Legacy Pathogenic And Emerging Contaminants In The Environment

Author : Manish Kumar,Meththika Vithanage,Sanjeeb Mohapatra,Kishor Acharya
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000473810

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Legacy, Pathogenic and Emerging Contaminants in the Environment by Manish Kumar,Meththika Vithanage,Sanjeeb Mohapatra,Kishor Acharya Pdf

This is the time when legacy, pathogenic, and emerging contaminants must be talked about, understood, and dealt with together. While the geogenic contamination of the groundwater is a well-established phenomenon that is considered as legacy contaminants that risk people’s health globally, both pathogenic and emerging contaminants like various water-borne pathogens and pharmaceutical personal care products (PPCPs) are becoming imperative for their acute and chronic toxic effects. While contaminated groundwater consumption leads to skin pigmentation, hyperkeratosis, kidney damage, cardiovascular disease, and children’s overall development, poor sanitation-related pathogenic microorganisms cause a significant number of child and prenatal deaths. Simultaneously, antibiotic microbial resistance (AMR) is expected to kill 100 million people by 2050. However, there are rare texts that combine aspects of all these three under a single book cover. This book gives an understanding of the occurrence, fate, and transport of geogenic, microbial, and anthropogenic contaminants in the groundwater. It covers not only the scientific and technical aspects but also environmental, legal, and policy aspects for contaminant management in the environment under the paradigm shift of COVID-19. This book is intended to bring the focus on the natural contaminants—biotic or abiotic—in the post-COVID Anthropocene, which is illustrating a significant alteration of systems and the subsequent downstream impacts owing to globalization. This book has compiled global work on emergence, mass flow, partitioning, and activation of geogenic, emerging, and pathogenic contaminants in various spheres of environment with special emphasis on soil, sediment, and aquatic systems for enhancing the understanding on their migration and evolution for the welfare of mankind.

Author : Nicolas Flipo,Pierre Labadie,Laurence Lestel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030542603

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The Seine River Basin by Nicolas Flipo,Pierre Labadie,Laurence Lestel Pdf

This open access book reviews the water-agro-food and socio-eco-system of the Seine River basin (76,000 km2), and offers a historical perspective on the river’s long-term contamination. The Seine basin is inhabited by circa 17 million people and is impacted by intensive agricultural practices and industrial activities. These pressures have gradually affected its hydrological, chemical and ecological functioning, leading to a maximum chemical degradation between the 1960s and the 1990s. Over the last three decades, while major water-quality improvements have been observed, new issues (e.g. endocrine disruptors, microplastics) have also emerged. The state of the Seine River network, from the headwaters to estuary, is increasingly controlled by the balance between pressures and social responses. This socio-ecosystem provides a unique example of the functioning of a territory under heavy anthropogenic pressure during the Anthropocene era. The achievements made were possible due to the long-term PIREN Seine research program, established in 1989 and today part of the French socio-ecological research network “Zones Ateliers”, itself part of the international Long-term Socio-economic and Ecological Research Network (LTSER). Written by experts in the field, the book provides an introduction to the water budget and the territorial metabolism of the Seine basin, and studies the trajectories and impact of various pollutants in the Seine River. It offers insights into the ecological functioning, the integration of agricultural practices, the analysis of aquatic organic matter, and the evolution of fish assemblages in the Seine basin, and also presents research perspectives and approaches to improve the water quality of the Seine River. Given its scope, it will appeal to environmental managers, scientists and policymakers interested in the long-term contamination of the Seine River.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251305058

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Soil pollution: a hidden reality by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

This document presents key messages and the state-of-the-art of soil pollution, its implications on food safety and human health. It aims to set the basis for further discussion during the forthcoming Global Symposium on Soil Pollution (GSOP18), to be held at FAO HQ from May 2nd to 4th 2018. The publication has been reviewed by the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soil (ITPS) and contributing authors. It addresses scientific evidences on soil pollution and highlights the need to assess the extent of soil pollution globally in order to achieve food safety and sustainable development. This is linked to FAO’s strategic objectives, especially SO1, SO2, SO4 and SO5 because of the crucial role of soils to ensure effective nutrient cycling to produce nutritious and safe food, reduce atmospheric CO2 and N2O concentrations and thus mitigate climate change, develop sustainable soil management practices that enhance agricultural resilience to extreme climate events by reducing soil degradation processes. This document will be a reference material for those interested in learning more about sources and effects of soil pollution.

