Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chemistry and environmentala chemistry -- Properties of water and bodies of water -- Fundamentals of aquatic chemistry -- Oxidation-reduction -- Phase interactions -- Aquatic microbial biochemistry -- Water pollution -- Water treatment -- The atmosphere and atmospheric chemistry -- Particles in the atmosphere -- Gaseous inorganic air pollutants -- Organic air pollutants -- Photochemical smog -- The endangered global atmosphere -- The geosphere and geochemistry -- Soil chemistry -- Nature and sources of hazardous wasters -- Environmental chemistry of hazardous wastes -- Reduction, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes -- Toxicological chemistry -- Resources and chemistry.