| Main Title |
Understanding environmental pollution : a primer / |
| Author |
Hill, Marquita K.
|
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Year Published |
2004 |
| OCLC Number |
60372133 |
| ISBN |
0521820243; 9780521820240; 0521527260; 9780521527262 |
| Subjects |
Pollution ;
Pollutants ;
Environmental Pollution ;
Environmental Pollutants ;
Polluants
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EHAM |
TD174.H55 2004 |
|
Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
09/17/2004 |
| EKBM |
TD174.H55 2004 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
03/31/2005 |
| ELBM |
TD174.H55 2004 |
|
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
04/22/2024 |
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| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Collation |
xvi, 468 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
1. Understanding pollution -- 2. Reducing pollution -- 3. Chemical toxicity -- 4. Chemical exposures and risk assessment -- 5. Air pollution -- 6. Acidic deposition -- 7. Global climate change -- 8. Stratospheric-ozone depletion -- 9. Water pollution -- 10. Drinking-water pollution -- 11. Solid waste -- 12. Hazardous waste -- 13. Energy -- 14. Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic -- 15. Metals -- 16. Pesticides -- 17. Pollution at home -- 18. Zero waste, zero emissions. As an introduction to environmental science and law, this primer looks at a range of global and local pollution themes and issues. The student is encouraged to see the complexity of the subject and how ethically ambiguous it can be. |
