Persistent Organic Pollutants in Asia: Sources, Distributions, Transport and Fate (Volume 7) (Developments in Environmental Science, Volume 7) - Hardcover

 
9780080451329: Persistent Organic Pollutants in Asia: Sources, Distributions, Transport and Fate (Volume 7) (Developments in Environmental Science, Volume 7)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0080451322 ISBN 13: 9780080451329
Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2007

Synopsis

Large amounts of data obtained through environmental monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in 10 Asian countries and Australia have been compiled and explored using principles of environmental chemistry, toxicology, and risk assessment. This book also includes descriptions and discussions of current governmental policies, monitoring and surveillance programs, history of manufacturing and applications, emission sources, impacts on human health, and cross-boundary transport of POPs in these countries.

* Compiles up-to-date sources, distributions, transport, and fates of highly concerned persistent organic pollutants (POPs) * Presents exploratory examinations of the data guided by the principles of environmental chemistry, toxicology, and risk assessment * Includes important context and insight regarding government policies, monitoring and surveillance programs, history of manufacturing and applications, emission sources, impact on human health, and cross-boundary transport of POPs

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Aids in understanding the environmental behavior of persistent organic pollutants on a global scale

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Publisher
Elsevier Science
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0080451322
ISBN 13 
9780080451329
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
842
Editor
Li An, Tanabe Shinsuke, Jiang Guibin, Giesy John P., Lam Paul S.K.