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The selection of air pollution control apparatus can be a daunting task even for experienced pollution control professionals. The Air Pollution Control Equipment Selection Guide eases the burden by providing extensive information on the best equipment available for any air pollution control problem. Instead of endorsing one technology over another, the author provides general information so that you can decide on the proper technology to use for any given application.The book offers ample introductory information including a helpful "Air Pollution 101" chapter that reviews the basics of air pollution control. The text is divided into sections that are organized by the primary technology employed, i.e., Quenching, Cooling, Particulate Removal, Gas Absorption, etc. This structure enables you to jump from section to section and quickly compare technologies. Each section defines the type of gas cleaning device, the basic physical forces used in it, its common sizes, and its most common uses.Many air pollution control problems are not solved with one type of device, but through using a variety of designs synergistically. To make this task easier, the author includes sections on each of these devices and notes where they are commonly used in concert with other equipment. Wherever possible, the text includes current photographs or drawings of typical equipment within that device type. Written in an easy to read style, Air Pollution Control Equipment Selection Guide serves as a technologically accurate reference that will facilitate the selection of air pollution control equipment for any operation. ... Read more

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Recent advances in air pollution monitoring and modeling capabilities have made it possible to show that air pollution can be transported long distances and that adverse impacts of emitted pollutants cannot be confined to one country or even one continent. Pollutants from traffic, cooking stoves, and factories emitted half a world away can make the air we inhale today more hazardous for our health. The relative importance of this "imported" pollution is likely to increase, as emissions in developing countries grow, and air quality standards in industrial countries are tightened.

Global Sources of Local Pollution examines the impact of the long-range transport of four key air pollutants (ozone, particulate matter, mercury, and persistent organic pollutants) on air quality and pollutant deposition in the United States. It also explores the environmental impacts of U.S. emissions on other parts of the world. The book recommends that the United States work with the international community to develop an integrated system for determining pollution sources and impacts and to design effective response strategies.

This book will be useful to international, federal, state, and local policy makers responsible for understanding and managing air pollution and its impacts on human health and well-being. ... Read more

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Fundamentals of Air Pollution is an important and widely used textbook in the environmental science and engineering community.Written shortly after the passage of the seminal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the third edition was quite timely. Surprisingly, the text has remained relevant for university professors, engineers, scientists, policy makers and students up to recent years. However, in light of the transition in the last five years from predominantly technology-based standards (maximum achievable control technologies or MACTs) to risk-based regulations and air quality standards, the text must be updated significantly.

The fourth edition will be updated to include numerous MACTs which were not foreseen during the writing of the third edition, such as secondary lead (Pb) smelting, petroleum refining, aerospace manufacturing, marine vessel loading, ship building, printing and publishing, elastomer production, offsite waste operations, and polyethylene terephthalate polymer and styrene-based thermoplastic polymers production. Overall, revisions will reflect the numerous changes in the understanding of air pollution and the development of new technologies that has occurred in the past twelve years.

* Focuses on the process of risk assessment, management and communication, the key to the study of air pollution.
* Provides the latest information on the technological breakthroughs in environmental engineering since last edition
* Updated inforamtion on computational and diagnostic and operational tools that have emerged in recent years.
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This book did not work well as a text for my air quality course
Although the earlier volumes on which this 4th edition is based were good quality texts, this dramatic expansion of the earlier texts, by an author who was not involved with writing those earlier texts, is inconsistent in quality, plagued with typos and outright errors, and is very poorly organized. Little of the relevant literature for the past two decades is cited. ... Read more

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Uses a question-and-answer format to present information on what noise pollution is, its causes and effects, and possible ways to prevent it. ... Read more

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Noise: The enemy of next generation
Pollution is an overgrowing environmental nuisance, and noise pollution is intruding life in every house of today's big cities. There are several ways to confront noise pollution, like physical means, legal ways, oreducational efforts. This book deals with noise pollution by teachingchildren how it is caused and created,how it affects people and how itcan be blocked and reduced. It also makes them aware to the damage it maycause to any human being. In simple language, large fonts and nicepictures, fact by fact, this book tells the nature of noise, how it iscaused, and the ways to fight it. Children, as we all know, are tomorrow'scitizens, and should better be ready to eliminate the growing levels ofpollution by every means, like reading such book. It is highly recommendedto every school library in the western world's big cities. ... Read more

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A clear, straightforward presentation of concepts and issues in aquatic pollution

This comprehensive introductory text presents a systematic study of pollution in oceans, lakes, streams, and underground aquifers. In a clear, straightforward style that is easily accessible to nonscientists, it describes the sources, features, and effects of thirteen different types of aquatic pollution.

