Urban aerosols and their impacts : lessons learned from the World Trade Center Tragedy /
"Urban aerosols have been identified as important species of concern due to their potential health and environmental impacts. This symposium series book will describe the basic chemistry and physics determining the impacts of aerosol species and will highlight the research results from the meas...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
| Published: |
Washington, DC :
American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press,
©2006.
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| Series: | ACS symposium series ;
919. |
| Subjects: |
Construction and demolition debris
> Environmental aspects
> New York (State)
> New York
> Congresses.
Déchets de construction et de démolition
> Aspect de l'environnement
> New York (État)
> New York, Région de
> Congrès.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Urban aerosols have been identified as important species of concern due to their potential health and environmental impacts. This symposium series book will describe the basic chemistry and physics determining the impacts of aerosol species and will highlight the research results from the measurements that were taken following the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) on 9/11/01. The WTC tragedy led to the release of millions of pounds of debris aside from the structural steel, part of which was widely dissipated as aerosols and particulates in the debris cloud over lower Manhattan. Additionally, continuing fires under the debris led to the release of fine combustion related aerosols for a considerable time period in this urban environment. Held during the week of the second anniversary of the WTC tragedy in NYC, the symposium book will describe various aspects of the event, aerosol and gas exposures, and the related impacts of these aerosols. The book contributions will highlight efforts work from atmospheric chemists, meteorologists, health workers, and biologists for a timely compilation of what is known and not known about the composition and transport of tropospheric aerosols in urban environs, particularly those from the WTC collapse. Particular interest is in the acute and chronic environmental effects of these aerosols as they impact human health. Chapters included in the book will also address aerosol lifetimes, aerosol transport and removal processes, acute and chronic health effects to fine aerosol and particulate exposures, and the environmental impacts of aerosols."--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title page (ACS publications, viewed August 5, 2009). Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Environmental Chemistry, Incorporated and Geochemistry, Incorporated at the 226th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New York, September 7-11, 2003. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 335 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780841220379 0841220379 |