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During the last decades, all industrial countries have become progressively aware of many deleterious effects which the modern style of life causes to the natural environment and finally to man himself. Quite serious disruptions of large ecosystems already happened that resulted from ill-controlled industrial and agricultural activities and, also, dramatic unforeseen effects were experienced with new chemicals developed in order to improve our comfort or maintain our health. Such catastrophes pushed the governments to consider seriously the ecological aspects of human activities and to control the disposal of waste as well as the inocuity of products to be absorbed by living organisms.
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Kucera, P., Raddatz, E. (1990). Environmental Pollution and Embryonic Development: Relevance of Standardized Toxicological Tests. In: Marthy, HJ. (eds) Experimental Embryology in Aquatic Plants and Animals. NATO ASI Series, vol 195. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3830-1_23
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