00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.881860 CaOODSP 20241203113653 m o d f cr ||||||||||| 191108e197908##onc ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP n-cn--- En93-8/1979E-PDF Hall, Ross Hume, 1926- author. Ecotoxicity : responsibilities and opportunities / Ross H. Hall, Donald A. Chant. Ottawa, Canada : Canadian Environmental Advisory Council, August 1979. 1 online resource (vi, 32 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Report (Canadian Environmental Advisory Council) ; no. 8 Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-24). "Society has created a vast chemical industry that affects all aspects of our life, so much so that without chemicals our technological lifestyles would grind to a halt. The industry now generates for every inhabitant of North America over one ton of chemicals a year, comprising more than 60,000 different substances. This immense production, in some form, eventually ends up in the environment. And by their every nature, once in the environment, chemicals penetrate living organisms, creating a generalized phenomenon that we call ecotoxicity. It is an insidious form of toxicity because, by virtue of interdependence, the life-support systems of all living organisms become toxic"--Abstract. gccst Pollution gccst Environmental protection gccst Toxicology Canada. Environment Canada. Canadian Environmental Advisory Council. Report (Canadian Environmental Advisory Council) no. 8. (CaOODSP)9.881708 PDF 1.57 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/eccc/En93-8-1979-eng.pdf