Pollution : causes, effects, and control
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Pollution : causes, effects, and control
Royal Society of Chemistry, c1990
2nd ed
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Previous ed.: 1983
Includes bibliography and index
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Description
Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control is the fourth edition of a best-selling introductory level book dealing with chemical and radioactive pollution in its broadest sense. The scope of the book ranges from the sources of pollutants and their environmental behaviour, to their effects on human and non-human receptors, to the technologies and strategies available for control.The fourth edition has been wholly revised and updated from the previous edition due to the rapid pace of developments in this field. Topics covered include chemical pollution of freshwater and marine environments, drinking water quality, water pollution biology, sewage and its treatment, toxic wastes, air pollution and atmospheric chemistry, control of pollutant emissions, land contamination, solid waste management, clean technologies, persistent organic pollutants in the environment, environmental radioactivity, health effects of environmental chemicals, legal control of pollution and integrated pollution control. There is a completely new chapter on Clean Technologies and Industrial Ecology, reflecting the growing importance of pollution prevention as opposed to end-of-pipe solutions.Whilst originally intended as an introductory reference work for professionals within the field, the book has been widely adopted for teaching purposes at the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Table of Contents
- Chemical pollution of the aquatic environment by priority pollutants and its control, B. Crathorne and A.J.Dobbs
- the chemistry of metal pollutants in water, D.R. Turner
- sewage and sewage sludge treatment, J.N.Lester
- the treatment of toxic wastes, A. James
- water quality and health, R.F.Packham
- biological aspects of freshwater pollution, C.F.Mason
- important air pollutants and their chemical analysis, R.M.Harrison
- chemistry of the troposphere
- chemistry and pollution of the stratosphere, I.Colbeck and J.C.Farman
- atmospheric dispersal of pollutants and the modelling of air pollution, M.L.Williams
- catalyst systems for emission control from motor vehicles, G.J.K. Acres
- effects of gaseous pollutants on crops and trees, T.A.Mansfield and P.W.Lucas
- the health effects of environmental chemicals, H.A.Waldron
- the legal control of pollution, R. Macrory
- the control of industrial pollution, W.L.Linton
- organometallic compounds in the environment, J.R.Ashby and P.J.Craig
- radioactivity in the environment, C.N.Hewitt
- quantitative systems methods in evaluation of environmental pollution problems
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