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Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: Summarizes information about contamination that effect fish, wildlife, invertebrates, and other non-human living resources. Emphasis is on environmental toxicology - the encyclopedia contains information on 118 topics, including 30 entries covering the oil products most commonly spilled into fresh and marine waters of the U.S., according to the EPA, and 63 entries covering other oil-related topics.

Coverage: Various Dates

Subject(s):
Environmental Studies
Health, Medicine & Psychology
Publicly Available Resources

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Environment Complete
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Related Links
Energy Citations Database
National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals ** http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/default.htm **
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