Introduction

This book was commissioned to review the state of the art of predicting the environmental fate of chemicals. It is intended to be a significant bibliographic resource, highlighting major developments in empirical and theoretical approaches to fate prediction. A very wide range of topics are considered, the intention being to provide the reader with insight into the nature of the task that may be required. Coverage of any particular subject may be expanded by reference to the appropriate paper(s) cited in the References and Bibliography.