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Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Environment - Status and Trends in the Pacific Basin Countries I Contamination Status (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,839
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Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Environment - Status and Trends in the Pacific Basin Countries I Contamination Status...

Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Environment - Status and Trends in the Pacific Basin Countries I Contamination Status (Hardcover)

Bommanna G. Loganathan, Jong Seong Khim, Prasada Rao S. Kodavanti, Shigeki Masunaga

Series: ACS Symposium Series

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Environmental pollution by man-made Persistent Organic Chemicals (POCs) has been a serious global issue for over half a century. Exposure to POCs may result in health effects, including, endocrine disruption leading to birth defects, intellectual disability, low testosterone, childhood obesity, autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Therefore, POCs have been the subject of intensive regional, national, and international efforts to limit the production, use, and disposal of these chemicals. Since POCs are ubiquitous and recalcitrant, and cause long-term effects on wildlife and humans, trend monitoring studies are valuable in making clear the behavior and fate of these compounds and to protect our environment and living resources. The Pacific Basin is a unique geographical region representing tropical, temperate and polar zones. This region is home to two-thirds of the world's population and consists of rapidly growing economies (countries) and highly developed countries. Due to this diversity of climatic and socio-economic conditions, environment and biota in different countries in this basin have varying degrees of environmental contamination and effects on wildlife and humans. The Pacific Rim countries play a pivotal role in governing global POC contamination and resulting harmful health effects. Because articles on POCs and their effect on environment and health are published in a large number of different journals, it is useful to have a book that includes original papers and reviews on the latest advances by well-known scientists in the field, especially focusing on the countries in the Pacific Rim. The two volumes of this book satisfy this need. Topics covered in Volume 1 include an overview of POCs contamination status and trends in the Pacific Basin Countries; human exposure to brominated flame retardants; POCs in sediments, soil and atmosphere of South Korea; and new research on sequestration and redistribution of emerging and classical persistent organic pollutants by polystyrene. The collection of chapters in these volumes may serve as a reasonable representation of current and future trends of POCs in the Pacific Basin countries. It is hoped that the book can inspire students and researchers, as well as professionals, to facilitate the understanding of the environmental and biological behavior of these persistent chemicals and to help in the development of strategies and practices for protecting the global environment for future generations.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: ACS Symposium Series
Release date: May 2018
Editors: Bommanna G. Loganathan (Professor of Environmental/Analytical Chemistry) • Jong Seong Khim (Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences) • Prasada Rao S. Kodavanti (Senior Research Toxicologist) • Shigeki Masunaga (Professor of Environment and Information Sciences)
Dimensions: 230 x 161 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-0-8412-3197-9
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Pollution control
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General
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LSN: 0-8412-3197-4
Barcode: 9780841231979

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