(Ebook) Alternative Ecological Risk Assessment: An Innovative Approach to Understanding Ecological Assessments for Contaminated Sites by Lawrence V. Tannenbaum(auth.) ISBN 9780470673041, 9781118743423, 0470673044, 1118743423

(Ebook) Alternative Ecological Risk Assessment: An Innovative Approach to Understanding Ecological Assessments for Contaminated Sites by Lawrence V. Tannenbaum(auth.) ISBN 9780470673041, 9781118743423, 0470673044, 1118743423

In Alternative Ecological Risk Assessmentthe author, Lawrence V. Tannenbaum, provides a critical review of current practices in the ecological risk assessment field and proposes alternatives that are supported by established science and keen observation. It is hoped that this approach will pave the way to a greater understanding of what appropriate and useful ecological assessment for contaminated sites should entail. He demonstrates that in most cases current practices do not provide for an assessment of ecological risk, and moreover, that endeavoring to assess ecological risk is actually an unnecessary undertaking at conventional hazardous waste sites.  (He states, for example, that the concept of scale is often ignored by practitioners, questions why animals like deer are routinely assessed at 5-acre sites, and challenges the ecotoxicology data currently used.)The book is aimed at students and professionals in the fields of environmental science, ecology, ecotoxicology, and health risk assessment. Content: Chapter 1 An Introduction and Overview (pages 1–13): Chapter 2 Facing the Music: Understanding What ERA is … and is not (pages 14–27): Chapter 3 Alternative Exposure Assessment (pages 28–55): Chapter 4 Toxicology and Toxicity Assessment in ERA Revisited (pages 56–98): Chapter 5 Risk Characterization Versus Site Ecological Assessment: Old and New (pages 99–112): Chapter 6 Case Study: Problem Formulation Versus Making Problems for Yourself (pages 113–136): Chapter 7 Getting Beyond ERA (pages 137–159): Chapter 8 A New Ecological Assessment Paradigm for Historically Contaminated Sites: Direct Health Status Assessment (pages 160–178): Chapter 9 Is RSA the Answer to ERA? (pages 179–200):