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Environmental pollution can be defined as the appearance and presence of toxic or harmful agents to the environment, whether of physical, biological or chemical origin. These polluting agents represent a threat to the life of all organisms that inhabit the planet, including humans. It is no secret that the main source of environmental pollution ...
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Understanding Environmental Pollution delivers a concise overview of global and indi-vidual environmental pollution for undergraduate courses, presenting the tools for students to assess environmental issues. This edition contains more than 30% new material, assessing pollution from an international perspective, including air and water pollution, g...
Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations and acronyms Understanding pollution Reducing risk, reducing pollution Chemical toxicity Chemical exposures and risk assessment Air pollution Acid deposition Global climate change Stratospheric ozone depletion Water pollution Drinking-water pollution Solid waste Hazardous waste Energy Persistent, bioac...
In the early 1990s, I could not nd a textbook from which to teach an Issues in fi Environmental Pollution course. So began the writing of class notes, added to by student concerns, misunderstandings, questions, and an ever-increasing volume of information on the issues. The result was the text, Understanding Environmental Pollution. It summarizes t...
I continue to extend warm gratitude to my husband, Professor John C. Hassler, who has faithfully and with much patience over three editions of this text cared for my computer hardware and software. Professor Hassler, a Ph.D. physical chemist, also reviewed the new chapter on chemistry.
(Chemical abbreviations listed separately below) ADI AIDS ATSDR BOD Bt Btu CAA CDC CDM CERCLA CPSD CRT CSO CWA DBP DfE DOE EMF EPA EPR ETS EU EV FAO FDA FFDCA FFV FIFRA GCM GEO GHG GI HAP Acceptable daily intake Acquired Immune Deciency Syndrome fi Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry (a US agency) Biochemical oxygen demand Bacillus thuring...
nvironmental PollutionFourth EditionUnderstanding Environmental Pollution examines pollution problems that range from the global to the personal for undergraduate students. his text has been updated from the third edition and conta. ns well over 50 percent new material. Non-technical language is used whenever possible to assis.
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Jun 5, 2012 · Section IV introduces root causes of pollution – growing human populations, growing consumption, and large-scale technology. Section V asks us to face ourselves, to see that our actions have environmental consequences, sometimes in ways we don't suspect. SECTION I. Humans are massively changing the Earth.
Description. This undergraduate textbook examines environmental pollution ranging from our homes to the global environment. Completely updated and with over 50% new and rewritten material, this new edition assesses the international scope of pollution, including water, climate change, acidification, energy, solid and hazardous waste, persistent chemicals, and pesticides.
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pollution of the water, air, built environment and our land, it is the understanding of risks and the application of these solutions that will save lives and protect our environ-ment. The genesis of the environmental movement and the subsequent demand for environmental management derive s, in part, from Rachel Carson s (1962) book Silent Spring
