Chlorinated organic micropollutants /

Chlorinated Organic Micropollutants addresses the sources, environmental cycles, uptake, consequences and control of many of the more important chlorinated organic micropollutants, including PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs and various chlorinated pesticides, all of which have given widespread cause for concern i...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Other Authors: Harrison, Roy M., 1948-, Hester, R. E. (Ronald E.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Cambridge, U.K. : Royal Society of Chemistry, [1996]
Series:Issues in environmental science and technology ; 6.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Sources and fates of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and biphenyls / Stuart J. Harrad
  • Human exposure to dioxin / Curtis C. Travis and April G. Nixon
  • Biological uptake and transfer to polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans / Michael S. McLachlan
  • Atmospheric chemistry of PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs / Roger Atkinson
  • Human toxicology of chlorinated organic micropollutants / Stephen Safe
  • Ecotoxicology of chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons / Pim de Voogt
  • Chlorinated pesticides / Alan Turnbull
  • Studies of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Great Lakes / Deborah L. Swackhamer
  • Control of PCDD and PCDF emissions from waste combustors / Gev H. Eduljee and Peter Cains.