Contrary to the "closed" nature of a textbook, only evolving by new editions
in a confined way, this lab course is "open", meaning that authors not belonging
to the original team can contribute. All materials are free of charge for students
as well as teachers. For their application in a specific course, the instructor
chooses adequate parts of the NOP collection. A preselection of topics, amplitude
and structure of a course has been deliberately avoided. We hope that this
open form of offering course material will widely be accepted and used on the different
levels of education. Classical contents like experimental instructions are
directly linked to, but not mixed with information, articles and data concering
sustainability, environmental protection and (eco)toxicology. In this way it is
envisioned to convey these contents together with the classical "program".
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