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Informationen zum Autor About the editor J. L. SCHNOOR is Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the University of Iowa. He has consulted for the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the EPA and has directed a number of water quality modeling and toxic substance research projects. Dr. Schnoor is an authority on surface water and groundwater quality modeling and physical-chemical treatment of toxic chemicals and has written extensively on these subjects. He received his PhD in environmental engineering from the University of Texas. Klappentext With increasing population and industrialization, our negative impact on our environment is no longer limited to coastal and surface waters or to urban air; it is necessary to examine the movement of chemical pollutants over vastly greater areas. Oceans, deep groundwater aquifers, and even the stratosphere are significantly affected. The mechanisms by which pollutants reach these areas, how they migrate and are transformed through physical and biochemical processes, and their ultimate effects are the topics at the forefront of environmental science. This volume addresses the fate of chemical pollutants in our air, water, and soil. The result of a historic collaboration between eminent Russian and American scientists, Fate of Pesticides and Chemicals in the Environment contains new predictive models of transport and transformation from many of the leading scientists in this area of research. Numerous informative chapters analyze the biotransformation of organic chemicals and pesticides, atmospheric deposition of toxic pollutants in the Great Lakes and elsewhere, the transport of volatile organic compounds and pesticide residues through surface soil, and many other important problems in the field. The sources and pathways of pollutants into all areas of the environment are thoroughly explored; the role of free radicals in chemical transformations, surface and bottom sediment redox reactions in water, the contribution of microbial degradation, and considerations for in situ biorestoration are just a few of the complex issues addressed. The book also contains comprehensive information on pesticide labeling laws and groundwater protection which will be of interest to all soil and water chemists and environmental engineers. Zusammenfassung A result of important bilateral scientific agreements between the U.S. and the Soviet Union on the fate of chemicals and pesticides in the environment. Written by experts in both countries! it familiarizes the reader with recent state-of-the-art research being conducted in the areas of agricultural management and water pollution control. Inhaltsverzeichnis Partial table of contents: DEPOSITION AND TRANSPORT. Emissions Inventory of Heavy Metals and Hydrophobic Organics in theGreat Lakes Basin (G. Wilber, et al.). Dissipation of Pesticides in the Environment (J. Plimmer). PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROCESSES. Kinetics and Catalysis of Mineral Nitrogen Phototransformations inAqueous Medium (G. Duka, et al.). Equilibrium Adsorption of Chemical Vapors onto Surface Soils: ModelPredictions and Experimental Data (K. Valsaraj & L.Thibodeaux). MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATIONS. Movement and Transformation of Halogenated Aliphatic Compounds inNatural Systems (P. McCarty, et al.). Adaptation of Microorganisms for Pesticide Degradation (G.Vasilyeva, et al.). MODELING OF PESTICIDES AND CHEMICALS. Mathematical Model for Chemical Spills and Distributed SourceRunoff to Large Rivers (J. Schnoor, et al.). Modeling the Accumulation of Organic Chemicals in Aquatic FoodChains (J. Connolly & R. Thomann). POSTSCRIPT. New Directions in Pest Management (J. Menn & A. Christy). Index....
