Arsenic Pollution - A Global Synthesis

Informationen zum Autor Peter Ravenscroft is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and a hydrogeologist with extensive international experience in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe. He spent more than 10 years working in Bangladesh, where his involvement in research into the extent and causes of arsenic pollution in that country became the basis for this book. He co-authored the first book on groundwater resources in Bangladesh. Hugh Brammer spent 22 years with FAO in East Pakistan/Bangladesh, first as a soil surveyor then as an agricultural development adviser. Following retirement, he was a visiting consultant for a further seven years, inter alia for the Bangladesh Flood Action Plan, and wrote seven books on Bangladesh's physical environment and agriculture. Keith Richards is a fluvial geomorphologist and Professor of Geography at the University of Cambridge. He has research interests and experience in catchment and river processes and their management in Europe, Central America, India, Africa and China, and has been Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute and a Vice President (Research) of the RGS-IBG. He has authored and edited several books, and published over 150 academic papers. Klappentext Arsenic Pollution compiles and summarises the most up-to-date research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution in nature, its impact on health and agriculture, and the encouraging research that offers hope in mitigating this unfolding health crisis. Seamlessly integrating geochemistry, hydrology and agriculture, it offers the first truly global and interdisciplinary account of arsenic pollution. The book provides information on the geographical distribution of arsenic contamination of groundwater and surface water, the geochemical causes of high arsenic concentrations in aquifers and the health implications of prolonged arsenic ingestion. Finally, options are highlighted for developing alternative water sources and methods for arsenic testing and removal.Comprehensive and illuminating, this book offers informed and challenging insight into an emerging environmental problem with untold human consequences. Zusammenfassung Arsenic Pollution: A Global Synthesis compiles and summarizes the most up-to-date research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and the encouraging research that offers hope in mitigating this unfolding health crisis. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures. List of Tables. Series Editors' Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Glossary. 1. Introduction . 1.1. Background. 1.2. The Nature of Arsenic Pollution. 1.3. History of Natural Arsenic Contamination. 1.4. Arsenic Pollution. 1.5. Risk, Perception and Social Impacts. 1.6. Water-supply Mitigation. 1.7. Structure and Scope of the Book. 2. Hydrogeochemistry of Arsenic . 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. The Chemistry of Normal and Arsenic-Rich Groundwaters. 2.3. Adsorption and Desorption of Arsenic. 2.4. The Role of Sulphur in Strongly Reducing Groundwater. 2.5. Arsenic and Microbial Activity. 2.6. Arsenic Mobilisation Mechanisms. 2.7. Associations of Arsenic with other Trace Elements. 2.8. Arsenic Pollution and Mining. 2.9. Summary. Annexe 2.1. Analysis of Arsenic in Natural Waters. 3. The Hydrogeology of Arsenic . 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Arsenic in Rocks and Sediments. 3.3. Arsenic in River Water and Sediment. 3.4. Geo-environmental Associations of Arsenic in Groundwater. 3.5. Geochemical Processes in their Geological Context. 3.6. Behaviour of Arsenic in Aquifers. 3.7. Case Histories of Arsenic-affected Aquifers. 3.8. Implications of Long-term Pumping of...

List of contents

List of Figures.
 
List of Tables.
 
Series Editors' Preface.
 
Acknowledgements.
 
List of Abbreviations.
 

Glossary.
 
1. Introduction.
 
2. Hydrogeochemistry.
 
3. Hydrogeology.
 
4. Soils & Agriculture.
 
5. Health.
 
6. Water Supply.
 
7. Water Treatment.
 
8. Arsenic in Asia.
 
9. Arsenic in North America and Europe.
 
10. Arsenic in South America, Africa and Australia.
 
11. Synthesis, Conclusions and Recommendations.
 
References.
 
Index

Report

"Overall, a wide-ranging yet detailed study of arsenic pollution in the water environment is provide, covering many of the subfields that make up the discipline of geography, including chemistry, socioeconomics and politics, to name but a few . . . Arsenic Pollution provides a highly effective contemporary synthesis of this field." (Area, 2011)
"This is an excellent book. For those seeking first-time knowledge, as well as those seeking to enhance their existing understanding about arsenic and recent research developments, there is probably no better book currently available." ( Geoscientist , September 2009)

"An excellent contribution to the field, and is clear and well written with ample figures and tables, and an extensive bibliography." ( Experiment Agriculture , 2009)

Product details

• Authors: Hug Brammer, Hugh Brammer, P Ravenscroft, Pete Ravenscroft, Peter Ravenscroft, Peter (University of Cambridge Ravenscroft, Peter Brammer Ravenscroft, Keith Richards
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.02.2009
• EAN: 9781405186018
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-8601-8
• No. of pages: 616
• Series: RGS-IBG Book Series; Rgs-Ibg Book; RGS-IBG Book Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science