242 pages , Springer Science & Business Media , 2007-03-20 Oil tankers are not solely to blame for pollution at sea. Non-tankers have released numerous spills. The International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage has been adopted, but has not yet come into force. This timely and comprehensive book studies compulsory insurance, its main purpose ...[Read More]
120 pages , Anthem Press , 2008 Provides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data.
64 pages , 1985 Describes the causes of pollution, air and water pollution, pesticide pollution, garbage and toxic wastes, and the dangers of nuclear pollution.
439 pages , Springer , 2015-05-06 Exposure to ambient air pollutants, both indoors and outdoors has been associated with the exacerbation and also in the etiology of diverse human diseases. This book offers an overview of our current understanding of air pollution health risks and how this knowledge is being used in the regulatory, therapeutic intervention measures to pr...[Read More]
164 pages , Chelsea House , 2005 Examines the problems caused by the pollution of water, discussing threats to groundwater and drinking water, the dangers of phosphorous, oil pollution in the oceans, and the importance of small streams and wetlands to water supply.
64 pages , 2010 "An examination of pollution's causes and consequences. Includes a discussion of government and individual action that help prevent and remediate pollution. Features include fact boxes, sidebars, activities, glossary, list of recommended reading and Web sites, and index"--Provided by publisher.
714 pages , Elsevier , 2013-09-03 Air Pollution, Second Edition, Volume I: Air Pollution and Its Effects discusses the cause, effect, transport, measurement, and control of air pollution. The volume covers the nature of air pollution; mechanism of the dispersal of air pollution by meteorological factors and from stacks; and its effect upon plants, animals, humans, materi...[Read More]
370 pages , Cambridge University Press , 2019-06-20 Complete coverage of air pollution from its sources to its health and environmental impacts, for advanced students and researchers.
218 pages , Academic Press , 2018-01-21 Global Air Pollution in Aging: Reading Smoke Signals is a complete reference connecting environmental pollution research to the human aging process. Since 1800, lifespans have more than doubled as infections declined and medicine improved. But the 20th century introduced a new global scourge of air pollution from fossil fuels with ...[Read More]
188 pages , Elsevier , 2018-06-12 Urban Transportation and Air Pollution synthesizes state-of-the-art methods on estimating near-road concentrations of roadway emissions. The book provides the information needed to make estimates using methods based on a minimal set of model inputs that can be applied by a wide range of users in many situations. Discussions include metho...[Read More]
304 pages , Bloomsbury Publishing , 2019-03-21 **SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2019** 'Read this book and join the effort to terminate air pollution.' Arnold Schwarzenegger Air pollution has become the world's greatest environmental health risk, and science is only beginning to reveal its wide-ranging effects. Globally, 19,000 pe...[Read More]
65 pages , IMO Publishing , 1995 This edition of Section II provides guidance to governments, particularly those of developing countries, on ways and means of establishing a response organization and preparing contingency plans. It takes into account the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC), 1990, and other new developm...[Read More]
