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Arsenic in Groundwater: Poisoning and Risk Assessment

The main focus of Arsenic in Groundwater: Poisoning and Risk Assessment is to explore the untold stories of groundwater arsenic in view of its poisonous nature for human health, social implications, exposure and risk assessment, worldwide concentrations with space-time dimension, micro level GIS application in spatial arsenic concentration, policy response and mitigation options, and water right ...

By IWA Publishing

Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds

This book evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by arsenic and arsenic compounds. Arsenic is widely distri-buted in the earth's crust and is emitted into the atmosphere by coal-fired power generation plants and volcanic activity. Inorganic arsenic of geological origin is found in groundwater used as drinking-water in several parts of the world, e.g., Bangladesh. In these ...

By World Health Organization (WHO)

Ecological Risk Assessment for Contaminated Sites

Love Canal. Exxon Valdez. Times Beach. Sacramento River Spill. Amoco Cadiz. Seveso. Every area of the world has been affected by improper waste disposal and chemical spills. Common hazardous waste sites include abandoned warehouses, manufacturing facilities, processing plants, and landfills. These sites poison the land and contaminate groundwater and drinking ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

GEMS Environment Library No. 15: Groundwater a Threatened Resource

This publication is intended to explain to readers how important groundwater is, the extent of the threat to it, and the actions that can be taken to protect it.The world's water is one of our most precious resources. Lack of water is one of the principal causes of delayed development. Polluted water is one of the biggest killers we know, responsible for up to 27000 deaths a day in the world's ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Perchlorate

Perchlorate is a widespread, environmentally persistent contaminant recently discovered in U.S. groundwater and drinking water supplies. This book summarizes the most current knowledge and understandings of the extent and potential sources of perchlorate contamination, its behavior, exposure pathways in the environment, toxicology and risk assessment, and recent advances in treatment technologies ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Arsenic in Groundwater: Poisoning and Risk Assessment

Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds

Ecological Risk Assessment for Contaminated Sites

GEMS Environment Library No. 15: Groundwater a Threatened Resource

Perchlorate

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