Environmental
Protection and Risk Assessment of Organic Contaminants
Rai S. Kookana[1], Ross Sadler[2], N. Sethunathan[1], and Ravi Naidu[1]
(eds.)
[1] CSIRO Land and Water, Glen Osmond, SA, Australia
[2] Queensland Health Scientific Services, Archerfield, Qld., Australia
ISBN 978-1-57808-193-6; 2002; 266 Pages; US $ 89.50
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This volume
addresses the important issue of
environmental protection and risk
assessment of organic contaminants in the soil environment. It is based
on select papers presented during the 2nd International Conference on
Contaminants in Soil Environment, held in December 1999 in New Delhi, India.
ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH RISKS
. Organic
Contaminants in Soil Environment: Environmental Fate, Impacts, and
Remediation:
R.S. Kookana, et al.. PAHs in the Soil
Environment and their Bioavailability:
R. Sadler and D.Connell.
Risk Assessment Methods and Approaches with Particular Reference to Organic
Compounds at Gasworks Sites:
G.R. Shaw and R. SadlerTerrestrial
Ecotoxicity Tests Using Soil Fauna and Flora:
K. O'Halloran and L.H.
Booth Environmental Concentration of Pesticides in Cotton
Production Systems: Risk Assesssment by Fugacity Modelling:
S. Baskaran,
et al.ENVIRONMENTAL FATE AND OFF-SITE MIGRATION
.
Extrapolation of Pesticide Sorption Data between Agroclimatic Regions:
Riaz
Ahmad and R. S. Kookana. Wetland Rice Ecosystem: A
Favourable Environment for Pesticide Biodegradation:
K. Raghu, et al.
. Transport of Sediments and Pesticides in Surface Water:
R.D.
Connolly, et al.Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment for Pesticides
at the Plot, Field and Regional Scale:
R.B. Salama, et al.MANAGEMENT
AND REMEDIATION
. Problems and Issues Relating to Pesticide
Residues in Food and the Environment: The Malaysian Experience:
U.B.
Cheah. Minimising Environmental Contamination by Selecting
Appropriate Herbicide Dose:
A. Rahman and T.K. James.
Bioremediation of PAH-Contaminated Soil: Factors Limiting and Strategies for
Improving the Degradation of Benzo[a]pyrene:
Albert L. Juhasz
