Heavy Metal and Metalloid Contamination of Surface and Underground Water

Environmental, Policy and Ethical Issues

Abhik Gupta

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9780429582226
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Biology

Heavy metal and metalloid contamination of groundwater and surface water ecosystems involves important policy-related and ethical issues besides its more well-known scientific aspects. Heavy Metal and Metalloid Contamination of Surface and Underground Water: Environmental, Policy, and Ethical Issues has brought these three dimensions under a single volume. The book presents an updated status of the nature and extent of heavy metal and metalloid contamination of water and discuss its future implications. In Section I, the book provides a state-of-the-art review of research findings on entry, storage, and release, human health risks, and the uptake and accumulation by freshwater biota and the toxic effects experienced by them. The book also provides information on the bioremediation of heavy metals and metalloids, and the possible effects of climate change on their distribution and toxicity. Section II of the book throws light on the policies and legislations adopted in several countries to deal with the vexed issue of metal contamination of waters in both historical and current perspectives. Special emphasis has been given to the contamination of drinking water and its attendant implications for human health. The book also treats the relevance and applications of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), which forms the backbone of the water policies of several countries. In Section III, discussions focus on ethical issues rising out of heavy metal and metalloid contamination of water, and on the different ethical approaches and principles in both indigenous and other societies.

Features:

• A systematic overview of the major facets of heavy metal and metalloid contamination of water
• Compilation and analysis of the latest research in the subject area
• Ample case studies in all chapters that highlight specific problems
• Review of policy and legislation for the control of heavy metal pollution of water
• Water ethics in indigenous societies

This book will be a vital resource for students and research scholars in the field of environmental science, ecotoxicology, and pollution studies.

Index

1. A
2. aberrant, 49, 65, 209
3. aberrations, 65
4. abnormalities, 111, 112, 136
5. aboriginal, 205, 206
6. accumulator, 118, 119, 125, 133, 134, 136, 139
7. accumulators, 13, 117, 120, 121, 133, 134, 139
8. acetaldehyde, 14, 74
9. acetylcholinesterase, 108
10. acid-affected, 149
11. acidic, 33, 43–47, 50, 51, 56, 62, 74–76, 88, 90, 145, 151, 173, 174
12. acidification, 23, 76, 105, 107, 149, 151, 152, 174
13. acidosis, 103
14. acid sulfate soils, 23, 24, 121, 151, 174
15. acid sulfate soil-affected, 24, 121
16. Acroneuria, 97
17. Actinobacteria, 80
18. adrenaline, 72
19. adsorption, 28, 35, 56, 122, 131, 132, 134, 142
20. aerobic, 56, 143, 144
21. Afghanistan, 36
22. Africa, 15, 23, 28, 42, 53, 61, 88, 142, 153, 178–81, 191, 214
23. agricultural, 16, 17, 24, 28, 29, 31, 38, 40, 49, 50, ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Author
• SECTION I Environmental Issues
• SECTION II Policy Issues
• SECTION III Ethical Issues
• References
• Index