Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Bookzcity)

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The role of Reviews is to publish detailed scientific review articles on all aspects of

environmental contamination and associated toxicological consequences. Such articles

facilitate the often complex task of accessing and interpreting cogent scientific

data within the confines of one or more closely related research fields.

In the nearly 50 years since Reviews of Environmental Contamination and

Toxicology (formerly Residue Reviews) was first published, the number, scope, and

complexity of environmental pollution incidents have grown unabated. During this

entire period, the emphasis has been on publishing articles that address the presence

and toxicity of environmental contaminants. New research is published each year

on a myriad of environmental pollution issues facing people worldwide. This fact,

and the routine discovery and reporting of new environmental contamination cases,

creates an increasingly important function for Reviews.

The staggering volume of scientific literature demands remedy by which data can

be synthesized and made available to readers in an abridged form. Reviews addresses

this need and provides detailed reviews worldwide to key scientists and science or

policy administrators, whether employed by government, universities, or the private

sector.

There is a panoply of environmental issues and concerns on which many scientists

have focused their research in past years. The scope of this list is quite

broad, encompassing environmental events globally that affect marine and terrestrial

ecosystems; biotic and abiotic environments; impacts on plants, humans, and

wildlife; and pollutants, both chemical and radioactive; as well as the ravages of

environmental disease in virtually all environmental media (soil, water, air). New

or enhanced safety and environmental concerns have emerged in the last decade to

be added to incidents covered by the media, studied by scientists, and addressed

by governmental and private institutions. Among these are events so striking that

they are creating a paradigm shift. Two in particular are at the center of everincreasing

media as well as scientific attention: bioterrorism and global warming.

Unfortunately, these very worrisome issues are now superimposed on the already

extensive list of ongoing environmental challenges.