much more subtle method to assess the environmental hazards of chemical pollutants in aquatic environment.
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/04/much-more-subtle-method-to-assess.html
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-steps-in-discovering-facts-of.html
Traditional testing for toxicity was (and in part is) usually based on mortality of the test-organisms.
The measure of the hazard of the chemical is usually the increase in mortality.
The most popular measure is the LC50, the concentration that leads to the death of 50% of test animals.
This tool to assess the potential toxicity of the chemical is the most popular.
A number of publications was published that developed a much more subtle method to assess the environmental hazards of chemical pollutants in aquatic environment.
More detail see here:
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-steps-in-discovering-facts-of.html
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