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RECORD NUMBER: 3 OF 4| Main Title | Understanding environmental pollution / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Hill, Marquita K. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2010 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 499073785 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780521518666 (hbk.); 0521518660 (hbk.); 9780521736695 (pbk.); 0521736692 (pbk.) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Contaminaciâon ; Contaminantes ; Pollution--Environmental aspects ; Pollution ; Pollutants ; Environmental quality | |||||||||||
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| Edition | 3rd ed. | |||||||||||
| Collation | xvi, 585 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | 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. Starting with the definition of pollution and how pollutants behave, this text progresses to covering air and water pollution basics, pollution and global change, solid waste, and pollution in the home. |