The ultimate role of publishing scientific environmental research is to enhance
understanding of the environment in ways that allow the public to be better
informed or, in other words, to enable the public to have access to sufficient
information. Because the public gets most of its information on science and
technology from internet, TV news, and reports, the role for scientists as interpreters and brokers of scientific information to the public will grow rather than
diminish. Environmentalism is an important global political force, resulting in the
emergence of multinational consortia to control pollution and the evolution of the
environmental ethic. Will the new politics of the twenty-first century involve a
consortium of technologists and environmentalists, or a progressive confrontation?
These matters are of genuine concern to governmental agencies and legislative
bodies around the world.
For those who make the decisions about how our planet is managed, there is an
ongoing need for continual surveillance and intelligent controls to avoid endangering the environment, public health, and wildlife. Ensuring safety-in-use of the many
chemicals involved in our highly industrialized culture is a dynamic challenge,
because the old, established materials are continually being displaced by newly
developed molecules more acceptable to federal and state regulatory agencies,
public health officials, and environmentalists. New legislation that will deal in an
appropriate manner with this challenge is currently in the making or has been
implemented recently, such as the REACH legislation in Europe. These regulations
demand scientifically sound and documented dossiers on new chemicals.
Reviews publishes synoptic articles designed to treat the presence, fate, and, if
possible, the safety of xenobiotics in any segment of the environment. These
reviews can be either general or specific, but properly lie in the domains
of analytical chemistry and its methodology, biochemistry, human and animal
medicine, legislation, pharmacology, physiology, (eco)toxicology, and regulation.
Certain affairs in food technology concerned specifically with pesticide and other
food-additive problems may also be appropriate.
Because manuscripts are published in the order in which they are received in
final form, it may seem that some important aspects have been neglected at times.
However, these apparent omissions are recognized, and pertinent manuscripts are
likely in preparation or planned. The field is so very large and the interests in it are
so varied that the editor and the editorial board earnestly solicit authors and
suggestions of underrepresented topics to make this international book series yet
more useful and worthwhile.
Justification for the preparation of any review for this book series is that it deals
with some aspect of the many real problems arising from the presence of anthropogenic chemicals in our surroundings. Thus, manuscripts may encompass case
studies from any country. Additionally, chemical contamination in any manner of
air, water, soil, or plant or animal life is within these objectives and their scope.
Manuscripts are often contributed by invitation. However, nominations for new
topics or topics in areas that are rapidly advancing are welcome. Preliminary
communication with the Editor-in-Chief is recommended before volunteered
review manuscripts are submitted. Reviews is registered in WebofScience™.
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understanding of the environment in ways that allow the public to be better
informed or, in other words, to enable the public to have access to sufficient
information. Because the public gets most of its information on science and
technology from internet, TV news, and reports, the role for scientists as interpreters and brokers of scientific information to the public will grow rather than
diminish. Environmentalism is an important global political force, resulting in the
emergence of multinational consortia to control pollution and the evolution of the
environmental ethic. Will the new politics of the twenty-first century involve a
consortium of technologists and environmentalists, or a progressive confrontation?
These matters are of genuine concern to governmental agencies and legislative
bodies around the world.
For those who make the decisions about how our planet is managed, there is an
ongoing need for continual surveillance and intelligent controls to avoid endangering the environment, public health, and wildlife. Ensuring safety-in-use of the many
chemicals involved in our highly industrialized culture is a dynamic challenge,
because the old, established materials are continually being displaced by newly
developed molecules more acceptable to federal and state regulatory agencies,
public health officials, and environmentalists. New legislation that will deal in an
appropriate manner with this challenge is currently in the making or has been
implemented recently, such as the REACH legislation in Europe. These regulations
demand scientifically sound and documented dossiers on new chemicals.
Reviews publishes synoptic articles designed to treat the presence, fate, and, if
possible, the safety of xenobiotics in any segment of the environment. These
reviews can be either general or specific, but properly lie in the domains
of analytical chemistry and its methodology, biochemistry, human and animal
medicine, legislation, pharmacology, physiology, (eco)toxicology, and regulation.
Certain affairs in food technology concerned specifically with pesticide and other
food-additive problems may also be appropriate.
Because manuscripts are published in the order in which they are received in
final form, it may seem that some important aspects have been neglected at times.
However, these apparent omissions are recognized, and pertinent manuscripts are
likely in preparation or planned. The field is so very large and the interests in it are
so varied that the editor and the editorial board earnestly solicit authors and
suggestions of underrepresented topics to make this international book series yet
more useful and worthwhile.
Justification for the preparation of any review for this book series is that it deals
with some aspect of the many real problems arising from the presence of anthropogenic chemicals in our surroundings. Thus, manuscripts may encompass case
studies from any country. Additionally, chemical contamination in any manner of
air, water, soil, or plant or animal life is within these objectives and their scope.
Manuscripts are often contributed by invitation. However, nominations for new
topics or topics in areas that are rapidly advancing are welcome. Preliminary
communication with the Editor-in-Chief is recommended before volunteered
review manuscripts are submitted. Reviews is registered in WebofScience™.
viii
Preface