Fully updated to reflect current understanding and recent developments, this Third Edition of Aquatic Pollution covers every aspect of pollution associated with urban runoff, acid rain, sewage disposal, pesticides, oil spills, nutrient loading, and more. Case studies of major pollution sites such as Lake Erie, Three Mile Island, and the Rocky Mountain Arsenal help to illustrate points made in the general discussion. Important features of this new edition include:
* Updated discussions of nonpoint source pollution, industrial pollution, thermal pollution, pathogens, metals, plastics, and more
* New case studies of Chesapeake Bay and the Exxon Valdez
* Beginning-of-chapter outlines
* End-of-chapter study questions
* New special section on units of measurement
* Four chapters on the fundamentals of ecology and toxicology

Aquatic Pollution, Third Edition, is a first-rate teaching and learning tool for courses in environmental science, zoology, oceanography, biology, and civil or sanitary engineering. It is also an excellent primer for policymakers and activists focused on environmental issues. ... Read more

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Never recieve
I just don't know what happen to my book. The semester ends, and i don't see a single page of the book.

Nothing else compares...
I used both editions of Laws's book, Aquatic Pollution, throughout myMaster's studies as an introductory text to environmental problems of thehydrosphere. I have found no other book to be equally informative. Irecommend it to my undergrad class as a primary reference.The materialcovered is also suitable for beginning MS students, and the conceptualapproach used is quite effective especially for those with no technicalscience exposure. Easy reading to be supplemented as needed with the moretechnical books like Stumm and Morgan's Aquatic Chemistry. Very adequatefor introductory courses. I'm glad that the 3rd edition is due soon.

a must-own
I used this book for a college course and not only found it easy to read and understand, but also enjoyable. The author's style of writing is unmatched among science textbook writers. The book covers an overview ofall relevent issues in aquatic pollution for both marine and freshwaterenvironments. Each topic is covered with enough detail and backgroundinformation to provide a clear understanding of the problems within thefield of aquatic pollution. ... Read more

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Discusses the problem of noise pollution, ranging from the annoyance level to that of a dangerous health hazard in modern society, and describes solutions made possible by noise reduction technology and changes in public health laws. ... Read more

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This unique book integrates a large number of subjects in environmental studies and provides a realistic and objective evaluation of pollution as a price we pay for a modern economy.It focuses on the scientific assessment of environmental quality by developing a framework of principles that can be applied to any environmental problem. It addresses tactical issues for managers and government workers such as remediation, environmental monitoring, risk assessment, and management.It can be used by professionals as well as undergraduate students.

* Emphasizes conceptual understanding of environmental impact, integrating the disciplines of biology, chemistry, and mathematics
* Topics cover the fate and transport of contaminants; monitoring and remediation of pollution; sources and characteristics of pollution; and risk assessment and management
* Includes color photos and diagrams, chapter questions and problems, and highlighted key words ... Read more

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Good, but has errors
The book is a good survey of environmental pollution on a whole, but contains many errors. ... Read more

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Thoroughly revised and significantly expanded, the Second Edition of Environmental Ecology provides new case studies and in-depth treatment of the effects of pollution and other disturbances on our oceans, lakes, forests, and air. New chapters on biological resources and ecological applications have been added, including material on environmental economics, import assessments, ecological monitoring, and environmental ethics. Extensive indexes, a glossary, and a bibliography are included. ... Read more

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I love the book! It's full of infromation, useful ones. However, a glossary would be handy ... Read more

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The smog beast wafted into downtown Los Angeles on July 26, 1943. Nobody knew what it was. Secretaries rubbed their eyes. Traffic cops seemed to disappear in the mysterious haze. Were Japanese saboteurs responsible? A reckless factory? The truth was much worse--it came from within, from Southern California's burgeoning car-addicted, suburban lifestyle.

