Foreword
International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities over
traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic environments has
justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and
archival documentations These three international publications are integrated and
scheduled to provide the coherency essential for nonduplicative and current progress in a field as dynamic and complex as environmental contamination and
toxicology. This series is reserved exclusively for the diversified literature on
“toxic” chemicals in our food, our feeds, our homes, recreational and working
surroundings, our domestic animals, our wildlife, and ourselves. Tremendous
efforts worldwide have been mobilized to evaluate the nature, presence, magnitude,
fate, and toxicology of the chemicals loosed upon the Earth. Among the sequelae of
this broad new emphasis is an undeniable need for an articulated set of authoritative
publications, where one can find the latest important world literature produced by
these emerging areas of science together with documentation of pertinent ancillary
legislation.
Research directors and legislative or administrative advisers do not have the
time to scan the escalating number of technical publications that may contain
articles important to current responsibility. Rather, these individuals need the
background provided by detailed reviews and the assurance that the latest information is made available to them, all with minimal literature searching. Similarly, the
scientist assigned or attracted to a new problem is required to glean all literature
pertinent to the task, to publish new developments or important new experimental
details quickly, to inform others of findings that might alter their own efforts, and
eventually to publish all his/her supporting data and conclusions for archival
purposes.
In the fields of environmental contamination and toxicology, the sum of these
concerns and responsibilities is decisively addressed by the uniform, encompassing,
and timely publication format of the Springer triumvirate:
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International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities over
traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic environments has
justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and
archival documentations These three international publications are integrated and
scheduled to provide the coherency essential for nonduplicative and current progress in a field as dynamic and complex as environmental contamination and
toxicology. This series is reserved exclusively for the diversified literature on
“toxic” chemicals in our food, our feeds, our homes, recreational and working
surroundings, our domestic animals, our wildlife, and ourselves. Tremendous
efforts worldwide have been mobilized to evaluate the nature, presence, magnitude,
fate, and toxicology of the chemicals loosed upon the Earth. Among the sequelae of
this broad new emphasis is an undeniable need for an articulated set of authoritative
publications, where one can find the latest important world literature produced by
these emerging areas of science together with documentation of pertinent ancillary
legislation.
Research directors and legislative or administrative advisers do not have the
time to scan the escalating number of technical publications that may contain
articles important to current responsibility. Rather, these individuals need the
background provided by detailed reviews and the assurance that the latest information is made available to them, all with minimal literature searching. Similarly, the
scientist assigned or attracted to a new problem is required to glean all literature
pertinent to the task, to publish new developments or important new experimental
details quickly, to inform others of findings that might alter their own efforts, and
eventually to publish all his/her supporting data and conclusions for archival
purposes.
In the fields of environmental contamination and toxicology, the sum of these
concerns and responsibilities is decisively addressed by the uniform, encompassing,
and timely publication format of the Springer triumvirate:
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