The Science of Environmental Pollution

This new edition presents common-sense approaches and practical examples based on scientific principles, models, and observations, but keeps the text approachable to scientists and non-scientists alike. It addresses the important questions regarding environmental pollution: What is it? What is its i [...]
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This new edition presents common-sense approaches and practical examples based on scientific principles, models, and observations, but keeps the text approachable to scientists and non-scientists alike. It addresses the important questions regarding environmental pollution: What is it? What is its impact? What are the causes and how can we mitigate them? But also, it stimulates new ways to think about the issues and their possible solutions. It will be updated throughout, and contain new coverage of endocrine disruptors in drinking water, contaminated sediments in surface waters, hydraulic fracturing wastewater, and more. Also, it will include new case studies, examples, and study questions.