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Title: |
Trends in Agriculture & Soil Pollution Research |
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| By (author): |
James V Livingston |
| ISBN10-13: |
1594543259 : 9781594543258 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pages: |
0 |
| Weight: |
.738 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - June 2005 |
| List Price: |
190.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Agriculture & farming |
| Pollution is undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities so that the environment becomes harmful or unfit for living things; especially applicable to the contamination of soil, water, or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances. In addition to the harm, either present or future and known or unknown, to living beings, pollution cleanup and surveillance are enormous financial drains of the economies of the world. This volume details outstanding research covering agriculture and soil pollution. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface. Detection of Tributyl and Dibutyl Tin in the Environment with a Bioluminescent Bacteria: From the Bioassay to the Biosensor; Fate of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Subsurface Environment: Abiotic Processes; Exposure Assessment to Dioxins of People Living in the Seveso (Italy) Area; Chemical Degradation of Phenyluea Herbicides in the Soil; Adsorption of Trace Metals onto Natural Surface Coatings; Desorption of Lead and Caesium from Kaolinite and Illite Using Cationic Surfactants; Deriving Critical Loads for India, Where do We Stand Today?; Urban Expansion: A Threat to Crop Land. A GIS Based Study From a Predominantly Agrarian Economy; (INDIA); Eco-friendly Molluscicides, Piscicides and Insecticides From Common Plants; Index. |
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