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Environmental Crisis Anything but Over

The well is capped, but the oil is anything but gone, and the crisis is anything but over. Realizing the magnitude of this Gulf coast ecological disaster, CRC Press is donating $5 to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) for every copy of Dr. Kendall's book sold through our website.

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Find Out Why This Book is Well on its Way to Becoming an International Bestseller

Since the Gulf oil crisis began in April, the media have been calling on globally renowned ecotoxicology expert Dr. Ronald Kendall to share his mitigation strategies and expert insights on what can be expected in the devastating aftermath. Kendall is Chair of the Environmental Toxicology Department at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. One of the clean-up innovations that the department invented is called Fibertect - a nonwoven cotton decontamination wipe originally developed for the U.S. military to used for decontaminating chemical weapons.

Read more about Fibertect and see Dr. Kendall demonstrate how this dual purpose material can be used to absorb and detoxify oil not only from Gulf Coast waters, but also from oil-soaked wildlife.

*$5 donation applied to sales of this book only.

Summary

Updating the extremely successful Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling (CRC Press, 1994), Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues brings together a distinguished group of international contributors, who provide a global assessment of a range of environmental stressors, including pesticides, environmental contaminants, and other emerging chemical threats, and their impact on wildlife populations.

Addresses Emerging Wildlife Threats in One Concise Volume

A decade ago, many of these threats existed but were either unrecognized or considered minor issues, and all have now snowballed into major challenges for the conservation of wildlife populations. This is the first book to address these dangers in a single volume and recommend proven mitigation techniques to protect and sustain Earth’s wildlife populations.

Examines Species Range Shifts, Ocean Acidification, Coral Bleaching, & Impacts of Heightened UV Influx

This comprehensive reference identifies and documents examples of chemical stressor exposures and responses among ecosystem receptors worldwide. Chapters discuss emerging diseases and the expansion of pesticide/contaminant use, as well as agricultural trends and biofuels, and the widespread use of munitions and explosives from military and industrial-related activities. With the aid of several solid case studies, the book also addresses atmospheric contaminants and climate change, population modeling, and emerging transnational issues in ecotoxicology.

Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues stimulates dialogue among the academic and research communities and environmental public policy decision makers. The book challenges these groups to think more globally about environmental contaminants and their potential impacts on biodiversity and environmental degradation.

Check out Ronald J. Kendall's Advances in Biological and Chemical Terrorism Countermeasures.

Professor Kendall has been quoted recently in several news outlets in connection with the Gulf Oil Spill. Check out these articles on the CRC Press Ning page.