Arsenic

Arsenic
Author: Kevin Henke
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2009-04-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0470027584

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This book presents an overview of the chemistry, geology, toxicology and environmental impacts of arsenic, presenting information on relatively common arsenic minerals and their key properties. In addition, it includes discussions on the environmental impacts of the release of arsenic from mining and coal combustion. Although the environmental regulations of different nations vary and change over time, prominent International, North American, and European guidelines and regulations on arsenic will be reviewed. Includes information on recent environmental catastrophes (e.g. Bangladesh and China) A thorough discussion of the arsenic cycle, including the cosmological origin of arsenic Includes Appendices providing extensive glossary and measurement conversion tables

National Water Quality Inventory

National Water Quality Inventory
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1992
Genre: Water
ISBN:

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"This report summarizes water quality assessment information submitted by the States to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1990 under Section 305(b) of the Clean Water Act. The States based their water quality assessments on data collected in 1988 and 1989 using physical, chemical, and "evaluative" approaches such as sending questionnaires to fisheries biologists and analyzing land use data."--Page xiii