Hester / Harrison Agricultural Chemicals and the Environment

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-84755-008-8
Verlag: Royal Society of Chemistry
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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Enormous increases in agricultural productivity can properly be associated with the use of chemicals. This statement applies equally to crop production through the use of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, as to livestock production and the associated use of drugs, steroids and other growth accelerators. There is, however a dark side to this picture and it is important to balance the benefits which flow from the use of agricultural chemicals against their environmental impacts which sometimes are seriously disadvantageous. Agricultural Chemicals and the Environment explores a variety of issues which currently are subject to wide-ranging debate and are of concern not only to the scientific establishment and to students, but also to farmers, landowners, managers, legislators, and to the general public.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hester, R E

Harrison, R M

Weitere Mitwirkende

Barbour, Anthony K

Burdett, N A

Cairns Jr, John

Chave, P A

Crutzen, Paul

Fish, Hugh

Gittins, Michael J

Harries, John E

Hopke, Philip K

Houghton, John T

King, N J

Matsui, Saburo

Slater, David H

Spiro, T G

Taylor, David

Warner, Frederick

Codd, Geoffrey A

Doyle, Peter

Acamovic, T

Stewart, C S

Addiscott, T

Fowler, D

Bell, S

Ferguson, A J D

Pearson, M J

Reynolds, C S

Tester, D J

Barnden, A D

Eke, K

Sutton, M A

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Fertilizers and Nitrate Leaching; Eutrophication of Natural Waters and Toxic Algal Blooms; Impact of Agricultural Pesticides on Water Quality; Agricultural Nitrogen and Emissions to the Atmosphere; Drugs and Dietary Additives, Their Use in Animal Production and Potential Environmental Consequences; Detection, Analysis and Risk Assessment of Cyanobacterial Toxins; Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Hester, R E
Ron Hester is an emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of York. In addition to his research work on a wide range of applications of vibrational spectroscopy, he has been actively involved in environmental chemistry and was a founder member of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Environment Group. His current activities are mainly as an editor and as an external examiner and assessor on courses, individual promotions, and departmental/subject area evaluations both in the UK and abroad.

Hopke, Philip K
Dr. Hopke who began his Post-Doctoral Research at MIT, joined the department of Chemistry as the first Robert A Plane Professor in 1989, after spending several years at the Institute for Environmental Studies. Prior to that he was a visiting Faculty at University of Illinois and Assistant Professor at the State University College at Fredonia,NY.

Harrison, R M
Roy Harrison OBE is Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Birmingham. In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to environmental science. Professor Harrison’s research interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health. Much of this work is designed to inform the development of policy.

The series has been edited by Professors Hester and Harrison since it began in 1994.
Professor Roy Harrison OBE is listed by ISI Thomson Scientific (on ISI Web of Knowledge) as a Highly Cited Researcher in the Environmental Science/Ecology category. He has an h-index of 54 (i.e. 54 of his papers have received 54 or more citations in the literature). In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to environmental science in the New Year Honours List. He was profiled by the Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Vol 5, pp 39N-41N, 2003). Professor Harrison’s research interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health. Much of this work is designed to inform the development of policy.
Now an emeritus professor, Professor Ron Hester's current activities in chemistry are mainly as an editor and as an external examiner and assessor. He also retains appointments as external examiner and assessor / adviser on courses, individual promotions, and departmental / subject area evaluations both in the UK and abroad.