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Pollutant Diseases, Remediation and Recycling (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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Pollutant Diseases, Remediation and Recycling (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 4
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Pollution has no borders. This popular 70's saying from early
ecologists is surprisingly still true nowadays despite overwhelming
scientific evidence and public awareness of the occurrence of
artificial toxic substances in water, food, air, living organisms
and the environment. This book presents advanced reviews on
pollutant occurrence, transfer, toxicity and remediation. The
chapter on school air quality by Dambruoso et al. highlights the
overlooked health issue of airborne pollutants in buildings.
Children are particularly threatened because they spend 90% of
their time indoors, even in summer. The chapter on industrial
wastewater pollutants by Dsikowitzky and Schwarzbauer reviews
pollutants from textile, petrochemical, paper, tire, chemical and
pharmaceutical plants. The authors describe advanced analytical
methods and ecotoxicity tests. Industrial pollutants include
dioxins and furans that are also reviewed in the chapter by Mudhoo
et al. The chapter on fly ash by Gianoncelli et al. presents many
techniques to treat fly ash and, in turn, decrease pollutant
concentrations. The authors also explain that fly ash can be
recycled in agriculture, buildings and geopolymers. The chapter on
antifouling paints used for ship protection, by Sousa et al.,
highlights the occurrence of toxic organotins in human organs such
as heart, liver and breast milk. The chapter on surfactants by
Rebello et al. focuses on safety concerns for humans and the
ecosystems. Remediation techniques and green surfactants are
presented. The chapters on toxic metals by Nava-Ruiz and
Mendez-Armenta, Abarikwu and Ristic et al. describe sources,
monitoring and diseases induced by lead, mercury, cadmium and
thallium. The chapter on carcinogenic nitrosamines by Li et al.
presents techniques and materials such as zeolites to remediate
liquids and smoke containing nitrosamines.
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