Author : Tatenda Dalu,Nikita Tavengwa
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323903158

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Emerging Freshwater Pollutants by Tatenda Dalu,Nikita Tavengwa Pdf

Emerging Freshwater Pollutants: Analysis, Fate and Regulations comprises of 20 chapters, all written by leading experts. This book is written in the most practical terms and is easy to understand, with numerous helpful examples and case studies and can be used as a practical guide and important educational tool on issues concerning freshwater emerging pollutants. The organisation of the book exposes the reader in logical succession to the full range of complex scientific and management aspects of emerging freshwater pollutants in the developing world. The book recognises that water chemistry, emerging freshwater pollutants and management are inter-dependent disciplines. The book covers (i) the different monitoring techniques, current analytical approaches and instrumental analyses, (ii) fate and occurrence of emerging pollutants in aquatic systems and (iii) management policies and legislations on emerging pollutants. Thus, subsequent chapters elucidate chemicals with pollution potential, multi-detection approaches to analysis of organic pollutants in water, microplastics effects and photochemical transformation of emerging pollutants in freshwater systems. Whereas, other chapters address oxidation of organic compounds in aquatic systems, biomonitoring systems for detection of toxic levels of water pollutants, and health aspects of water recycling practices. This book melds several different perspectives on the subject of freshwater emerging pollutants and shows the interrelationships between the various professions that deal with water quality issues. Further, within the presentation of each separate chapter is discussion of how the various scientific and management aspects of the subject interrelate. Includes case studies and practical examples in each chapter Presents a much-needed interdisciplinary approach, representing the overlap between water chemistry and emerging freshwater pollutants Provides a thorough introduction to emerging tropical and freshwater pollutants that typically occur in these systems

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Reducing Stormwater Discharge Contributions to Water Pollution
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780309125390

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Urban Stormwater Management in the United States by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Reducing Stormwater Discharge Contributions to Water Pollution Pdf

The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended.

Author : Rolf Halden
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 084122496X

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Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Environment by Rolf Halden Pdf

This book documents the current science of CECs with important new data on the risks associated with a broad range of persistent organic pollutants.

Author : Golam Kibria
Publisher : New India Publishing
Page : 5 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789380235301

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Climate Change and Chemicals by Golam Kibria Pdf

Reviewed and summarised research results and information from both developed and developing countries including Asia-Pacific, Australasia and other parts of the world.

Author : Madeline Drexler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1125923228

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What You Need to Know about Infectious Disease by Madeline Drexler Pdf

Author : Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : UCBK:C095468193

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A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change by Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Mira Petrovic,Sergi Sabater,Arturo Elosegi,Damià Barceló
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319293745

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Emerging Contaminants in River Ecosystems by Mira Petrovic,Sergi Sabater,Arturo Elosegi,Damià Barceló Pdf

This volume offers an overview of the occurrence of emerging organic contaminants in Mediterranean rivers and their relevance to their chemical and ecological quality under water scarcity. With chapters covering the effects under multiple stress conditions of pharmaceuticals, polar pesticides, personal care products, and industrial chemicals, the observations presented can be applicable to other parts of the world where water scarcity is an issue . It is of interest to environmental chemists, ecologists, environmental engineers, and ecotoxicologists, as well as water managers and decision-makers.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Board on Life Sciences,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Management of Legionella in Water Systems
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309493857

