Previous edition: 1996. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chemical pollution of the aquatic environment by priority pollutants and its control / B. Crathorne, Y.J. Rees and S. France -- Chemistry and pollution of the marine environment / M.R. Preston and R. Chester -- Drinking water quality and health / J.K. Fawell and G. Stanfield -- Water pollution biology / C.F. Mason -- Sewage and sewage sludge treatment / J. Lester and D. Edge -- The treatment of toxic wastes / A. James -- Air pollution / R.M. Harrison -- Chemistry and climate change in the troposphere / R.M. Harrison -- Chemistry and the pollution of the stratosphere / A.R. MacKenzie --Atmospheric dispersal of pollutants and the modelling of air pollution / M.L. Williams -- The health effects of air pollution / S. Walters and J. Ayres -- Impacts of gaseous pollutants on crops, trees and ecosystems / T.A. Mansfield and P.W. Lucas -- Control of pollutant emissions from road traffic / C. Holman -- Soil pollution and land contamination / B.J. Alloway -- Solid waste management / G. Eduljee and D. Arthur -- Clean technologies and industrial ecology / R. Clift -- The environmental behaviour of persistent organic pollutants / S. Harrad -- Radioactivity in the environment / C.N. Hewitt -- Health effects of environmental chemicals / P.T.C. Harrison -- The legal control of pollution / R. Macrory -- Integrated pollution prevention and control / D. Slater.