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www.epa.gov/ecotox  
www.epa.gov/ecotox  
This website gave a detailed definition. Mentioned that the aquatic species are now included in the ecotox database. Overview of freshwater and marine toxcicity test.
This website gave a detailed definition. Mentioned that the aquatic species are now included in the ecotox database. Overview of freshwater and marine toxcicity test.
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*'''ecological risk assesment'''
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http://www.aehs.com/journals/humanandecojournal/
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This website gave background information on human and ecological risk factors. It gave a short overview of the definition
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*'''bioaccumulation'''
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http://toxics.usgs.gov/definitions/bioaccumulation.html
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This website gave a essay type definition of this term. It also included definitions of terms such as methylmercury and hydrophobicity and bioconcentration.
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*'''emerging disease'''
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http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000ec23
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This website included an explanation of diseases such as HIV Drug-resistant Strains as Epidemiologic Sentinels and Detecting Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Mutants
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*'''pollution'''
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Pollution.Big.com
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This website mentioned Air pollution, flue gas disulferization, and AAF International. Also, things we can do to help with air pollution.
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*'''biological amplification'''
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http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/102/ecosystem.html
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This website gave the 3 page definition and explation of this term. One way it was worded was Biological magnification is the tendency of pollutants to become concentrated in successive trophic levels. Often, this is to the detriment of the organisms in which these materials concentrate, since the pollutants are often toxic.
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*'''carcinogen'''

Revision as of 04:45, 1 February 2006

  • endocerine disrupter

www.ecologic-ipm.com/endocrin.html This website featured a background on endocrine disrupters, the next steps, a schedule and an oversight on the EDSTAC report.

  • ecotoxicology

www.epa.gov/ecotox This website gave a detailed definition. Mentioned that the aquatic species are now included in the ecotox database. Overview of freshwater and marine toxcicity test.

  • ecological risk assesment
http://www.aehs.com/journals/humanandecojournal/

This website gave background information on human and ecological risk factors. It gave a short overview of the definition

  • bioaccumulation
http://toxics.usgs.gov/definitions/bioaccumulation.html

This website gave a essay type definition of this term. It also included definitions of terms such as methylmercury and hydrophobicity and bioconcentration.

  • emerging disease

http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000ec23 This website included an explanation of diseases such as HIV Drug-resistant Strains as Epidemiologic Sentinels and Detecting Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Mutants

  • pollution

Pollution.Big.com This website mentioned Air pollution, flue gas disulferization, and AAF International. Also, things we can do to help with air pollution.

  • biological amplification

http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/102/ecosystem.html This website gave the 3 page definition and explation of this term. One way it was worded was Biological magnification is the tendency of pollutants to become concentrated in successive trophic levels. Often, this is to the detriment of the organisms in which these materials concentrate, since the pollutants are often toxic.

  • carcinogen
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