Screen LibraryEncyclopedia of pollution
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Facts on File,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Facts on File science library |
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| Carrier Form: | 2 v. (xiii, 977, 34 p.): ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780816070022 0816070024 |
| Index Number: | X5 |
| CLC: | X5-61 |
| Call Number: | X5-61/G259 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Cross-referenced lists of entries -- Entries A-M -- Feature Essays: -- Air pollution in National Parks / Robert P Blauvelt -- Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone / Alexander E Gates, PhD -- Epidemiology and health effects / Robert P Blauvelt -- Hurricane Floyd and Hog Waste in Eastern North Carolina / Alexander E Gates, PhD -- Space shuttle launches and air pollution / Robert P Blauvelt -- Regulation of ocean pollution / Robert P Blauvelt -- Air pollution over the ocean / Robert P Blauvelt -- Dry cleaning and the environment / Robert P Blauvelt -- Deicing chemicals an Book Description: Encyclopedia of Pollution is a new, two-volume color set designed to address all aspects of pollution and the global impact on the environment in a single source. Containing more than 300 entries and essays interspersed throughout, it uses the most current scientific data to explain the different types of pollutants including properties, production, uses, environmental release and fate, adverse health response to exposure, and environmental regulations on human exposure. It provides the scientific background on the water, soil, and air of environments where the pollutants a |