Emerging Contaminants Handbook

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Synopsis

The term "emerging contaminants" and its multiple variants has come to refer to unregulated compounds discovered in the environment that are also found to represent a potential threat to human and ecological receptors. Such contaminants create unique and considerable challenges as the push to address them typically outpaces the understanding of their toxicity, their need for regulation, their occurrence, and techniques for treating the environmental media they affect.

With these challenges in mind, this handbook serves as a primer regarding the topic of emerging contaminants, with current and practical information to help support the goal of protection where they are encountered.
Features



Explores the definition, identification, and life cycle of emerging contaminants.



Reviews current information on sources, toxicology, regulation, and new tools for characterization and treatment of:




1,4-Dioxane (mature in its emerging contaminant life cycle)



Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs; a newer group of emerging contaminant)



Hexavalent chromium (former emerging contaminant with evolving science)



1,2,3-Trichloropropane (progressing in its emerging contaminant life cycle)



Provides thoughts on opportunities in managing emerging contaminants to help balance uncertainty, compress life cycle, and optimize outcomes.

Book details

Author:
Caitlin H. Bell, Margaret Gentile, Erica Kalve, Ian Ross, John Horst, Suthan Suthersan
ISBN:
9781351665070
Related ISBNs:
9781315161341, 9781138062948, 9781138062948, 9781315161341, 9781138062948, 9781138062948, 9781315161341, 9781138062948
Publisher:
CRC Press
Pages:
439
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2019-04-24
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2018
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Technology