1st Edition
by Lawrence V. Tannenbaum (Author)
In Alternative Ecological Risk Assessment
the 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.
