Chemical fallout;  current research on persistent pesticides,  [electronic resource]  
edited by Morton W. Miller and George G. Berg. With a foreword by Aser Rothstein. 
 - Springfield, Ill.,  Thomas  [1969] 
 - xxii, 531 p.  illus.  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Foreword /  Introduction: a view from the podium /  Chlorinated hydrocarbons in marine ecosystems /  Pesticides and the Western Grebe /  Persistence of pesticide residues in soils /  Conversion of mercury compounds /  Methylmercury compounds in animal foods /  The toxicity problem- comments by an applied insect ecologist /  Organochlorine insecticides and bird populations in Britain /  Tissue residues of dieldrin in relation to mortality in birds and mammals /  The significance of DDT residues in esturaine fauna /  Mercury contamination of the environment in Sweden /  Neurological symptoms from concentration of mecury in the brain /  Risk of methylmercury cumulation in man and mammals and the relation between body burden of methylmercury and toxic effects /  Isotope exchange methods in studies of the biotransformation of organomercurial compounds in experimental conditions /  Pesticide levels in humans in a variety of natural and experimental conditions /  Enzyme action on halogen-containing particles /  The significance of residues in pheasant tissues resulting from chronic exposure to DDT /  Chronic cold exposure and DDT toxicity /  Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides and avian reproduction: how are they related? /  Effect of chlorinated insecticides on steriod metabolism /  Studies of intracellular distribution of mercury /  Human risk evaluation for various populations in Sweden due to methylmercury in fish /  The influence of other factors on the toxicity of pesticides /  Detection and control of pesticide poisoning: a public health problem /  Effects of chlorinated hyrdocarbons on smaller animals as guides in the design of experiments with human volunteers /  The procedure for processing information on pesticides /  Aser Rothstein --  George G. Berg --  R. W. Risebrough --  S. G. Herman, R. L. Garrett and R. L. Rudd --  P. C. Kearney, R. G. Nash and A. R. Isensee --  A. Jernelov --  G. Westoo --  R. van den Bosch --  J. Robinson --  W. H. Stickel, L. F. Stickel and J. W. Spann --  P. A. Butler --  A. G. Johnels and T. Westermark --  T. Suzuki --  F. Berglund and M. Berlin --  T. W. Clarkson --  J. L. Radomski and Wm. B. Deichmann --  R. G. Young --  E. G. Hunt, J. A. Azevedo, jr., L. A. Woods, jr., and W. T. Castle --  A. S. W. deFreitas, J. S. Hart and H. V. Morley --  C. F. Wurster, jr. --  R. M. Welch, W. Levin, and A. H. Conney --  T. Norseth --  F. Berglund and M. Berlin --  W. F. Durham --  I. West --  J. H. Wills --  D. A. Spencer. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>69019178  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>0211417  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pesticides--Environmental aspects--Congresses.<br/>Pesticides--Toxicology--Congresses.<br/>Mercury Poisoning--Congresses.<br/>Pesticides--Congresses.<br/>Pesticides--poisoning--Congresses.<br/>Pesticides--Résidus--Aspect de l'environnement--Congrès.<br/>Pesticides--Toxicologie--Congrès.<br/>Kongress.<br/>Pestizid.<br/>Toxizität.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH545.P4  / C47 SB959  / C45 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>632/.95 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>W3  / RO668 1968c