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Residue Reviews
The citrus reentry problem: Research on its causes and effects, and approaches to its minimization
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
That residues of pesticide and other contaminants in the total environ ment are of concern to everyone everywhere is attested by the reception ac corded previous volumes of "Residue Reviews" and by the gratifYing en. thusiasm, sincerity, and efforts shown by all tve individuals from...
Residue Reviews
Residues of Pesticides and Other Contaminants in the Total Environment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
That residues of pesticide and other contaminants in the total environ ment are of concern to everyone everywhere is attested by the reception accorded previous volumes of "Residue Reviews" and by the gratifying enthusiasm, sincerity, and efforts shown by all the individuals from whom...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology contains timely review articles concerned with all aspects of chemical contaminants (including pesticides) in the total environment, including toxicological considerations and consequences. It attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of advances,...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology contains timely review articles concerned with all aspects of chemical contaminants (including pesticides) in the total environment, including toxicological considerations and consequences. It attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of advances,...
Risk Assessment and Decision Making Using Test Results
The Carcinogenicity Prediction and Battery Selection Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The difficulties associated with making risk assessments on the basis of experimental results are familiar to practitioners in many fields engineering, epidemiology, chemistry, etc. These difficulties are particularly common in problems that have dynamic and stochastic characteristics driven by...
Organotin
Environmental fate and effects
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
single toxicant before it, yet one that has now been brought under effective control-at least in estuaries and the nearshore environment. The problem with TBT and its cause was first recognized in France, then in the United Kingdom and the United States of America; and in these and other countries...
by Michael L. Muilenberg, Harriet A. Burge
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Aerobiology is the study of airborne particles that have an impact on humans and other organisms. Every day, we are exposed to airborne particles, including "natural" particles such as pollen, bacteria, and fungi, and "unnatural" particles, such as asbestos fibers and noxious chemicals....
Large Dams
Long Term Impacts on Riverine Communities and Free Flowing Rivers
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
This book highlights the first comparative long-term analysis of the negative impacts of large dams on riverine communities and on free-flowing rivers in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Following the Foreword by Professor Asit K. Biswas, the first section covers the 1956–1973 period, when the...
Zooarchaeology in the Neotropics
Environmental diversity and human-animal interactions
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
This volume offers an up-to-date and broad perspective of the archaeology of human-animal interactions through time in the Neotropical Biogeographic Region, ranging from southern North America to southern South America. The region has a rich and singular biotic history. The collection of works included...
by Volodymyr Osadchyy, Bogdan Nabyvanets, Petro Linnik
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
This book presents major hydrological, physicochemical and biological processes determining the formation of hydro-physical properties and chemical composition of terrestrial surface water. Generalized hydro-physical, hydro-chemical and hydro-biological parameters affecting surface water quality,...
Challenges for Sustainable Solid Waste Management
Lessons from Thailand
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
This book analyzes the status quo concerning waste generation and management systems in Thailand and other developing countries with similar problems. It addresses municipal, electronic, industrial and hazardous wastes, as well as management instruments, and key factors shaping the progress of waste...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
The book presents the latest advances in research into health effects of air pollution, with heavy motor vehicle traffic or cigarette smoke as the exemplar of pollution. The airways are the first-line defense system against pollution. The book focuses on respiratory ailments underlain by inflammation,...
The End of Animal Farming
How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists Are Building an Animal-Free Food System
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
A bold yet realistic vision of how technology and social change are creating a food system in which we no longer use animals to produce meat, dairy, or eggs.
Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals brought widespread attention to the disturbing...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
This book presents the complete guide for readers to understand the applications, and pros and cons of nanotechnology applications in environmental remediation, although there are few critical reviews and textbooks available on environmental biotechnology. Water pollution has become one of the biggest...