Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes
Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes

Author: Ronald A. Hites

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-02-09

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9783540291688

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Pollution threatens the Laurentian Great Lakes and is a serious problem. This book examines what is known about the major classes of persistent toxic organic pollutants. Agricultural runoff, urban waste, industrial discharge, landfill leachate, and atmospheric deposition, are all to blame. Contamination of the various ecosystems is reviewed, and what is known about the effects of this pollution. This volume provides an invaluable resource for those in environmental research, measurements, and decision making concerning the Great Lakes.

Mercury Contaminated Sites
Mercury Contaminated Sites

Author: Berdj Kenadjian

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-11

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 9781933538235

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From Darkness to Light is the true story of how two little-known men, guided by unseen celestial forces, confronted and overcame overwhelming obstacles to create a new understanding of the root causes of world disorder and its bitter fruit of widespread anxiety.