| | Accession Number | 5001814 |
| | Title | Contaminant Hazard Reviews and other information transfer projects |
| | Project Description | The Contaminant Hazard Reviews series is an important reference tool for contaminant |
| | specialists, research scientists, academicians, natural resource managers, business and industry |
| | consultants, and the public. More than 105,000 copies of individual reports have been distributed |
| | in response to specific requests. Each project involves critical review of the available technical |
| | literature (provided by library services) after consultation with customers and colleagues; a unique |
| | format developed by the author; extensive peer and editorial review; publication through the U.S. |
| | Department of the Interior Biological Report series; and wide distribution through internal mailings |
| | by the author, the Publications Unit of the Geological Survey, the National Technical Information |
| | Service, and electronically by CD ROM disc. Each report/monograph usually follows a similar |
| | format. The following is taken from the abstract of the review on Nickel. This account is a selective |
| | review and synthesis of the technical literature on nickel and nickel salts in the environment and |
| | their effects on notably terrestrial plants and invertebrates, aquatic plants and animals, avian and |
| | mammalian wildlife, and other natural resources. The subtopics include nickel sources and uses; |
| | physical, chemical, and metabolic properties of nickel; nickel concentrations in field collections of |
| | abiotic materials and living organisms; nickel deficiency effects; lethal and sublethal effects, |
| | including effects on survival, growth, reproduction, metabolism, mutagenicity, teratogenicity, and |
| | carcinogenicity; currently proposed nickel criteria for the protection of human health and sensitive |
| | natural resources; and recommendations for additional research. Currently, ecotoxicological |
| | aspects of the gold mining industry are being critically reviewed and analyzed. |
| | Keywords | als, chrysotherapy, contaminants, ecotoxicology, gold, hazardous substances, metalloids, |
| | metals, pesticides, pollution, risk assessment, toxicology, |
| | Principal | Ronald Eisler, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Ronald_Eisler@usgs.gov; |
| | Investigators |
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