Pollution Control

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not conducted a recent evaluation of demand for Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) toxicity as...

Ecosystem effects from air pollution in the Adirondacks, Catskills, and elsewhere in New York have been substantial. Efforts to characterize and qu...

As pollution from cars, trucks, and land-based stationary sources has been more tightly controlled over the last 40 years, the contribution of ship...

Mining activities can increase environmental problems and compromise the quality of soils, surface water, groundwater and atmosphere, as well as ex...

Interest in solid and hazardous waste management is relatively recent, i.e., in the last three decades, and is driven by regulations in most countr...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of air pollution emissions. Topics discussed include opportunities for sustainable ...

In the last few years, the concern about pollutants present in indoor environments has greatly increased since in developed countries people spend ...

Ecological revitalisation refers to the process of returning land from a contaminated site to one that supports a functioning and sustainable habit...

Air pollution has been recognised as the worlds top problem in many strategic environmental policies. However, it is still inadequately corroborate...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are hazardous highly toxic pollutants that cause a number of environmental and human health problems. They are re...

Atrazine, a non-persistent pesticide, belongs to a triazine herbicide group of pesticides and is derived from the s-triazine structure - a six memb...

Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a colourless gas which occurs naturally in some environments such as sulphur springs, swamps and salt marshes, and is of...

With the prospect of new layers of complexity being added to air pollution controls, and with electricity restructuring putting a premium on econom...

As part of its mission to protect human health and the environment, the Environmental Protection Agency''''s (EPA) enforcement office maintains civ...

Nationally-recognised studies and our contacts with a diverse group of industry representatives, non-governmental organisations, and academic resea...

This book presents and discusses current research in the study of soil contaminants. Particular attention is placed on the effect soil contaminants...

Remediation of contaminated soils is one of the most important environmental issues. Chemical soil degradation affects 12% of all degraded soils in...

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon platform drilling the Macondo well in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 (DWH) exploded, killing 11 workers and ...