Description
Book SynopsisThis investigation of a deadly toxin and its impact on ecology and human health contains a thorough treatment of the chemical nature of arsenic, its environmental behaviour and its measurement.
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
Arsenic: Historical Perspectives (J. Azcue & J. Nriagu).
Arsenic Distribution in Soils (H. Yan-Chu).
Arsenic Mobilization and Bioavailability in Soils (D. Bhumbla &R. Keefer).
Mobilization of Arsenic in Contaminated River Waters (W. Mok &C. Wai).
Removal of Arsenic in Drinking Water Treatment (M. Jekel).
Biotransformation of Arsenic in the Freshwater Environment (S.Maeda).
The Chemical Forms of Arsenic in Aquatic Organisms and TheirInterrelationships (D. Phillips).
Arsenic in Several Chinese Estuaries and Coastal Seas (L. Xiankun,et al.).
Arsenic in Vegetation of Wetlands (M. Otte & W. Ernst).
Arsenic Minerals Formed at Low Temperatures (F.Schaufelberger).
Index.
