Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Inaugural address by Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari, President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan -- Address by Nawab Muhammad Yousaf Talpur, Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Islamabad, Pakistan -- Welcome address by Dr Zafar Altaf, Chairman, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council and Secretary, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Cooperatives, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan -- Statement from the UNIDO Representative, Dr Balasubramanyan Sugavanam, Workshop on Ecotoxicology, Islamabad, Pakistan -- List of contributors -- Abbreviations -- PROLOG -- Prolog -- NEW MEASURING TECHNIQUES -- The Potential and Limitations of New Technical Approaches to Ecotoxicology Monitoring -- Environmental Toxicity Assessment Using Luminescent Bacteria -- Fluorescence in situ Hybridization en Suspension (FISHES) Using Biotin-labeled DNA Probes for Measuring Genetic Expression of Metallothionein and Cytochrome P-450 1A1 (CYP1A1) in Rainbow Trout Hepatoc -- Ecotoxicology Testing -- Effective Use in Field Monitoring -- Solid Phase Testing of Aquatic Sediments Using Vibrio fischeri: Test Design and Data Interpretation -- Use of Radiolabeled Chemicals in Agricultural and Environmental Studies: Transport and Degradation of Pesticides in Lower Sand Layers -- TESTS USING PLANTS, ALGAE, ETC -- Use of Aquatic Plants in Ecotoxicology Monitoring of Organic Pollutants: Bioconcentration and Biochemical Responses -- QSAR Studies of Algal Toxicity -- Acute Exposure Phytotoxicity Assay Based on Motility Inhibition of Chlamydomonas variabilis -- Validation of a Microplate-Based Algal Lethality Test Developed with the Help of Flow Cytometry -- APPLICATION OF MONITORING TECHNIQUES -- The Role of UNIDO on Ecotoxicology Monitoring in Developing Countries -- Agroecotoxicology in the Developing Asian Region.

Pakistan -- Ecotoxicology Monitoring of Industrial Effluents -- Biodegradation Testing in the Regulatory Environment -- Some Observations on Biodegradability Testing of Chemicals -- CASE STUDIES -- The Austrian Water Quality Monitoring System and its Integration into the Water Management Concept -- Bromate Survey on European Water Utilities -- Pesticide Residues in Foodstuffs in Pakistan: Organochlorine, Organophosphorus and Pyrethroid Insecticides in Fruits and Vegetables -- The Effects of Industrial Wastes on Nitrification Processes Found Within Wastewater Treatment Works -- Environmental Audit of a Former Soviet Port -- Biological and Environmental Properties of Nitro-, Nitramine- and Nitrate Compounds: Explosives and Drugs -- Application of QSPR and QSAR Studies in Environmental Toxicology Assessment -- The Idrija Mercury Mine, Slovenia, a Semi-Millennium of Continuous Operation: An Ecological Impact -- RISK ASSESSMENT, SAFETY AND ECONOMICS . -- EC Environmental Risk Assessment of New and Existing Chemicals -- Private -- Public Sector Cooperation to Improve Pesticide Safety Standards in Developing Countries -- The Role of the National Chemical Emergency Centre -- The Economic Implications for Wastewater Treatment of Toxic or Inhibitory Sewage -- EPILOG -- Epilogue -- Index.