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Title Hazardous materials : types, risks, and control / Satinder Kaur Brar, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2011]

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Series Environmental science, engineering and technology
Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
Contents HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TYPES, RISKS AND CONTROL ; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TYPES, RISKS AND CONTROL ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; HEAVY METALS FUNCTIONAL AND METABOLIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CARBOHYDRATES AND SECONDARY METABOLITES IN PLANTS. A REVIEW ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. PLANTS AND HEAVY METALS ; 3. TOLERANCE AND HYPERACCUMULATION ; 4. SOIL AVAILABILITY ; 5. BIOAVAILABILITY ; 6. RHIZOSPHERE AND ROOT UPTAKE ; 7. CELLULAR ACCUMULATION AND TOLERANCE ; 8. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS ; 9. PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY ; 10. CARBOHYDRATES AND RESPIRATION
11. CARBOHYDRATES AND SECONDARY METABOLISM 12. CARBOHYDRATES AND SUGAR SENSING ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES; ANTIBIOTICS AS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS: RISKS AND EUROPEAN OVERVIEW ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ANTIBIOTICS IN THE ENVIRONMENT ; 2.1. Antibiotics Characterization, Usage and Excretion ; Fluoroquinolones ; Tetracyclines ; Macrolides ; Sulphonamides ; 2.2. Antibiotics Consumption ; 2.3. Environmental Sources and Fate ; 2.4. Antibiotics Degradation Pathways ; Fluoroquinolones ; Tetracyclines ; Macrolides ; Other Groups ; 2.5. WWTPs Removal Efficiency ; 3. ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
3.1. Resistance 3.2. Ecotoxicity ; 3.3. Environmental Risk Assessment; 3.3.1. Regulatory Approach in the EU ; 3.3.2. Risk Assessemnt Strategy ; Prospective Risk Assessment Model (PRAM) ; Considerations on the Protection Goals ; Risk Management Recommendations -- RMRs ; Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives -- RPAs ; 4. EUROPEAN OCCURRENCE OVERVIEW ; 5. FINAL REMARKS ; Acknowledgments ; REFERENCES ; DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN WASTEWATER STREAMS; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; Water Foot Print ; WATER CONTAMINANTS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT ; WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Electrocoagulation (EC) Applications of EC ; Factors Influencing EC ; EC Advantages / Disadvantages; EC Challenges ; Challenges for Water Treatments ; WATER RECYCLING AND REUSE; FUTURE WATER CONTAMINANTS ; Future of Water Recycling ; ANALYSES/MONITORING TECHNIQUES ; On-line Monitoring Systems ; Challenges for Analysis and Monitoring ; CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCES ; HAZARDOUS METALS: SOURCES, TOXICITY, AND CONTROL; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; ANTIMONY ; ARSENIC ; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM ; CHROMIUM ; COPPER; LEAD ; MERCURY ; NICKEL ; SELENIUM ; SILVER ; THALLIUM ; ZINC ; METAL REMOVAL TECHNIQUES
Chemical Precipitation Ion Exchange ; Electrochemical Methods ; Reverse Osmosis ; Ultra- and Nano-Filtration ; Electrodialysis; Adsorption ; REFERENCES ; ARSENIC, HEAVY METALS AND SO2 DERIVED IN A MINING-METALLURGICAL PRODUCTION PROCESS ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. METHODOLOGY ; 2.1. The Study Area; 2.2. Environmental History ; 2.3. Sampling Sites ; 2.4. Extraction Procedure and Analysis ; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; 3.1. Particulate Matters; 3.2. Arsenic in Particulate Matters ; 3.3. Cadmium in Particulate Matters ; 3.4. Lead in Particulate Matters ; 3.5. Sulphur-dioxide
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Pollutants.
Hazardous wastes -- Purification.
Hazardous substances.
Sewage -- Purification -- Hazardous waste removal.
Factory and trade waste.
Environmental Pollutants
Industrial Waste
pollutants.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control.
Factory and trade waste
Hazardous substances
Hazardous wastes -- Purification
Pollutants
Sewage -- Purification -- Hazardous waste removal
Form Electronic book
Author Brar, Satinder Kaur, editor
LC no. 2020678033
ISBN 9781624175183
162417518X