Volume 50, Number 1, December 2003: A Toxicology Primer for Student Inquiry: Biological Smoke Detectors Text-only version
Date modified: January 19, 2011
A Toxicology Primer for Student Inquiry: Biological Smoke Detectors by Charles Drewes
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
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