Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849736480 ISBN 13: 9781849736480

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013

Synopsis

The fifth edition of the this has been fully revised to reflect technological and legislative changes in the field of environmental pollution over the last 12 years.

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About the Author

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.

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Twenty years on from the first edition of Pollution and the topic remains high in the public awareness. Environmental pollution is now a major area of research, consultancy and technological development and is a priority for the political agendas of both the developed and developing worlds.

The fifth edition of this book is fully updated, and includes an entirely new chapter on Climate Change, presenting an authoritative view on this topic. Chapters in fast moving areas have been completely revised and several newcomers have joined the original set of authors.

This popular book has proved invaluable as a teaching resource for two decades and is frequently used as a reference by practitioners in the field. Readers of earlier editions will benefit from updates on technologies such as nanoscience, and the legislative changes that have occurred since the fourth edition in 2001.

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Pollution

Causes, Effects and Control

By R M Harrison

The Royal Society of Chemistry

Copyright © 2014 The Royal Society of Chemistry
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-84973-648-0

Contents

List of Contributors, 
Chapter 1 Chemical Pollution of the Aquatic Environment by Priority Pollutants and its Control Oliver A.H. Jones, Rachel L. Gomes, 
Chapter 2 Chemistry and Pollution of the Marine Environment Martin R. Preston, 
Chapter 3 Drinking Water Quality and Health John K. Fawell, 
Chapter 4 Water Pollution Biology William M. Mayes, 
Chapter 5 Sewage and Sewage Sludge Treatment Elise Cartmell, 
Chapter 6 Treatment of Toxic Wastes Stuart T. Wagland, Simon J. T. Pollard, 
Chapter 7 Air Pollution: Sources, Concentrations and Measurements Roy M. Harrison, 
Chapter 8 Chemistry of the Troposphere Roy M. Harrison, 
Chapter 9 Chemistry and Pollution of the Stratosphere A. Robert MacKenzie, Francis D. Pope, 
Chapter 10 Atmospheric Dispersal of Pollutants and the Modelling of Air Pollution Martin L. Williams, 
Chapter 11 Air Pollution and Health Robert L. Maynard, Jon Ayres, 
Chapter 12 Impacts of Air Pollutants on Crops, Trees and Ecosystems Mike Ashmore, 
Chapter 13 Control of Pollutant Emissions from Road Transport Claire Holman, 
Chapter 14 Climate Change Keith P. Shine, 
Chapter 15 Soil Pollution and Risk Assessment Chris D. Collins, 
Chapter 16 Solid Waste Management Gev Eduljee, 
Chapter 17 System Approaches: Life Cycle Assessment and Industrial Ecology Roland Clift, 
Chapter 18 The Environmental Behaviour of Persistent Organic Pollutants Stuart Harrad, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah, 
Chapter 19 Radioactivity in the Environment C. Nicholas Hewitt, 
Chapter 20 Health Effects of Environmental Chemicals Juana Maria Delgado-Saborit, Roy M. Harrison, 
Chapter 21 The Legal Control of Pollution Richard Macrory, William Howarth, 
Chapter 22 The Regulation of Industrial Pollution Martin G. Bigg, 
Subject Index, 

CHAPTER 1

Chemical Pollution of the Aquatic Environment by Priority Pollutants and its Control

OLIVER A.H. JONES AND RACHEL L. GOMES,

1.1 INTRODUCTION

It is difficult to imagine the modern 21th century lifestyle without the mobile phones, tablet PCs and social media that the majority of the general public have become accustomed to. Such technology is heavily reliant on chemicals and chemical technology. For example, solvents are widely used in electronics as solders and for cleansing, stripping, and degreasing operations and encapsulations. Solvents are also the cause of a significant portion of workplace hazards and exposure problems in not only the electronics industry but many others as well, for example agriculture, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. The chemical industry is an important pillar of the modern world economy and the chemical industry affects nearly every part of our daily life.

Biological and physico-chemical processes operating in aquatic systems can remove pollutants from circulation, fix them more or less indefinitely, or degrade them to less harmful compounds. The self-purification capacity of many aquatic systems has led to their use for the indiscriminate disposal of society's waste in the past. While the pollutants themselves are often invisible to the naked eye, their impact on water resources and aquatic life is often quite conspicuous. Pollutant discharges may cause fish kill events, noxious smells or even change the colour of the water, all of which are easily perceptible to the casual observer. Ho

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849736480
• ISBN 13: 9781849736480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 578
• Editor: R M Harrison