Emerging Contaminants in the Terrestrial-Aquatic-Atmosphere Continuum: Occurrence, Health Risks and Mitigation

Emerging Contaminants in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments: Occurrence, Health Risks, and Mitigation provides the latest information on the synthesis of the occurrence, behavior, human health risks and mitigation of emerging contaminants in developing countries. First highlighting sources, industrial applications, key drivers and regulatory frameworks, the book then goes on to discuss the nature of emerging contaminants, including organic (e.g., pharmaceuticals), inorganic (e.g., rare earth elements) and biological agents (e.g., antimicrobial resistance). It then presents the dissemination, environmental behavior, and fate in terrestrial and aquatic systems as well as the human and ecological exposure pathways, health risks, and more. Offering a transdisciplinary approach that brings together perspectives and contributions from experts in environmental sciences, hydrology, environmental engineering, ecotoxicology, chemistry, material sciences, and legal and policy aspects, the book provides an approachable and flexible resource for researchers and upper-level students with diverse academic backgrounds. Adopts a lifecycle perspective by including industrial applications, behavior and fate and human health risks and removal Focuses on developing regions and covers a wide range of emerging contaminants, including those often overlooked in earlier books such as rare earth elements and antimicrobial resistance Presents a clear understanding of the contrasts between developed and developing countries with respect to emerging contaminants and their health risks and mitigation, including water and wastewater treatment systems commonly used in developing countries Covers human and ecological health risks in developing countries INDICE: 1. Emerging Contaminants in Developing Countries2. Occurrence, Behavior, and Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Soil Systems3. Occurrence, Behavior. and Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Systems4. Occurrence, Behavior, and Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Atmospheric Systems5. Environmental Exposure and Health Risks on Soil Organisms6. Environmental Exposure and Health Risks on Aquatic Organisms7. Environmental Exposure and Health Risks on Humans8. Overview of Mitigation of Environmental Health Risks9. Remediation Technologies for Contaminated Soil Systems10. Conventional Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems11. Advanced and Novel Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems12. Toward Effective Regulatory and Policy Frameworks13. The Research Agenda14. Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-0-323-90051-5
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés