Detection Rats / Ratas detectoras


Book Description

Introduces detection rats, most of which are African pouched rats, the largest rat in the world, and explains that rats can be trained to find land mines and dangerous diseases.




Pig Detectives / Cerdos detectives


Book Description

While some pigs live on farms and roll in the mud, others are performing valuable services to people. Pigs have a great sense of smell and have been put to work for centuries sniffing out truffles, which are highly-prized mushrooms used in cooking and to make oil. Pigs are also used to sniff out bombs and drugs, and to do search and rescue work.




Bedbug-Sniffing Beagles and Other Scent Hounds / Beagles cazadores de chinches y otros sabuesos


Book Description

Many beagles and other scent-driven canines have been used successfully to sniff out bombs, drugs, and lost people, too. Today they are even used to help the many people who have had to fight the rising problem of bedbug infestation. Age-appropriate bilingual text explores the life, training, and work of these bedbug-sniffing dogs.




Bee Detectives / Abejas detectives


Book Description

Bees have long been known as helpful insects, but in recent years this helpfulness has grown to a new level. They still help plants grow, including food crops. Yet people have discovered that bees and their relatives can be used as animal detectives, too. Bees have been trained to detect land mines and even bedbugs. Age-appropriate vocabulary in English and standard Latin American Spanish support new and emerging readers in both languages.




Police Dogs / Perros policías


Book Description

Take a sneak peek into the world of some of the bravest animals around in both English and standard Latin American Spanish. Police dogs work side-by-side with their human partners to stop crime, find missing people, stop illegal drug trafficking, and so much more. Spanish and English readers alike will be fascinated to learn about these animal detectives that protect and serve their communities every day.




Military Dolphins / Delfines del ejército


Book Description

Introduces bottlenose dolphins, describes how they are trained, and explains that the United States Navy and the Marine Corps have trained dolphins to find explosive mines and enemy swimmers in the water.




Coal Tar Creosote


Book Description

On cover: IPCS International Programme on Chemical Safety. Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization, and produced within the framework of the Inter-organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC)







Free Radicals and Inhalation Pathology


Book Description

This book summarizes highlights in the field of free radicals in medicine and biology, with a detailed analysis of the extensive recent literature. It describes results from experimental research work on dust inhalation, hypoxia, and environmental toxicology using morphologic methods such as electron microscopy, interference microscopy and time-lapse techniques in tissue cultures. It also discusses free radical reactions that are probably involved in the pathogenesis of both physical and chemical environmental hazards and provides a list of radical scavengers that are useful prophylatic agents in case of unavoidable exposure. A short history of dust diseases that have challenged mankind since prehistoric times serves as an introduction to this comprehensive treatise. It is hoped that by covering this field in one monograph, adding light will be shed on the important role of both oxygen- and nitrogen-centered radicals in disease pathogenesis, a role that is receiving increasing recognition. The CD-ROM included with this volume lists nearly 25,000 literature citations useful as a reference source for researches, clinicians and students.