This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.Environmental chemistry is an interdisciplinary field of study that involves the science of ecology as well as chemistry. Environmental chemistry covers the basic chemistry and biochemistry that occur naturally in the world around us. It focuses on the air, water, and land. Environmental science

Pesticide-Related Illness Reported to and Diagnosed in Primary Care: Implications for Surveillance of Environmental Causes of Ill-Health. Heavy Metal Tolerance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Evaluation of Protein Pattern Changes in Roots and Leaves of Zea mays Plants in Response to Nitrate Availability by Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis Analysis. Contamination of Rural Surface and Ground Water by Endosulfan in Farming Areas of the Western Cape, South Africa. Microbial Contamination and Chemical Toxicity of the Rio Grande. Increased Litterfall in Tropical Forests Boosts the Transfer of Soil CO2 to the Atmosphere. Explaining the Evolution of Warning Coloration: Secreted Secondary Defence Chemicals May Facilitate the Evolution of Visual Aposematic Signals. Marine Biofilm Bacteria Evade Eukaryotic Predation by Targeted Chemical Defense. Assessing the Distribution of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Land Use Regression in Sarnia, "Chemical Valley," Ontario, Canada. Chemical and Physical Properties of Some Saline Lakes in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Chemically Diverse Toxicants Converge on Fyn and c-Cbl to Disrupt Precursor Cell Function. Reverse and Conventional Chemical Ecology Approaches for the Development of Oviposition Attractants for Culex Mosquitoes. Estrogen-Like Activity of Seafood Related to Environmental Chemical Contaminants. The Environmental Toxicant 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-P-Dioxin Disrupts Morphogenesis of the Rat Pre-Implantation Embryo.