Chlorinated organic micropollutants

Chlorinated Organic Micropollutants addresses the sources, environmental cycles, uptake, consequences and control of many of the more important chlorinated organic micropollutants, including PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs and various chlorinated pesticides, all of which have given widespread cause for concern i...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Other Authors Hester, R. E., Harrison, Roy M., 1948-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, U.K. : Royal Society of Chemistry, ©1996.
SeriesIssues in environmental science and technology ; 6.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1591244188
9781591244189
9781847550491
1847550495
0854042253
9780854042258
ISSN1350-7583 ;
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 183 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Sources and fates of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and biphenyls / Stuart J. Harrad
  • Human exposure to dioxin / Curtis C. Travis and April G. Nixon
  • Biological uptake and transfer to polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans / Michael S. McLachlan
  • Atmospheric chemistry of PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs / Roger Atkinson
  • Human toxicology of chlorinated organic micropollutants / Stephen Safe
  • Ecotoxicology of chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons / Pim de Voogt
  • Chlorinated pesticides / Alan Turnbull
  • Studies of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Great Lakes / Deborah L. Swackhamer
  • Control of PCDD and PCDF emissions from waste combustors / Gev H. Eduljee and Peter Cains.