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Arsenic Pollution: A Global Synthesis
Peter Ravenscroft
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Description for Arsenic Pollution: A Global Synthesis
Hardback. Arsenic Pollution: A Global Synthesis compiles and summarizes the most up-to-date research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and the encouraging research that offers hope in mitigating this unfolding health crisis. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 618 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Arsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply, treatment, and water resource management.
Arsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply, treatment, and water resource management.
- Provides the first global and interdisciplinary account of arsenic pollution occurrences
- Integrates geochemistry, hydrology, agriculture, and water supply and treatment for the first time
- Options are highlighted for developing alternative water sources and methods for arsenic testing and removal
- Appeals to specialists in one discipline seeking an overview of the work being done in other disciplines
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
618
Condition
New
Series
RGS-IBG Book Series
Number of Pages
618
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405186025
SKU
V9781405186025
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99-50
About Peter Ravenscroft
Peter Ravenscroft is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and a hydrogeologist with extensive international experience in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe. He spent more than 10 years working in Bangladesh, where his involvement in research into the extent and causes of arsenic pollution in that country became the basis for this book. He co-authored the first ... Read more
Reviews for Arsenic Pollution: A Global Synthesis
"Overall, a wide-ranging yet detailed study of arsenic pollution in the water environment is provide, covering many of the subfields that make up the discipline of geography, including chemistry, socioeconomics and politics, to name but a few.... Arsenic Pollution provides a highly effective contemporary synthesis of this field." (Area, 2011) "This is an excellent book. For those seeking ... Read more