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Because of the vast number of organic compounds present in the aquatic environment there is a need for quantitative data of high quality; often data are used in settling legal limits in the environment and also provide a basis for government policies on environmental issues. This multi-authored book considers the following compounds: volatile halogenated and purgable organics, polychlorinated biphenyls, Toxaphene, phenols, chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalate esters, organometallics and humic acids. Each contribution considers the analytical procedures, from sampling to analysis, and identifies the recommended methods of analysis. Most contributions contain a precis for environmental distribution of the compounds, their occurrence and forms, metabolic information, toxicity and some future research requirements. The chapter on humic substances provides a general acount, which seems to be acceptable, considering their importance in the aquatic environment and their often poor chemical characterisation. This is an expensive book, but nevertheless provides an overview of the subject and will serve as a useful reference work.
Tavistock (United Kingdom)
E.I. Hamilton
Practical Handbook of Environmental Control, edited by C.P. Staub, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1989, 537 pp. The contents of this book have been culled from a previous CRC publication (Handbook of Environmental Control m five volumes). An attempt has been made to condense the subject into a form which provides all the essential information lequired in order to consider the most significant types of environmental contamination. The subjects covered are waste disposal and contamination of the atmosphere and surface and groundwater by organic and inorganic substances. The text consists uf a large number of tables which contain diverse types of data, most of which is relevant to the U.S.A. only. Much of the data is out of date to be of an) real value; for example, lead in air values are based upon pre- 1965 studies; water data for pre- 1960-1961; health and the aesthetic significance of trace elements, pre-1961. The data on radiological health is out of date. Hence what is the practical value of this book in terms of today's needs when it does not deal with the real world today? Nevertheless, each topic contains all the relevant 'words' to which, in most instances, is attached a number, e.g. concentration ef a substance in a material, therefore it could be useful for those who are developing environmental models; at least they should contain all the important terms, albeit not the most relevant data.
Tavistock (United Kingdom)
E.I. Hamilton
Because of the vast number of organic compounds present in the aquatic environment there is a need for quantitative data of high quality; often data are used in settling legal limits in the environment and also provide a basis for government policies on environmental issues. This multi-authored book considers the following compounds: volatile halogenated and purgable organics, polychlorinated biphenyls, Toxaphene, phenols, chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalate esters, organometallics and humic acids. Each contribution considers the analytical procedures, from sampling to analysis, and identifies the recommended methods of analysis. Most contributions contain a precis for environmental distribution of the compounds, their occurrence and forms, metabolic information, toxicity and some future research requirements. The chapter on humic substances provides a general acount, which seems to be acceptable, considering their importance in the aquatic environment and their often poor chemical characterisation. This is an expensive book, but nevertheless provides an overview of the subject and will serve as a useful reference work.
Tavistock (United Kingdom)
E.I. Hamilton
Practical Handbook of Environmental Control, edited by C.P. Staub, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1989, 537 pp. The contents of this book have been culled from a previous CRC publication (Handbook of Environmental Control m five volumes). An attempt has been made to condense the subject into a form which provides all the essential information lequired in order to consider the most significant types of environmental contamination. The subjects covered are waste disposal and contamination of the atmosphere and surface and groundwater by organic and inorganic substances. The text consists uf a large number of tables which contain diverse types of data, most of which is relevant to the U.S.A. only. Much of the data is out of date to be of an) real value; for example, lead in air values are based upon pre- 1965 studies; water data for pre- 1960-1961; health and the aesthetic significance of trace elements, pre-1961. The data on radiological health is out of date. Hence what is the practical value of this book in terms of today's needs when it does not deal with the real world today? Nevertheless, each topic contains all the relevant 'words' to which, in most instances, is attached a number, e.g. concentration ef a substance in a material, therefore it could be useful for those who are developing environmental models; at least they should contain all the important terms, albeit not the most relevant data.
Tavistock (United Kingdom)
E.I. Hamilton