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"From the global to the cellular level, oxidants have provided the chemical dynamic for reactions both harmful and benign. As varied in type as in effect, oxidants include the oxides of nitrogen, sulfur, and carbon - implicated in the generation of smog - as well as oxidants useful in hypoxic cell-specific anticancer drugs and the treatment of contaminated waters. The complex nature of oxidants as well as their pervasiveness in the environment have made them keenly interesting to scientists monitoring environmental hazards and human health." "Environmental Oxidants is a broad-based, multidisciplinary study of the environmental chemistry and toxicology of oxidants as well as their widening role in pollution control. Featuring up-to-date research from internationally renowned scientists, the book sheds light on such critical topics as the evolution, production, distribution, and fate of oxidants in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere; the influence of human activities on oxidative processes in the atmosphere; oxidative stress at the cellular, systemic, and ecosystem levels; and the use of oxidants to remediate polluted sites. Specific studies include photosynthetic oxygen evolution, oxidants in the unpolluted marine atmosphere, ozone formation in urban plumes, the impact of dynamics and transport on stratospheric ozone and other constituents, health effects and toxicology of ozone and nitrogen dioxide, and some hematological effects of oxidants." "Reflecting current health concerns, the book also addresses such timely issues as oxidative stress and asbestos, the role of oxygen in lung toxicity induced by mineral fibers and particulates, as well as an alternative attainment criteria for a secondary federal standard for ozone. A selective and incisive look at the current state of research on oxidants, Environmental Oxidants provides environmental scientists and engineers with an informative, detailed discussion of just how and why oxidants have emerged as a key issue in human health and environmental integrity."--Jacket. 1. Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution / Charles F. Yocum -- 2. Oxidants in the Unpolluted Marine Atmosphere / Anne M. Thompson -- 3. Oxidation Processes in the Atmosphere and the Role of Human Activities: Observations and Model Results / Paul J. Crutzen, Jos Lelieveld and Christoph Bruhl -- 4. Ozone Formation in Urban Plumes / I. Colbeck and A.R. MacKenzie -- 5. Application of a Reactive Plume Model to a Case Study of Pollutant Oxidation and Acid Deposition / Eric Joos and Christian Seigneur -- 6. The Impact of Dynamics and Transport on Stratospheric Ozone and Other Constituents / John Austin -- 7. The Physical Chemistry of Photochemical Oxidant Generation in Natural Water Systems / Aldo Bruccoleri, Guiseppe Lepore and Cooper H. Langford -- 8. Aqueous Sulfur(IV) Oxidation Revisited / L. Robbin Martin -- 9. Oxidative Mechanisms of Phototoxity / Richard A. Larson and Karen A. Marley -- 10. Effects of Ozone in Human Studies / Neil Alexis, Susan M. Tarlo and Frances Silverman. 11. Health Effects and Toxicology of Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide / Mohammad G. Mustafa -- 12. Some Hematological Effects of Oxidants / Oguz K. Baskurt and Sema Yavuzer -- 13. Effects of Free Radicals from Hypoxic Cell Radiosensitizers, Hypoxic Cell Cytotoxins, and Bioreductive Anticancer Drugs on the Biological Environment / Hitoshi Hori, Hideko Nagasawa and Hiroshi Terada -- 14. The Role of Active Oxygen Species in Lung Toxicity Induced by Mineral Fibers and Particulates / Yvonne M.W. Janssen, Paul J.A. Borm, Joanne P. Marsh and Brooke T. Mossman -- 15. Oxidative Stress and Asbestos / Janusz Z. Byczkowski and Arun P. Kulkarni -- 16. Effects of Transition Metals on Biological Oxidations / Arun P. Kulkarni and Janusz Z. Byczkowski -- 17. Impact of Oxidants on a Forest Area Assessed with Dynamics Maps / Wolf Dieter Grossmann -- 18. Use of Ozone and Other Strong Oxidants for Hazardous Waste Management / Susan J. Masten and Simon H.R. Davies. 19. Alternative Attainment Criteria for a Secondary Federal Standard for Ozone / E. Henry Lee, William E. Hogsett and David T. Tingey -- 20. The Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO[subscript x] Emissions from Utility Boilers / Arun B. Mukherjee. |
