Understanding Environmental Pollution

• Main Author: Hill, Marquita K Marquita Kaya Hill (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010
• Edition: Third edition
• Subjects: Pollution > Environmental Aspects; Pollutants; Environmental Quality
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The third edition of this well-received textbook delivers a concise overview of global and individual environmental pollution for undergraduate courses, presenting students with the tools to assess environmental issues. With more than thirty percent new material, Hill assesses pollution from an inte...

Table of Contents:

• Understanding pollution
• Reducing risk, reducing pollution
• Chemical toxicity
• Chemical exposures and risk assessment
• Air pollution
• Acid deposition
• Global climate change
• Stratospheric ozone depletion
• Water pollution
• Drinking water pollution
• Solid waste
• Hazardous waste
• Energy
• Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic
• Metals
• Pesticides
• Pollution at home
• Zero waste, zero emissions
• Chemistry: some basic concepts.