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79 relations: Agent Orange, Aquatic toxicology, Arctic haze, Bald eagle, Beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane, Beta-Methylamino-L-alanine, Big Sandy River (Tennessee), Bioaccumulation, Bioconcentration, Biodilution, Bioremediation of radioactive waste, Blubber, Bowfin, Carolina wren, Ciguatera fish poisoning, Coal ash basin, Common loon, DDT, Dieldrin, Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, Endocrine disruptor, Environmental impact of mining, Environmental impact of pesticides, Environmental toxicology, Eville Gorham, Fish oil, Food chain, Glossary of ecology, Guadalupe Watershed, Hexachlorobenzene, Index of conservation articles, Insecticide, James Bay Project, List of environmental issues, Madre de Dios Region, Marine debris, Marine pollution, Maternal transfer in aquatic mammals, Mercury (element), Mercury cycle, Mercury in fish, Mercury poisoning, Methylmercury, Ocean Alliance, Oliver Sacks, Omega-3 fatty acid, Outline of environmentalism, Palytoxin, Pandora's Box (TV series), Pentabromodiphenyl ether, ..., Pentachlorophenol, Peregrine falcon, Persistent organic pollutant, Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances, Pesticide, Poison, Poisoning, Pollution, Pollution in the fashion industry, Pollution of the Hudson River, Polychlorinated biphenyl, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, Predatory fish, Prescription drug, Pteropus, Redfin pickerel, Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary, Seafood, Sediment quality triad (SQT), Shark fin soup, Silent Spring, Susan D. Shaw, Tar Creek Superfund site, The Voyage of the Odyssey, Toxic equivalency factor, Trashed (film), Trophic state index, Tuna, Wild fisheries. Expand index (29 more) »
Agent Orange
Agent Orange is an herbicide and defoliant chemical, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides.
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Aquatic toxicology
Aquatic toxicology is the study of the effects of manufactured chemicals and other anthropogenic and natural materials and activities on aquatic organisms at various levels of organization, from subcellular through individual organisms to communities and ecosystems.
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Arctic haze
Arctic haze is the phenomenon of a visible reddish-brown springtime haze in the atmosphere at high latitudes in the Arctic due to anthropogenic air pollution.
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Bald eagle
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, from Greek ἅλς, hals "sea", αἰετός aietos "eagle", λευκός, leukos "white", κεφαλή, kephalē "head") is a bird of prey found in North America.
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Beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane
β-Hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH) is an organochloride which is one of the isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH).
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Beta-Methylamino-L-alanine
β-Methylamino-L-alanine, or BMAA, is a non-proteinogenic amino acid produced by cyanobacteria.
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Big Sandy River (Tennessee)
The Big Sandy River is a U.S. Geological Survey.
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Bioaccumulation
Bioaccumulation is the accumulation of substances, such as pesticides, or other chemicals in an organism.
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Bioconcentration
Bioconcentration is the accumulation of a chemical in or on an organism when the source of chemical is solely water.
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Biodilution
Biodilution, sometimes referred to as bloom dilution, is the decrease in concentration of an element or pollutant with an increase in trophic level.
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Bioremediation of radioactive waste
Bioremediation of radioactive waste or bioremediation of radionuclides is an application of bioremediation based on the use of biological agents bacteria, plants and fungi (natural or genetically modified) to catalyze chemical reactions that allow the decontamination of sites affected by radionuclides.
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Blubber
Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians.
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Bowfin
Bowfin (Amia calva) are basal bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei.
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Carolina wren
The Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) is a common species of wren that is a resident in the eastern half of the United States of America, the extreme south of Ontario, Canada, and the extreme northeast of Mexico.
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Ciguatera fish poisoning
Ciguatera fish poisoning, also known simply as ciguatera, is a foodborne illness caused by eating reef fish whose flesh is contaminated with certain toxins.
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Coal ash basin
A coal ash basin or landfill, as the name implies, is an excavated basin for the disposal of coal ash to prevent its release into the atmosphere.
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Common loon
The common loon or great northern diver (Gavia immer) is a large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds.
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DDT
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochlorine, originally developed as an insecticide, and ultimately becoming infamous for its environmental impacts.
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Dieldrin
Dieldrin is an organochloride originally produced in 1948 by J. Hyman & Co, Denver, as an insecticide.
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Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (DLCs) are compounds that are highly toxic environmental persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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Endocrine disruptor
Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that can interfere with endocrine (or hormone) systems at certain doses.
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Environmental impact of mining
The environmental impact of mining includes erosion, formation of sinkholes, loss of biodiversity, and contamination of soil, groundwater, and surface water by chemicals from mining processes.
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Environmental impact of pesticides
The impact of pesticides consists of the effects of pesticides on non-target species.
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Environmental toxicology
Environmental toxicology is a multidisciplinary field of science concerned with the study of the harmful effects of various chemical, biological and physical agents on living organisms.
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Eville Gorham
Eville Gorham (PhD LlD DSc FAAAS FRSC MNAS FESA) is a Canadian-American scientist whose focus has been understanding the chemistry of fresh waters and the ecology and biogeochemistry of peatlands.
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Fish oil
Fish oil is oil derived from the tissues of oily fish.
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Food chain
A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or trees which use radiation from the Sun to make their food) and ending at apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivores (like earthworms or woodlice), or decomposer species (such as fungi or bacteria).
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Glossary of ecology
This glossary of ecology is a list of definitions of terms and topics in ecology and related fields.
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Guadalupe Watershed
The Guadalupe Watershed consists of of land within northern California's Santa Clara County.
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Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorobenzene, or perchlorobenzene, is an organochloride with the molecular formula C6Cl6.
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Index of conservation articles
This is an index of conservation topics.
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Insecticide
Insecticides are substances used to kill insects.