Smogtown is the story of pollution, progress, and how an optimistic people confronted the epic struggle against airborne poisons barraging their hometowns. With wit, verve, and a fresh look at history, California based journalists Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly highlight the bold personalities involved, the corporate- tainted science, the terrifying health costs, the attempts at cleanup, and how the smog battle helped mold the modern-day culture of Los Angeles. There are scofflaws aplenty and dirty deals, plus murders, suicides, spiritual despair, and an ever-present paranoia about mass disaster.

Brimming with historic photographs, forgotten anecdotes, and new revelations about our environmentally precarious present, Smogtown is a journalistic classic for the modern age. ... Read more

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Smoggy Trip Down Memory Lane
For those of us who grew up in L.A. during the '60s and '70s, this book is a must read.Memories abound of oppressive brown skies, endless smog alerts, lost school recesses and piercing pains to the chest.Sadly, we took it all in stride, assuming it was a necessary--albeit painful--evil of living in the southland.Smogtown's authors, Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly, do an outstanding job exposing the heroes and villains behind the 'great smog curtain'.Both informative and entertaining, this caliginous tale is the most comprehensive book on air pollution you'll ever read.Train in the Distance

This tale of smog brought tears to my eyes...
Alright for those not from Los Angeles, you might have to use a thomas guide to find those tiny towns, such as Pasadena the writers reference in this tome but be sure, back when smog was a commodity in the valley of haze, finding those towns any other way would've been impossible.

Ever walk to school, as a kid in the morning, having forgotten a giant mountain range just to the north actually exists, having lost that memory due to a blanket of brown encrusted air that enveloped them like a cloak of invisibility?That happened day in and out during the 50's thru the 70's along the San Gabriels.

Smogtown captures the time and paints, lovingly in a muted gray.Despite the blur the writer's memories remain clear, drawing on their own experience growing up clean-air challenged as well as delving deep into their research.This book is an entertaining bit of education for those either from or not from, sunny Southern California.Be thankful the airs cleaner now but know that things could change in an instant.So get informed and read Smogtown.It'll bring a shortness to your breath.

Smart, enjoyable, engagng
For anyone who has lived in Southern California for some portion of the past few decades, thick and noxious air you could cut with a knife has been at least an occasional companion, a nose-singeing reminder of the downside of living where we do.

"Smogtown" benefits from Kelly's insider knowledge and Jacobs' investigative chops. It's also a well written and accessible history populated with vivid characters, political wheeling and dealing and good science. Not nearly enough histories of issues with scientific, political and cultural elements can nimbly tell a sometimes complex and winding tale well. This one succeeds.

It is a useful recounting of how Southern California got where it is, what that's meant for the region and its residents, and how it has changed the nation as a whole by helping drive the modern-day environmentalist movement. The book and I share some optimism about the continued progress the region has made to improve conditions since their mid-century nadir. Given the potential consequences otherwise, I hope we're right to be optimistic.

it's getting better
I've been a journalist for decades. I grew up in Smogtown where it was expected, not an exception, to retch when you ran track in high school. The book affirms the bad history and looks to a cleaner air future. The interest in the telling of the story. it's like an airborne version of the movie "Chinatown." All they need is Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Roman Polanski, and maybe to update it, the air quality maven Mary Nichols.

