• Preface; 1. The emergence of environmental toxicology as science; 2. The science of environmental toxicology: concepts and definitions; 3. Kinetics of toxicant uptake; 4. Methodological approaches; 5. Factors affecting toxicity; 6. Metals and other inorganic contaminants; 7. Organic contaminants; 8. Radiation; 9. Complex issues; 10. Risk assessment; 11. Rehabilitation; 12. Regulatory toxicology; 13. An overall perspective, or where to from here?; Glossary.

'This book has much to offer as a comprehensive introductory, up-to-date text that will benefit both students and practitioners. The authors have presented a complex and difficult subject sympathetically, in its proper historical context and in a rigorous but accessible style.' Gev Eduljee, Chemistry in Britain

• Preface; 1. The emergence of environmental toxicology as science; 2. The science of environmental toxicology: concepts and definitions; 3. Kinetics of toxicant uptake; 4. Methodological approaches; 5. Factors affecting toxicity; 6. Metals and other inorganic contaminants; 7. Organic contaminants; 8. Radiation; 9. Complex issues; 10. Risk assessment; 11. Rehabilitation; 12. Regulatory toxicology; 13. An overall perspective, or where to from here?; Glossary.

'This book has much to offer as a comprehensive introductory, up-to-date text that will benefit both students and practitioners. The authors have presented a complex and difficult subject sympathetically, in its proper historical context and in a rigorous but accessible style.' Gev Eduljee, Chemistry in Britain

• Preface; 1. The emergence of environmental toxicology as science; 2. The science of environmental toxicology: concepts and definitions; 3. Kinetics of toxicant uptake; 4. Methodological approaches; 5. Factors affecting toxicity; 6. Metals and other inorganic contaminants; 7. Organic contaminants; 8. Radiation; 9. Complex issues; 10. Risk assessment; 11. Rehabilitation; 12. Regulatory toxicology; 13. An overall perspective, or where to from here?; Glossary.

'This book has much to offer as a comprehensive introductory, up-to-date text that will benefit both students and practitioners. The authors have presented a complex and difficult subject sympathetically, in its proper historical context and in a rigorous but accessible style.' Gev Eduljee, Chemistry in Britain