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James Bay Project
The James Bay Project (in French, projet de la Baie-James) refers to the construction by state-owned utility Hydro-Québec of a series of hydroelectric power stations on the La Grande River in northwestern Quebec, Canada, and the diversion of neighbouring rivers into the La Grande watershed.
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List of environmental issues
This is an alphabetical list of environmental issues, harmful aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment.
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Madre de Dios Region
Madre de Dios is a region in southeastern Peru, bordering Brazil, Bolivia and the Peruvian regions of Puno, Cusco and Ucayali, in the Amazon Basin.
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Marine debris
Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a lake, sea, ocean or waterway.
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Marine pollution
Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful, effects result from the entry into the ocean of chemicals, particles, industrial, agricultural, and residential waste, noise, or the spread of invasive organisms.
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Maternal transfer in aquatic mammals
In aquatic mammals, maternal transfer is the movement of contaminants from mother to offspring, typically of lipophilic contaminants while in utero or through the mother’s milk.
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Mercury (element)
Mercury is a chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80.
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Mercury cycle
The mercury cycle is a biogeochemical cycle involving mercury.
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Mercury in fish
Fish and shellfish concentrate mercury in their bodies, often in the form of methylmercury, a highly toxic organic compound of mercury.
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Mercury poisoning
Mercury poisoning is a type of metal poisoning due to mercury exposure.
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Methylmercury
Methylmercury (sometimes methyl mercury) is an organometallic cation with the formula.
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Ocean Alliance
Ocean Alliance, Inc., a 501(c)3 organization, is dedicated to the conservation of whales and their marine environment through research and education.
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Oliver Sacks
Oliver Wolf Sacks, (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015) was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and author.
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Omega-3 fatty acid
Omega−3 fatty acids, also called ω−3 fatty acids or n−3 fatty acids, are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs).
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Outline of environmentalism
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to environmentalism: Environmentalism – broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements.
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Palytoxin
Palytoxin, PTX or PLTX is an intense vasoconstrictor, and is considered to be one of the most poisonous non-protein substances known, second only to maitotoxin in terms of toxicity in mice.
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Pandora's Box (TV series)
Pandora's Box, subtitled A Fable From the Age of Science, is a BBC television documentary series by Adam Curtis looking at the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism.
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Pentabromodiphenyl ether
Pentabromodiphenyl ether (also known as pentabromodiphenyl oxide) is a brominated flame retardant which belongs to the group of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).
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Pentachlorophenol
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an organochlorine compound used as a pesticide and a disinfectant.
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Peregrine falcon
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae.
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Persistent organic pollutant
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes.
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Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances
Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances (PBTs) are a class of compounds that have high resistance to degradation from abiotic and biotic factors, high mobility in the environment and high toxicity.
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Pesticide
Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests, including weeds.
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Poison
In biology, poisons are substances that cause disturbances in organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when an organism absorbs a sufficient quantity.
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Poisoning
Poisoning is a condition or a process in which an organism becomes chemically harmed severely (poisoned) by a toxic substance or venom of an animal.
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Pollution
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.
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Pollution in the fashion industry
The fashion industry is the second largest polluting industry in the world, behind only fossil fuel energy production.
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Pollution of the Hudson River
Between 1947 and 1977, General Electric polluted the Hudson River by dispensing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), causing a range of harmful effects to wildlife and people who eat fish from the river or drink the water.
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Polychlorinated biphenyl
A polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) is an organic chlorine compound with the formula C12H10−xClx.
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, also polyaromatic hydrocarbons or polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons) are hydrocarbons—organic compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen—that are composed of multiple aromatic rings (organic rings in which the electrons are delocalized).
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Predatory fish
Predatory fish are fish that prey upon other fish or animals.
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Prescription drug
A prescription drug (also prescription medication or prescription medicine) is a pharmaceutical drug that legally requires a medical prescription to be dispensed.
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Pteropus
Bats of the genus Pteropus (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) are among the largest bats in the world.
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Redfin pickerel
The redfin pickerel (Esox americanus americanus) is a subspecies of freshwater fish belonging to the pike family (Esocidae) of the order Esociformes.
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Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary
Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Seafood
Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans.
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Sediment quality triad (SQT)
In aquatic toxicology, the sediment quality triad (SQT) approach has been used as an assessment tool to evaluate the extent of sediment degradation resulting from contaminants released due to human activity present in aquatic environments (Chapman, 1990).
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Shark fin soup
Shark fin soup (or shark's fin soup) is a traditional soup or stewed dish found in Chinese cuisine and Vietnamese cuisine.
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson.
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Susan D. Shaw
Susan D. Shaw (born October 24, 1943 in Dallas, Texas) is an American environmental health scientist, explorer, ocean conservationist, and author.
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Tar Creek Superfund site
Tar Creek Superfund site is a United States Superfund site, declared 1983, located in the cities of Picher and Cardin, Ottawa County, in northeastern Oklahoma.
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The Voyage of the Odyssey
The Voyage of the Odyssey was a 5-year program conducted by oceanographic research and education non-profit Ocean Alliance, which collected the first baseline data set on contaminants in the world’s oceans.
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Toxic equivalency factor
Toxic equivalency factor (TEF) expresses the toxicity of dioxins, furans and PCBs in terms of the most toxic form of dioxin, 2,3,7,8-TCDD.
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Trashed (film)
Trashed is an environmental documentary film, written and directed by British film-maker Candida Brady.
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Trophic state index
Trophic State Index (TSI) is a classification system designed to rate bodies of water based on the amount of biological activity they sustain.
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Tuna
A tuna is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a sub-grouping of the mackerel family (Scombridae).
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Wild fisheries
A fishery is an area with an associated fish or aquatic population which is harvested for its commercial value.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomagnification
