Title Assessing toxic risk / by the Environmental Inquiry Leadership Team, Nancy M. Trautmann [and others] with Patricia Carroll and Janine Guadagno and Cornell scientist, Stephen M. Penningroth.

Publication Info.	Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, [2001]
	©2001

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Edition	Student ed.
Description	1 online resource (x, 106 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Cornell scientific inquiry series
	Cornell scientific inquiry series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	section 1. Understanding toxic risk -- ch. 1. Dose makes the poison -- Any chemical can be toxic -- Are natural chemicals safer -- How much is too much -- Dose/response bioassays -- Comparing chemical toxicities -- Long-term versus short-term toxicity -- Testing chronic toxicity -- Conclusion -- For discussion -- Toxicity calculations -- ch. 2. From data to standards -- Setting drinking water standards -- From data to standards -- For discussion -- ch 3. What's the risk -- How safe is safe enough -- What are the trade-offs -- One risk versus another -- Risk versus cost -- For discussion -- ch. 4. Ecological risks -- Effects of chemical properties -- Testing environmental impacts of new compounds -- For discussion -- ch. 5. Using bioassays for environmental research -- Bioassay species -- Concentration versus dose -- An introduction to experimental design -- Interpreting bioassay results -- For discussion -- References -- section 2. Toxicology protocols : introduction to research -- Toxicology protocols -- Protocol 1 : serial dilutions -- Protocol 2 : dose/response experiments using lettuce seeds -- Protocol 3 : dose/response experiments using duckweed -- Protocol 4 : Dose/response experiments using Daphnia -- Protocol 5 : testing environmental samples using bioassays -- Protocol 6 : preparing water treatment columns -- Protocol 7 : chemical classification of toxicants -- Worksheets for protocols -- Protocol planning sheet -- Data analysis peer review form -- section 3. Beyond protocols : conducting interactive research -- Ideas for bioassay research -- Dose/response bioassays -- Bioassays on environmental samples -- Detoxification/classification experiments -- Other possibilities -- Worksheets for interactive research -- Forms for planning research -- Choosing a research topic -- Interactive research planning sheet #1 -- Interactive research planning sheet #2 -- Presenting research results -- Bioassay research report form -- Poster design guidelines -- Peer review forms -- Experimental design peer review form -- Research report peer review form -- Poster peer review form.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Toxicity testing -- Laboratory manuals.
	Toxicity testing.
Genre/Form	Laboratory manuals.
Subject	Toxicology.
	Toxicology.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Laboratory manuals.
Added Author	Trautmann, Nancy M.
	National Science Teachers Association. Environmental Inquiry Leadership Team.
Other Form:	Print version: Assessing toxic risk. Student ed. Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, ©2001 0873551966 (DLC) 2001093728 (OCoLC)53171221
ISBN	9781435657977 (electronic book)
	1435657977 (electronic book)
	9781933531564 (electronic book)
	1933531568 (electronic book)
	9780873551960 (print)
	0873551966 (print)

Title Assessing toxic risk / by the Environmental Inquiry Leadership Team, Nancy M. Trautmann [and others] with Patricia Carroll and Janine Guadagno and Cornell scientist, Stephen M. Penningroth.

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