Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination: A Pakistan Perspective - Couverture rigide

Farooqi, Abida

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8132222970 ISBN 13 : 9788132222972

Editeur : Springer, India, Private Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

The book highlights the concrete situation in Pakistan – including the severity of the problem, its health effects and the risks posed to the people living in affected areas by these two major pollutants– and points out essential research areas that call for immediate attention.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Abida Farooqi received her Ph.D. from the Earth Sciences Department of Osaka City University in 2007 on the Geochemistry of Arsenic and Fluoride and its mechanism. Currently she is Assistant Professor in Environmental Sciences at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Previously she was a faculty at the Environmental Sciences Department, Fatima Jinnah Women University and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. She teaches courses in Ground and surface Water Chemistry, Environmental Geology, Environmental Analytical Techniques and Environmental Chemistry. Abida Farooqi is Environmental Geochemist, focusing on arsenic and fluoride pollution and its remedial measures in Pakistan. She is involved in several research projects related to arsenic and fluoride pollution at National and International level.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer, India, Private Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8132222970
• ISBN 13: 9788132222972
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 158
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