Smogtown - The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in LA
As a former Valley girl, I was taken back to those days of dense gray skys and being forbidden to play outside, never walking when one could drive, and the right to burn our trash. This was normal. Moving away, smog stopped being a pivotal part of my world..until I visit again, or until I picked up this book. Jacobs and Kelly provide the scary history, unique personalities, inalienable rights and politics that have created, and attempted to tame the monster, or divert the masses. An interesting and thoughtprovoking read, and a new addition to my library. ... Read more

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All solutions to environmental problems depend on the imposition of private, common, or public-property rights in natural resources. Who should own the resources: private individuals, private groups of "stakeholders", or the entire society (the public)? Contrary to much of the literature in this field, this book argues that no single property regime works best in all circumstances. Environmental protection requires the use of multiple property regimes--including admixtures of private, common, and public-property systems. ... Read more

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Reality Check Delivered
This is a very important book for the study of regulation. The book puts into perspective (and escapes) the laissez-faire-ist fever that has taken over a significant part of the legal academy. Although unrestricted private property may be an appropriate policy in several instances, problems do exist where different regulatory systems perform better. Professor (and dear colleague and friend) Daniel Cole juxtaposes types of problems and types of regulatory responses based on property concepts. This juxtaposition reveals that a continuum of types of property, from unrestricted private ownership to complete public ownership, have been used to solve policy problems. Professor Cole explains the success of each on the basis of the problem's features. What is revealed is nothing less than a general system of regulation. The book goes beyond the notion that different problems have different solutions. Here we are told what solution tends to fit each type of problem. It is no surprise that this book has enjoyed glowing reviews (see. e.g. Prof. J. Wandesford-Smith in PolSci). ... Read more

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Chemical contaminants and other forms of indoor pollution have recently raised serious concern among occupational and environmental health workers, architects and engineers, and the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Microbial pollutants in the home pose major health risks to adults, children, and particularly the immuno-suppressed, while "sick building syndrome" is a reality for many office workers. This timely book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of these problems by examining the effects of modern, energy-efficient architecture on levels of microbial contamination in air and water supplies. With the common goal of constructing a microbiologically safe environment, the contributors represent the disciplines upon whose combined efforts a solution depends: systems engineering, medicine, microbiology, environmental hygiene, and architecture. Among the topics considered are methods of contamination control in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems; the microbiologist's role --and the techniques used-- in evaluating the hygienic environment; and assessment of water systems used in health care facilities. Proposing methods for the elimination of the health problems discussed, the contributors stress the need for assessment of architectural design and subsequent preventive maintenance of buildings and their intricate heating and ventilating systems; and they show how poor building design and location affects it occupants. Architectural Design and Indoor Microbial Pollution provides public health professionals, microbiologists, and architects with an authoritative resource for assuring our comfort and safety in the hospitals, homes, and workplaces we inhabit. ... Read more

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This book gives a current overview of all facets of urban soils. Different urban land-use types in a number of examples worldwide are introduced. Many examples in different countries are provided in order to illustrate the situation in detail.The contaminant sources of urban soils (e.g., dust deposition, contamination along roadsides, contamination of floodplains, application of wastewater, anthropogenic deposits) are comprehensively presented. For practical application purposes a key with which to identify technogenic materials during field work is presented.Features like reductomorphic conditions in landfill soils, acidification of coal mining heaps and the impact of physical characteristics such as sealing are taken into consideration in the context of the contamination problem. The mobility of contaminants in the soils under consideration is introduced and discussed.The content of the book, however, is not limited to the description of contaminated urban soils. Different methods of assessment(classification, functional assessment, assessment focused on pathways with reference to standardized exposure scenarios) are introduced. Finally, quality standards for contaminated land in a number of countries are listed, compared and discussed.The book links up the contamination problem of urban soils with geographical aspects such as the historical development of city growth, the process of urbanization and the urban-to-rural gradients.Accordingly, the reader will be able to understand the specific problems of contaminated urban soils and will find sensible approaches to assessment. ... Read more

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Re-examining Mary Douglas' work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It presents ethnographic case studies from a range of cities affected by globalization processes such as neoliberal urban policies, privatization of urban space, continued migration and spatialized ethnic tension. What has changed since the appearance of Purity and Danger? How have anthropological views on pollution changed accordingly? This volume focuses on cultural meanings and values that are attached to conceptions ofcleanA" anddirty,A" purity and impurity, healthy and unhealthy environments, and addresses the implications of pollution with regard to discrimination, class, urban poverty, social hierarchies, and ethnic segregation in cities. ... Read more