Mercury pollution a transdisciplinary treatment

"Using mercury pollution as an example, this book illustrates the interdisciplinary approach required for solving environmental problems. It explains the details of the natural cycling of mercury in and on the earth and discusses how humans have dramatically disrupted its exchange among the ear...

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Other Authors Zuber, Sharon L., Newman, Michael C.
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2012.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781439833889
Physical Descriptionxxxi, 256 p. : ill., maps.

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Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. When the scientific vantage is not enough / Michael C. Newman
  • ch. 2. Dangerous attractions : mercury in human history / Kris Lane
  • ch. 3. Human impacts on earth's natural mercury cycle / Elizabeth Malcolm
  • ch. 4. Mercury by the numbers / Michael C. Newman and Kenneth M.Y. Leung
  • ch. 5. Is tuna safe? : a sociological analysis of federal fish advisories / Kelly Joyce
  • ch. 6. How USA Today constructs the problem of mercury pollution : a sociological analysis of risk and blame / Christine Mowery and Sarah Jane Brubaker
  • ch. 7. Input/output : researching and communicating mercury issues online / John Garnett Drummond
  • ch. 8. Making mercury visible : the minamata documentaries of Tsuchimoto Noriaki / Justin Jesty
  • ch. 9. Mercury-inspired arts / Kira Obolensky and Elizabeth Mead
  • ch. 10. Writing as environmental stewardship / Sydney Landon Plum
  • ch. 11. The necessity of international agreement / I.L. 'Pep' Fuller and Clare Stankwitz.