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Pollution Risks, Impacts & Management: Social, Economic and Environmental Perspectives
Summary
This edited volume covers pollution risks across multiple contaminant categories including microplastics, heavy metals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and algal toxins, examining their chemistry, ecotoxicology, socioeconomic impacts, and management strategies.
Aspects covered: (i) Pollution & pollutants; Arsenic; Heavy metals; Microplastics; Persistent organic pollutants; Oil pollution; Pesticides; Nutrient, algal toxins and hypoxia; Pharmaceuticals; Surfactants; Synthetic dyes and textile effluents; Sewage pollution; Climate change, pollutants & ecotoxicity; (ii) Chemistry, toxicity and ecotoxicity of pollutants (iii) Pollution impacts on social, economic and environmental sectors; (iv) Nexus between pollution & poverty, pollution & sustainable development goals, pollution & climate change; (v) Management of pollutants; and (vi) Guidelines/ regulatory limits of pollutants.
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