ноя 16, 2012 | 07:11

new methods to measure negative effects of chemicals-
Environmental toxicology:
Examples of innovations, some awesome topics:
new method to measure negative effects of chemicals on marine and aquatic life, exemplified by a new the method to measure how surfactants and detergents inhibit water filtration by bivalve mollusks (mussels Mytilus edulis, Mytilus galloprovincialis, oysters Crassostrea gigas and others- e.g., pages 107,161-174, 187 and others;
new method to test negative effects on aquatic invertebrates, exemplified by the method to find negative effects of low concentrations of chemicals on leeches Hirudo medicinalis  — e.g., page 134-136, 143, 185;
new method to test toxic effects of chemicals on higher plants, exemplified by several modifications of the method of measuring the elongation rate of plant seedlings of rice, buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum, Sinapis alba, Lepidium sativum and other species of plants, with attention to negative effects of surfactants and  some pesticides — e.g. pages 52-54, 80-84, 129-134 (surfactants), 175 (pesticide Lontrel);
new method to test xenobiotics on a unique group of  marine bacteria, Hyphomonas  — e.g. pages 96, 124, 125, 143.
See more detail in the unique and informative book entitled:
Biological Effects of Surfactants.
Details on this book (which was acquired by Harvard University, M.I.T., Caltech, Oxford and Cambridge universities) see here:
5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/11/toxicity-of-surfactants-toxicity-of.html