Pollution A to Z. A-I

Richard M. Stapleton0028657012, 9780028657011

Table of contents :
Cover Page……Page 1
EDITORIAL BOARD……Page 3
Title Page – Volume 1……Page 4
Open Volume 2……Page 0
ISBN 0028657004……Page 5
VOLUME 1……Page 6
VOLUME 2……Page 7
Preface……Page 10
CLEANING UP POLLUTION……Page 16
GLOBAL ISSUES……Page 17
HUMAN HEALTH……Page 18
POLITICAL PROCESS……Page 19
SCIENCE……Page 20
VEHICULAR POLLUTION……Page 21
WATER……Page 22
For Your Reference……Page 24
Contributors……Page 36
Abatement……Page 40
Acid Rain……Page 42
Activism……Page 46
Addams, Jane……Page 60
Agencies, Regulatory……Page 61
Agriculture……Page 63
Air Pollution……Page 69
Antinuclear Movement……Page 77
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge……Page 80
Arsenic……Page 82
Asbestos……Page 84
Asthma……Page 86
Bioaccumulation……Page 89
Biodegradation……Page 91
Bioremediation……Page 92
Biosolids……Page 95
Bottle Deposit Laws……Page 99
Brower, David……Page 100
Brownfield……Page 101
Brundtland, Gro……Page 103
Cancer……Page 104
Cancer Alley, Louisiana……Page 110
Carbon Dioxide……Page 111
Carbon Monoxide……Page 112
Careers in Environmental Protection……Page 114
Carson, Rachel……Page 121
Carver, George Washington……Page 123
Catalytic Converter……Page 125
CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons)……Page 126
Chávez, César E…….Page 127
Citizen Science……Page 128
Citizen Suits……Page 129
Clean Air Act……Page 130
Clean Water Act……Page 131
Cleanup……Page 132
Coal……Page 139
Colborn, Theo……Page 142
Commoner, Barry……Page 143
Composting……Page 144
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)……Page 148
Consensus Building……Page 149
Consumer Pollution……Page 150
Cost-benefit Analysis……Page 153
Cousteau, Jacques……Page 155
Cryptosporidiosis……Page 156
DDT (Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane)……Page 157
Diesel……Page 159
Dioxin……Page 160
Disasters: Chemical Accidents and Spills……Page 163
Disasters: Environmental Mining Accidents……Page 168
Disasters: Natural……Page 169
Disasters: Nuclear Accidents……Page 173
Disasters: Oil Spills……Page 177
Dredging……Page 181
Dry Cleaning……Page 184
Earth Day……Page 185
Earth First!……Page 188
Earth Summit……Page 190
Economics……Page 192
Ecoterrorism……Page 198
Education……Page 201
Ehrlich, Paul……Page 203
Electric Power……Page 204
Electromagnetic Fields……Page 210
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know……Page 211
Emissions Trading……Page 212
Endocrine Disruption……Page 215
Energy……Page 218
Energy, Nuclear……Page 224
Energy Efficiency……Page 228
Enforcement……Page 229
Environment Canada……Page 232
Environmental Crime……Page 233
Environmental Justice……Page 235
Environmental Movement……Page 239
Environmental Racism……Page 247
Ethics……Page 250
Fish Kills……Page 252
Fossil Fuels……Page 254
Fuel Cell……Page 255
Fuel Economy……Page 257
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia……Page 258
Gibbs, Lois……Page 259
GIS (Geographic Information System)……Page 261
Global Warming……Page 263
Government……Page 268
Green Chemistry……Page 274
Green Marketing……Page 276
Green Party……Page 278
Green Revolution……Page 279
Greenpeace……Page 281
Groundwater……Page 282
Hamilton, Alice……Page 284
Hayes, Denis……Page 285
Hazardous Waste……Page 286
Health, Human……Page 290
Heavy Metals……Page 295
History……Page 297
Household Pollutants……Page 305
Incineration……Page 309
Indoor Air Pollution……Page 313
Industrial Ecology……Page 318
Industry……Page 320
Infectious Waste……Page 326
Information, Access to……Page 327
Injection Well……Page 331
Integrated Pest Management……Page 332
Ishimure, Michiko……Page 333
ISO 14001……Page 334
Glossary……Page 336
A……Page 354
B……Page 357
C……Page 358
D……Page 363
E……Page 365
F……Page 368
G……Page 369
H……Page 371
I……Page 373
L……Page 375
M……Page 377
N……Page 380
O……Page 382
P……Page 384
R……Page 387
S……Page 389
T……Page 392
U……Page 394
W……Page 396
Z……Page 398