
Arsenic in the Environment, 2 Part Set
Jerome O. Nriagu(Editor)
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. November 1994
Book
Hardback
723 pages
978-0-471-11231-0 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive and up-to-date investigation of one of the deadliest toxins and its impact on ecological and human health. Part one contains a thorough treatment of the chemical nature of arsenic, its environmental behavior and its measurement through contemporary analytical methods. Part two deals with the latest findings from a wide range of international research groups into the repercussions of arsenic exposures on human health and the ecosystem.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
652 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-11231-0 (9780471112310)
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JEROME O. NRIAGU is a professor in the Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, School of Public Health, the University of Michigan, and an adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo. For many years he was a research scientist with the National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Ontario. He is the editor of the Wiley Series in Advances in Environmental Science and Technology and has edited, among many other volumes, Nickel and Human Health, Food Contamination from Environmental Sources, Gaseous Pollutants, and Aquatic Toxicology. Dr. Nriagu received BSc and DSc degrees from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, an MS from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a PhD in geochemistry from the University of Toronto. He has published extensively in leading geochemical and environmental science journals and has received a number of awards for his work. lie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Content
Arsenic: Historical Perspectives (J. Azcue & J. Nriagu).
Arsenic Distribution in Soils (H. Yan-Chu).
Arsenic Mobilization and Bioavailability in Soils (D. Bhumbla & R. Keefer).
Mobilization of Arsenic in Contaminated River Waters (W. Mok & C. Wai).
Removal of Arsenic in Drinking Water Treatment (M. Jekel).
Biotransformation of Arsenic in the Freshwater Environment (S. Maeda).
The Chemical Forms of Arsenic in Aquatic Organisms and Their Interrelationships (D. Phillips).
Arsenic in Several Chinese Estuaries and Coastal Seas (L. Xiankun, et al.).
Arsenic in Vegetation of Wetlands (M. Otte & W. Ernst).
Arsenic Minerals Formed at Low Temperatures (F. Schaufelberger).
Index.
Arsenic Distribution in Soils (H. Yan-Chu).
Arsenic Mobilization and Bioavailability in Soils (D. Bhumbla & R. Keefer).
Mobilization of Arsenic in Contaminated River Waters (W. Mok & C. Wai).
Removal of Arsenic in Drinking Water Treatment (M. Jekel).
Biotransformation of Arsenic in the Freshwater Environment (S. Maeda).
The Chemical Forms of Arsenic in Aquatic Organisms and Their Interrelationships (D. Phillips).
Arsenic in Several Chinese Estuaries and Coastal Seas (L. Xiankun, et al.).
Arsenic in Vegetation of Wetlands (M. Otte & W. Ernst).
Arsenic Minerals Formed at Low Temperatures (F. Schaufelberger).
Index.