Abstract |
A seminar series 'Chemistry and Biology of Trace Metals in the Environment' was sponsored jointly by the School of Chemical Sciences and the School of Life Sciences of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, during the Spring semester of 1971. It was offered as a course listed as Chemistry 199 and 490, and Biology 199 and 490, open to undergraduate and graduate students from any college of the university. Topics considered include the following: Chemistry of trace metals in the environment; Heavy metals as environmental pollutants; Methylation of heavy metals; Some coordination compounds in biochemistry; Trace metals and animal growth and longevity; Trace metals - cadmium, lead and copper - in the blood and serum of cadmium-dosed rats; The ion microprobe; The clinical chemist's responsibility in environmental health; Automation and computerization of analytical measurements; Trace metals in soils; Trace elements and plant growth; Trace metals in coal; Trace elements in southern Lake Michigan; Removal of trace metals from public water supplies; Water quality and effluent standards for trace metals. |