
Development, Governance and Environment in South Asia
A Focus on Bangladesh
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 14. July 1999
Book
Hardback
XXIV, 371 pages
978-0-333-73974-7 (ISBN)
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Description
The worst chemical disaster ever could be happening right now. In India and Bangladesh between forty and eighty million people are at risk of consuming too much arsenic from well water that might have already caused one hundred thousand cancer cases and thousands of deaths. Many millions elsewhere in South-East Asia and South America may soon suffer a similar fate. Venomous Earth is the story of this tragedy: the geology, the biology, the politics and the history. It starts in Ancient Greece, touches down in today's North America and takes in William Morris, alchemy, farming, medicine, mining and a cosmetic that killed two popes.
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Edition
1999
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
biography
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 13.8 cm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
651 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-73974-7 (9780333739747)
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A Focus on Bangladesh
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A Focus on Bangladesh
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Andrew Meharg is Professor of Biogeochemistry at the University of Aberdeen where he studies and teaches on the impact of pollutants on the environment. His particular interest is how arsenic interacts with plants, animals and humans. In this capacity he has advised national and international government and aid bodies. Andrew has published numerous academic papers, book chapters and popular press articles on his research.
Content
The Devil's Water A Natural Disaster Fool's Gold The Verdant Assassin Healing Arsenic To Frustrate The Aim Of Justice Nothing Green Met The Eye The Extraordinarily Protracted Process Fighting Arsenic