Encyclopedia of Pollution, Revised Edition

Alexander Gates, Robert Blauvelt

Description

Praise for the previous edition:

"Editors' Choice Reference Source"—Booklist

"Best Reference Source"—Library Journal

"Runner-up, General Nonfiction category"—Green Book Festival

"Top 40 Reference Titles"—Pennsylvania School Librarians Association

"A worthwhile reference for high school students and the general public."—Library Journal

"...interesting and helpful...will help readers gain an understanding of major concepts, terms, and events in modern pollution studies. Recommended."—Choice

"Definitive yet accessible...notable for reliable information on a topic of interest to both undergraduate and lay audiences, merits high recommendation for high-school, public, and academic libraries."—Booklist, starred review

"...fascinating..."—Library Journal

"...an excellent addition for all academic libraries and large public libraries."—American Reference Books Annual

"This accessible and attractive encyclopedia provides depth, variety and currency and would be valuable for most high school collections."—Pennsylvania School Librarians Association

"...recommended...an excellent source of background reading."—Reference Reviews

Newly updated, the Encyclopedia of Pollution, Revised Edition is a comprehensive reference designed to address all aspects of pollution and the global impact on the environment in a single source. Containing more than 300 entries and essays interspersed throughout, it uses the most current scientific data to explain the different types of pollutants including properties, production, uses, environmental release and fate, adverse health response to exposure, and environmental regulations on human exposure. It provides the scientific background on the water, soil, and air of environments where the pollutants are released. Coverage also includes pollution regulation, the function of federal regulatory agencies and environmental advocacy groups, and the technology and methods to reduce pollution and to remediate existing pollution problems. 

Numerous case studies explore the most infamous of pollution events such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Gulf War oil well fires, the Chernobyl disaster, Hurricane Katrina, the World Trade Center disaster, and the Love Canal in New York, among many others—including those that had great impact on legislation or that were used in popular media such as the films Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action. Biographies are provided of some of the leaders and pioneers of pollution study and activism. Other useful features include a detailed glossary, a timeline, and tables.

Sujets

• Climate Change
• Environmental Science
• Sciences et techniques
• Environment
• Earth
• Global
• Science
• Pollution

