Persistant Organic Pollutants - Couverture rigide

Harrad, Stuart

 
9781405169301: Persistant Organic Pollutants
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1405169303 ISBN 13 : 9781405169301
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Synopsis

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically, accumulate in the fatty tissue of living organisms and are toxic to humans and wildlife. The Stockholm Convention on POPs is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from POPs which came into force in 2004. Currently, twelve substances or substance groups are included under the Stockholm Convention, but there is a case for including new and emerging POPs such as brominated flame retardants and perfluorinated substances. This book considers these two new pollutants, together with the emerging area of chirality and its applications as an environmental forensics tool, and the topic of POPs contamination of indoor environments.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr Stuart Harrad is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham. He heads the NERC Network on POPs and has been selected to chair Dioxin 2008, a major conference on Halogenated POPs (1000 delegates).
He edited Persistent Organic Pollutants: Environmental Behaviour and Pathways of Human Exposure published by Kluwer in 2001.

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1405169303
ISBN 13 
9781405169301
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
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Personne responsable
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