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Document ID (ISN)64263
CIS number 95-692
ISBN(s) 0-85186-283-7
Year 1990
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Harrison R.M.
Title Pollution - Causes, effects and control
Bibliographic information Royal Society of Chemistry, Turpin Distribution Services Ltd., Blackhorse Road, Letchworth, Herts. SG6 1HN, United Kingdom, 2nd ed., 1990. xvii, 393p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Index. Price: GBP 29.50.
Abstract Topics covered in this manual include: chemical pollution of the aquatic environment; treatment of sewage sludge and toxic wastes; water quality and health; biological aspects of freshwater pollution; air pollutants and their chemical analysis; atmospheric dispersal of pollutants; catalyst systems for emission control from motor vehicles; health effects of environmental chemicals; legal control of pollution; control of industrial pollution; organometallic compounds in the environment; radioactivity; quantitative evaluation of environmental pollution problems.
Descriptors (primary) pollution control; environmental pollution; ecotoxicology
Descriptors (secondary) distribution of air pollutants; disposal of harmful waste; metals; radioactive substances; exhaust gases; organometallic compounds; atmospheric pollution; health hazards; legislation; water pollution; sewage treatment; manuals
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Environmental pollution
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Pollution control
Environmental pollution