Informations

• Publié par: Infobase Publishing
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781438195995
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Encyclopedia of Pollution, Revised Edition
Copyright © 2020 by Alexander E. Gates and Robert P. Blauvelt
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Contents Entries 1,4-Dioxane 1-Bromopropane 3,3′-dichlorobenzidine absorption absorption barrier acid mine drainage (AMD) acrolein and pollution action levels activator (pollution) active ingredient (pollution) acute effect acute toxicity adaptation add-on control device Administrative Procedures Act administrative record (pollution) adsorption (pollution) advanced treatment Aegean Sea oil spill aerated lagoon aeration (pollution) afterburner (pollution) agricultural waste air mass (pollution) air permeability air pollutants and regulation air pollution air pollution and national parks air pollution and Sudbury mining air pollution and the ocean air quality standards airborne release aldrin/dieldrin and pollution algal blooms (pollution) alkaline (pollution) Amoco Cadiz oil spill amphibole (pollution) annular space antifouling paint and pollution antimony and pollution Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARARs) aquifer test aquifers and pollution aquitard (pollution) architectural coatings Area of Concern (AOC) Argo Merchant oil spill arsenic in soil and groundwater in Bangladesh arsenicals artesian (aquifer or flowing well) asbestos and pollution Asbestos-Containing Waste Materials (ACWM) Atlantic Empress oil spill atmosphere (pollution) atomic mass atrazine and pollution attenuation (pollution) attractant (pollution) attrition (pollution) autotroph (primary producer) background level bacteria (pollution) bactericide baghouse filter baling barium and pollution base beaches and pollution bean sheet benthic or benthos benzene and pollution benzidine and pollution beryllium and pollution bioaccumulants bioaccumulation and biomagnification and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) bioavailabiliity biological measurement biological oxygen demand (BOD) (pollution) biological pesticides biomass bioremediation biotic community bloom boiler boom (pollution) Boston Molasses Disaster and environmental effects bounding estimate brackish water (pollution) Braer oil spill breakthrough breathing zone (pollution) brine mud broadcast application brownfields and cleanup burial ground (graveyard) Burmah Agate oil spill cadmium and pollution cap (pollution) capacity (pollution) capillary action (pollution) carbofuran and pollution carbon absorber carbon adsorption carbon dioxide and pollution carbon monoxide poisoning and pollution carbon tetrachloride and pollution carrier (pollution) carrying capacity (pollution) Carson, Rachel CAS registration number cask Castillo de Bellver oil spill cavitation (pollution) cells (pollution) cementitious centrifugal collector (pollution) CERCLIS characteristic (pollution) check-valve tubing pump chemical accident in Bhopal, India chemical compound chemical element chemical fire at the Chemical Control Corporation chemosterilant (pollution) Chernobyl nuclear disaster chiller chilling effect chlordane and pollution chlorinated solvents and pollution chlorinator chlorine-contact chamber chlorobenzene and pollution chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) (pollution) chloroform and pollution chlorophenoxyl chromium and pollution clean coal technology cleanup (pollution) clear well (pollution) closed-loop recycling coal tar creosote and pollution coastal plain deposits and pollution cobalt and pollution coke oven Coliform Index coliform organism collector (pollution) collector sewers colloids (pollution) Colorado River and pollution commercial waste comminuter comminution commonsense initiative community relations compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) compound (pollution) conditionally exempt generators (CE) conductance (pollution) cone penetrometer testing (CPT) consent decree (pollution) construction and demolition waste (pollution) consumptive water use continental shelf and pollution conventional tilling Copenhagen Accord core (pollution) corrective action cost/benefit analysis cost-effective alternative critical effect Crutzen, Paul Josef Cryptosporidium contamination and infection cubic feet per minute (CFM) cultures and stocks cumulative ecological risk assessment cuttings (pollution) cyanide and pollution Cyclic Aliphatic Bromide Cluster data quality objectives (DQOs) DBCP (1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane) DCB (dichlorobenzene) DCE (dichloroethene) DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) dead zone deadmen decay products (pollution) dechlorination decomposition (pollution) Deepwater Horizon oil spill deicing chemicals and pollution delist deltas and environmental issues dermal absorption or penetration desertification and environmental issues deserts and pollution designer bugs destination facility destruction facility detection criterion detention time development effects dewater diatomaceous earth (pollution) diazinon and pollution dicofol diffused air digester (pollution) digestion (pollution) dilutents dinocap dinoseb dioxin and pollution direct runoff discharge (pollution) disinfectant by-product disinfectant time disposal facilities disseminated ore deposit dissolved solids (pollution) distillation (pollution) disulfoton and pollution diversion rate DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) DNA hybridization domestic application Donora Killer Fog dosage/dose DOT reportable quantity downgradient DP hole draft permit drainage (pollution) drawdown (pollution) drinking water equivalent level drinking water state revolving fund drive casing dry cleaning and pollution dual-phase extraction duplicate Dust Bowl dustfall jar dystrophic lakes E. coli and contamination ecological entity ecological exposure ecological indicator ecological integrity ecological sustainability or environmental sustainability ecosphere (pollution) ecosystem structure EDB (1,2-dibromoethane) Edwards Aquifer and pollution effluent guidelines ejector (pollution) emergency and hazardous chemical inventory emergency (chemical) emergency response values emergency suspension emergent coastline emission cap enclosure Endicott solvent contamination endosulfan and pollution endrin and pollution end-use product enforcement Enforcement Decision Document (EDD) engineered controls enrichment (pollution) entrain environmental and health hazards of arsenic environmental concerns of landfills environmental exposure environmental fate data Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) environmental regulations overview environmental risk or ecological risk environmental site assessment epidemiology and health effects episode (pollution) Erika oil spill ethylbenzene and pollution eutrophication ex situ remediation of contaminated groundwater exclusionary ordinance exempt solvent exemption experimental use permit explosive limits export (pollution) exposure concentration exposure level exposure-response relationship extensive properties (of matter) extraction well extraterrestrial impacts and pollution extremely hazardous substances Exxon Valdez oil spill feasibility study (pollution) FIFRA pesticide ingredient filling filtration (pollution) Financial Assurance for Closure fix a sample flocculation (pollution) floor sweep Floridan Aquifer and pollution flowable flowmeter (pollution) flush focus (pollution) formaldehyde and pollution Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) and pollution formulation free product friable asbestos front fuel switching functional equivalent fungistat furan and pollution future liability gasoline volatility generator (pollution) geologic log Giardia and pollution glacial deposits and pollution glaciation and pollution glass containers global warming and pollution gooseneck Gore, Al gradient (pollution) Greenpeace and the environment gross alpha or beta particle activity groundwater and pollution groundwater contamination and cemeteries Ground-Water Disinfection Rule Gulf of Mexico dead zone Gulf War oil spills Haiti deforestation half-life (pollution) Hawaiian Patriot oil spill hazard (pollution) hazard ratio hazardous air pollutants hazardous waste landfill hazardous waste minimization hazards identification (pollution) HCB (hexachlorobenzene) HCBD (hexachlorobutadiene) HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) Health Advisory Level heavy metals (pollution) heptachlor and pollution heterotrophic organisms high-density polyethylene (HDPE) (pollution) highest dose tested high-line jumpers high-risk community high-to-low-dose extrapolation hog waste and Hurricane Floyd hollow stem auger drilling household waste (domestic waste) (pollution) Hudson River PCB pollution human exposure evaluation human health risk hurricanes and environmental damage hydraulic conductivity hydride (pollution) hydrogen sulfide (H2S) (pollution) hydropneumatic hypersensitivity diseases hypoxia/hypoxic waters Imhoff cone imidacloprid and pollution imminent threat in situ (chemical) oxidation (ISCO) in situ flushing in situ groundwater remediation incineration at sea indoor air indoor air pollution indoor climate industrial mineral industrial pollution prevention industrial process waste inert ingredient infiltration rate influent/effluent streams and pollution inoculum (pollution) inorganic pollutants institutional waste instream use integrated exposure assessment intensity (pollution) intermediates interstate carrier water supply Interstate Commerce clause interstitial monitoring ion exchange treatment irreversible effect (pollution) irrigation efficiency isopleth isotope Ixtoc I oil spill karst and pollution Kingston coal ash release Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer and pollution Koeppen Clima