TY - BOOK AU - Miller,Morton W. AU - Berg,George G. ED - University of Rochester. TI - Chemical fallout: current research on persistent pesticides, AV - QH545.P4 C47 U1 - 632/.95 PY - 1969///] CY - Springfield, Ill. PB - Thomas KW - Pesticides KW - Environmental aspects KW - Congresses KW - Toxicology KW - Mercury Poisoning KW - poisoning KW - Résidus KW - Aspect de l'environnement KW - Congrès KW - Toxicologie KW - Kongress KW - swd KW - Pestizid KW - Toxizität N1 - A proceedings publication of the Rochester conferences on toxicity, organized by the Department of Radiation Biology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Includes bibliographical references; Foreword; Aser Rothstein --; Introduction: a view from the podium; George G. Berg --; Chlorinated hydrocarbons in marine ecosystems; R. W. Risebrough --; Pesticides and the Western Grebe; S. G. Herman, R. L. Garrett and R. L. Rudd --; Persistence of pesticide residues in soils; P. C. Kearney, R. G. Nash and A. R. Isensee --; Conversion of mercury compounds; A. Jernelov --; Methylmercury compounds in animal foods; G. Westoo --; The toxicity problem- comments by an applied insect ecologist; R. van den Bosch --; Organochlorine insecticides and bird populations in Britain; J. Robinson --; Tissue residues of dieldrin in relation to mortality in birds and mammals; W. H. Stickel, L. F. Stickel and J. W. Spann --; The significance of DDT residues in esturaine fauna; P. A. Butler --; Mercury contamination of the environment in Sweden; A. G. Johnels and T. Westermark --; Neurological symptoms from concentration of mecury in the brain; T. Suzuki --; Risk of methylmercury cumulation in man and mammals and the relation between body burden of methylmercury and toxic effects; F. Berglund and M. Berlin --; Isotope exchange methods in studies of the biotransformation of organomercurial compounds in experimental conditions; T. W. Clarkson --; Pesticide levels in humans in a variety of natural and experimental conditions; J. L. Radomski and Wm. B. Deichmann --; Enzyme action on halogen-containing particles; R. G. Young --; The significance of residues in pheasant tissues resulting from chronic exposure to DDT; E. G. Hunt, J. A. Azevedo, jr., L. A. Woods, jr., and W. T. Castle --; Chronic cold exposure and DDT toxicity; A. S. W. deFreitas, J. S. Hart and H. V. Morley --; Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides and avian reproduction: how are they related?; C. F. Wurster, jr. --; Effect of chlorinated insecticides on steriod metabolism; R. M. Welch, W. Levin, and A. H. Conney --; Studies of intracellular distribution of mercury; T. Norseth --; Human risk evaluation for various populations in Sweden due to methylmercury in fish; F. Berglund and M. Berlin --; The influence of other factors on the toxicity of pesticides; W. F. Durham --; Detection and control of pesticide poisoning: a public health problem; I. West --; Effects of chlorinated hyrdocarbons on smaller animals as guides in the design of experiments with human volunteers; J. H. Wills --; The procedure for processing information on pesticides; D. A. Spencer UR - http://www.archive.org/details/chemicalfalloutc00mill UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL5687104M ER -