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Global Environmental Policies: Institutions and Procedures (Global Issues)
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Description for Global Environmental Policies: Institutions and Procedures (Global Issues)
Hardcover. As globalization influences the transformation of environmental politics, the accumulation of diverse processes and movements requires systematic analysis. This volume responds to the need for an integrative framework in which to situate the trends and practices of environmental protection. Editor(s): Jeong, Ho-Won. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586.
The worst chemical disaster ever could be happening right now. In India and Bangladesh between forty and eighty million people are at risk of consuming too much arsenic from well water that might have already caused one hundred thousand cancer cases and thousands of deaths. Many millions elsewhere in South-East Asia and South America may soon suffer a similar fate. Venomous Earth is the story of this tragedy: the geology, the biology, the politics and the history. It starts in Ancient Greece, touches down in today's North America and takes in William Morris, alchemy, farming, medicine, mining and a cosmetic ... Read more
The worst chemical disaster ever could be happening right now. In India and Bangladesh between forty and eighty million people are at risk of consuming too much arsenic from well water that might have already caused one hundred thousand cancer cases and thousands of deaths. Many millions elsewhere in South-East Asia and South America may soon suffer a similar fate. Venomous Earth is the story of this tragedy: the geology, the biology, the politics and the history. It starts in Ancient Greece, touches down in today's North America and takes in William Morris, alchemy, farming, medicine, mining and a cosmetic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Global Issues
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333779019
SKU
V9780333779019
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99-15
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Andrew Meharg is Professor of Biogeochemistry at the University of Aberdeen where he studies and teaches on the impact of pollutants on the environment. His particular interest is how arsenic interacts with plants, animals and humans. In this capacity he has advised national and international government and aid bodies. Andrew has published numerous academic papers, book chapters and popular press ... Read more
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