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Management of Legionella in Water Systems by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Board on Life Sciences,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Management of Legionella in Water Systems Pdf

Legionnaires' disease, a pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacterium, is the leading cause of reported waterborne disease outbreaks in the United States. Legionella occur naturally in water from many different environmental sources, but grow rapidly in the warm, stagnant conditions that can be found in engineered water systems such as cooling towers, building plumbing, and hot tubs. Humans are primarily exposed to Legionella through inhalation of contaminated aerosols into the respiratory system. Legionnaires' disease can be fatal, with between 3 and 33 percent of Legionella infections leading to death, and studies show the incidence of Legionnaires' disease in the United States increased five-fold from 2000 to 2017. Management of Legionella in Water Systems reviews the state of science on Legionella contamination of water systems, specifically the ecology and diagnosis. This report explores the process of transmission via water systems, quantification, prevention and control, and policy and training issues that affect the incidence of Legionnaires' disease. It also analyzes existing knowledge gaps and recommends research priorities moving forward.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Water Quality Improvement for the Pittsburgh Region
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780309181310

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Regional Cooperation for Water Quality Improvement in Southwestern Pennsylvania by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Water Quality Improvement for the Pittsburgh Region Pdf

The city of Pittsburgh and surrounding area of southwestern Pennsylvania face complex water quality problems, due in large part to aging wastewater infrastructures that cannot handle sewer overflows and stormwater runoff, especially during wet weather. Other problems such as acid mine drainage are a legacy of the region's past coal mining, heavy industry, and manufacturing economy. Currently, water planning and management in southwestern Pennsylvania is highly fragmented; federal and state governments, 11 counties, hundreds of municipalities, and other entities all play roles, but with little coordination or cooperation. The report finds that a comprehensive, watershed-based approach is needed to effectively meet water quality standards throughout the region in the most cost-effective manner. The report outlines both technical and institutional alternatives to consider in the development and implementation of such an approach.

Author : WWAP
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-26
Category : Water quality management
ISBN : 9789231002649

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The United Nations world water development report 2018 by WWAP Pdf

Author : Puja Dudeja,Rajul K Gupta,Amarjeet Singh Minhas
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128018460

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Food Safety in the 21st Century by Puja Dudeja,Rajul K Gupta,Amarjeet Singh Minhas Pdf

Food Safety in the 21st Century: Public Health Perspective is an important reference for anyone currently working in the food industry or those entering the industry. It provides realistic, practical, and very usable information about key aspects of food safety, while also systematically approaching the matter of foodborne illness by addressing the intricacies of both prevention and control. This book discusses ways to assess risk and to employ epidemiological methods to improve food safety. In addition, it also describes the regulatory context that shapes food safety activities at the local, national, and international levels and looks forward to the future of food safety. Provides the latest research and developments in the field of food safety Incorporates practical, real-life examples for risk reduction Includes specific aspects of food safety and the risks associated with each sector of the food chain, from food production, to food processing and serving Describes various ways in which epidemiologic principles are applied to meet the challenges of maintaining a safe food supply in India and how to reduce disease outbreaks Presents practical examples of foodborne disease incidents and their root causes to highlight pitfalls in food safety management

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1680 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781799812111

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Waste Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

As the world’s population continues to grow and economic conditions continue to improve, more solid and liquid waste is being generated by society. Improper disposal methods can not only lead to harmful environmental impacts but can also negatively affect human health. To prevent further harm to the world’s ecosystems, there is a dire need for sustainable waste management practices that will safeguard the environment for future generations. Waste Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a vital reference source that examines the management of different types of wastes and provides relevant theoretical frameworks about new waste management technologies for the control of air, water, and soil pollution. Highlighting a range of topics such as contaminant removal, landfill treatment, and recycling, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for environmental engineers, waste authorities, solid waste management companies, landfill operators, legislators, environmentalists, policymakers, government officials, academicians, researchers, and students.