New Frontiers in Environmental Toxicology

Overview

This volume provides up-to-date information on toxic pollutants in the environment and their harmful effects on human health and nature.

Content Coverage

The book covers many important aspects of environmental toxicology, such as features, characterization, applications, environmental routes for dispersion, nanotoxicity, ecotoxicity and genotoxicity of nanomaterials, with emphasis on radiation toxicology, polar ecotoxicology, plastic toxicology, microbial toxicology, nanotoxicology and pesticide toxicology.

Additional Topics

Also discussed is the use of microbes and nanotechnology for medicinal purposes, which has revealed important chemical prototypes in the discovery of new agents, stimulating the use of refined physical techniques and new syntheses of molecules with pharmaceutical applications for human welfare.

Environmental Impact and Mechanisms

The chapters also address the fate of nanoparticles in the environment, as well as nanotoxicology mechanisms impacting human health.

Intended Audience

The book will be of interest to toxicologists, environmental scientists, chemists, and students of microbiology, nanotechnology and pharmacology.