TY - JOUR AB - Monitoring air, water and soil contamination by means of animals, plants, fungi and bacteria is increasingly in demand for assessing environmental quality, environmental impacts, and health and safety. It is essential that environmental monitoring by bioassays is credibly based on standardized procedures and on substantial scientific evidence which should include background measurements to establish baseline data. Cites case studies involving the use of organisms for monitoring heavy metals and radionuclides in order to demonstrate such procedural pre‐requisites in environmental surveillance. VL - 3 IS - 4 SN - 0965-3562 DO - 10.1108/09653569410076757 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09653569410076757 AU - Seaward M.R.D. PY - 1994 Y1 - 1994/01/01 TI - Measuring up to Disaster: The Necessity for Valid Baseline Data T2 - Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 17 EP - 26 Y2 - 2024/09/19 ER -