Environmental Challenges in the Pacific Basin, Volume 1140

Volume 1140 Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-57331-740-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 957 g

Reihe: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

This volume addresses issues related to the threats to human health from exposure to environmental pollutants in the Pacific Region, including how to reduce the production of such pollutants and remove or destroy them when they are produced. It specifically explores how to monitor levels of exposure in human populations and how to evaluate the health consequences of these exposures. Chapters explore the relationships between air quality and asthma, environmental contamination and breast cancer, mercury and neurobehavioral problems, and present information on new technologies for hazardous substance remediation.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Carpenter, David O.

Carpenter, David O

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: David O. Carpenter.

Introduction: Environment and Health in the 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions.

Part I: Policy.

Part II: Water and Weather.

Part III: Organic Pollutants.

Part IV: Children's Environmental Health.

Part V: Air Pollution.

Part VI: Metal Toxicity and Radioactivity.

Part VII: Fluoride and Arsenic.

Part VIII: Hazardous Waste Remediation.