaches which can be used by engineers in the field to make a rapid environmental risk determination. In addition, Internet sites which deal with specific contaminants, standard operating procedures, and methods for assessing deleterious effects on organisms living and depending on ecosystem resources are provided.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 76 Lipman Dr. – Room 218, 08901-8525, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

    Professor Keith R. Cooper

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  1. Alliance for Global Sustainability (retired), Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Joanne Kauffman

  2. Paris, France

    Joanne Kauffman

  3. Department of Environmental Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

    Kun-Mo Lee

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Cooper, K.R. (2013). Fundamental Toxicology Methods and Resources for Assessing Water-relatedContamination. In: Kauffman, J., Lee, KM. (eds) Handbook of Sustainable Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8939-8_98

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