Volume 50, Number 1, December 2003:
A Toxicology Primer for Student Inquiry: Biological Smoke Detectors

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE
- about KSN
- about the author
- acknowledgements

IN THIS ISSUE
- disclaimer, objectives
- "biological smoke detectors"
- purpose of invertebrate toxicity testing
- lethal and sublethal effects
- some wormy ideas for toxicity testing
- sublethal chemical effects in lumbriculus
- selecting the chemical(s)
- safety
- exposure methods
- preliminary experiments and concentration range-finding
- final stages of toxicity testing
- typical equipment and supplies
- other organisms, other ideas
- obtaining background information
- references
- glossary of toxicological terms

A Toxicology Primer for Student Inquiry:
Biological Smoke Detectors
by Charles Drewes

About KSN

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Author: Dr. Charles Drewes is in the Department of Zoology and Genetics, Room 339, Science II Building, Iowa State University, Ames IA 50011

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I thank G. Atchison, F. Bahls, K. Cain, and J. Coats for suggestions and comments.  Supported in part by Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding to Iowa State University for educational initiatives in biology.