UID:
almahu_9948026077502882
Format:
1 online resource (319 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-78402-339-6
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1-282-95590-X
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9786612955907
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1-4377-7826-7
Series Statement:
Handbook of pollution prevention and cleaner production ; v. 3
Content:
The Handbook of Cleaner Production comprises a series of reference guides to cleaner production methods, technologies, and practices for key industry sectors. Each volume covers, for each industry sector: * manufacturing technologies * waste management * pollution control and remediation * methods for estimating and reporting emissions * treatment and control technologies * health risk exposures for workers and the wider community * cost data for pollution management * cleaner production and prevention options * safe chemical handling practices Best Practices in the Agrochemi
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Industry and Products; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Fertilizers; 1.3 Pesticides and Other Agricultural Chemicals; 1.4 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); 1.5 Manufacturing Technologies; Chapter 2. Pollution and Pollution Prevention; 2.1 Sources of Pollution; 2.2 Case Study; 2.3 Environmental Aspects; 2.4 Recommended Pollution Prevention and Control Options; 2.5 Source Reduction Opportunities; 2.6 Water Management and Technical Challenges
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2.7 Steam Losses and Sensible Heat Recovery2.8 Pollution Prevention Opportunities; Chapter 3. Toxic and Dangerous Properties; Chapter 4. Atrazine; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Regulations; 4.3 How Atrazine Works; 4.4 Breakdown Products; 4.5 Water Contamination Issues; 4.6 Syngenta Atrazine Monitoring Program (AMP); 4.7 Health Effects; 4.8 Atrazine Exposure Case Studies; 4.9 Atrazine Removal Technologies; 4.10 Alternatives to Atrazine; Chapter 5. 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP); 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Toxicology and Health Risks; 5.3 Regulations and Standards; 5.4 The TCP-DCP Fumigant Link
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5.5 Groundwater Contamination Case Studies5.6 Another Toxic Soil Fumigant: Dibromochloropropane; 5.7 Treatment and Remediation Technologies; Chapter 6. DDT and Related Compounds; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 History of DDT: Production and Uses; 6.3 Distribution, Transport, and Environmental Fate; 6.4 Impact on Wildlife; 6.5 Health Effects; 6.6 Current Use, Malaria Controversy, and Alternatives; Chapter 7. Agent Orange; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Chemical Composition; 7.3 Uses in the Vietnam War; 7.4 Health Effects; 7.5 Government Response; 7.6 Litigation; 7.7 Other Uses
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Chapter 8. Pesticide Residue in Foods8.1 Federal Monitoring and Surveillance of Residue Contamination; 8.2 Modification of Pesticides During Post-Harvest; 8.3 The Food Quality Protection Act (US EPA, 2008); 8.4 Organic Foods; 8.5 The 'Dirty Dozen'; 8.6 Measuring Residual Levels (Nasreddine et al., 2002); 8.7 Acute Exposures and Contamination Variability; Chapter 9. EPA Screening Levels and Pesticide Status; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4377-7825-9
Language:
English
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