QSAR in Environmental Toxicology

Ever since Rachel Carson''s Silent Spring, we have generally become aware of environmental contaminants and their effects on the ecosystem. The findin~ of PCB''s in fish by Soren Jensen in Sweden, the recognition of mirex as contaminant in fish from Lake Ontario, and the discoveries of contaminant laden leachates from dumpsites such as the Love Canal have become milestones in the search for and ch...