Arsenic pollution [[electronic resource] ] : a global synthesis / / Peter Ravenscroft, Hugh Brammer and Keith Richards
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| Autore: |
Ravenscroft Peter
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| Titolo: |
Arsenic pollution [[electronic resource] ] : a global synthesis / / Peter Ravenscroft, Hugh Brammer and Keith Richards
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (618 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.738/49 |
| 363.7384 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Arsenic compounds - Environmental aspects |
| Arsenic wastes - Environmental aspects | |
| Altri autori: |
BrammerH
RichardsK. S
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [528]-580) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Arsenic Pollution; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; 1 Introduction; 2 Hydrogeochemistry of Arsenic; 3 The Hydrogeology of Arsenic; 4 Soils and Agriculture; 5 Health Effects of Arsenic in Drinking Water and Food; 6 Water-supply Mitigation; 7 Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water; 8 Arsenic in Asia; 9 Arsenic in North America and Europe; 10 Arsenic in South and Central America, Africa, Australasia and Oceania; 11 Synthesis, Conclusions and Recommendations; References; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Arsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply, treatment, and water resource management.Provides the first global and interdisciplinary account of arsenic pollution occurrencesIntegrates geochemistry, hydrology, agriculture, and water supply and treatment for the first timeOptions are highlighted for developing alternative water sources and methods for arsenic testing and removalAppeals to specialists in one discipli |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Arsenic pollution |
| ISBN: | 1-282-13915-0 |
| 9786612139154 | |
| 1-4443-0878-5 | |
| 1-4443-0879-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910841312503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
RGS-IBG book series.