Springer New Frontiers in Environmental Toxicology

This volume provides up-to-date information on toxic pollutants in the environment and their harmful effects on human health and nature. 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, microbrial toxicology, nanotoxicology and pesticide toxicology. 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. The chapters also address the fate of nanoparticles in the environment, as well as nanotoxicology mechanisms impacting human health. The book will be of interest to toxicologists, environmental scientists, chemists, and students of microbiology, nanotechnology and pharmacology.  From the Back Cover This volume provides up-to-date information on toxic pollutants in the environment and their harmful effects on human health and nature. 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, microbrial toxicology, nanotoxicology and pesticide toxicology. 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. The chapters also address the fate of nanoparticles in the environment, as well as nanotoxicology mechanisms impacting human health. The book will be of interest to toxicologists, environmental scientists, chemists, and students of microbiology, nanotechnology and pharmacology.  About the Author Prof. Tanu Jindal completed her PhD in Ecotoxicology from Department of Zoology, University of Delhi in 1999. She is Group Additional Pro Vice Chancellor (R&D) and the Director of Amity Institute for Environmental Toxicology, Safety and Management (AIETSM) and Amity Institute of Environmental Sciences (AIES) at Amity University, Noida., UP, India. She is responsible for PhD, MSc. and B.Sc Environmental Science courses to promote environmental research and studies with syllabus covering important and current area of environmental science. She has filed six patents on lysimetric-device, apparatus to estimate the loss of xenobiotics by volatilization and mineralization, natural pesticide, photochemical method to dispose of dilute pesticide waste and cost-effective water testing kit.  She has completed projects on Yamuna, Hindon, Ghagghar River ad groundwater contamination through pesticides, MoEF&CC; Contamination of soil and groundwater through leaching of drains in Delhi, MoES; Groundwater contamination of Chlorpyrifos in soils at different pH with CWRDM, DST; Environmental monitoring studies at Antarctica- NCAOR, Goa; Impact of Electro Magnetic Radiation- DST. Her recent initiatives are projects on Development of Lysimeter –DST; Air Pollution Monitoring through CAAQMS-UPPCB; Development of Emission Factors, CPCB. Establishment of the Pesticide Referral Laboratory and MRL fixation of pulses and spices were her research endeavors at ICAR. Her expertise area is ISO-17025, GLP-studies, radio and stable isotope tracer techniques, GCMS and LCMS studies etc. She taught Pesticides Chemistry and Toxicology in Delhi University for 7 years to MSc students. She holds membership of eminent scientific societies. She has travelled extensively nationall