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.
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- Pollution
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Chemical Pollution of the Aquatic Environment by Priority Pollutants and its Control
- Chapter 2 Chemistry and Pollution of the Marine Environment
- Chapter 3 Drinking Water Quality and Health
- Chapter 4 Water Pollution Biology
- Chapter 5 Sewage and Sewage Sludge Treatment
- Chapter 6 The Treatment of Toxic Wastes
- Chapter 7 Air Pollution: Sources, Concentrations and Measurements
- Chapter 8 Chemistry and Climate Change in the Troposphere
- Chapter 9 Chemistry and Pollution of the Stratosphere
- Chapter 10 Atmospheric Dispersal of Pollutants and the Modelling of Air Pollution
- Chapter 11 The Health Effects of Air Pollution
- Chapter 12 Impacts of Gaseous Pollutants on Crops, Trees and Ecosystems
- Chapter 13 Control of Pollutant Emissions From Road Traffic
- Chapter 14 Soil Pollution and Land Contamination
- Chapter 15 Solid Waste Management
- Chapter 16 Clean Technologies and Industrial Ecology
- Chapter 17 The Environmental Behaviour of Persistent Organic Pollutants
- Chapter 18 Radioactivity in the Environment
- Chapter 19 Health Effects of Environmental Chemicals
- Chapter 20 The Legal Control of Pollution
- Chapter 21 Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
- Subject Index
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