Pollution Prevention and Control
by Paul Mac Berthouex , Linfield C. Brown
Publisher: Bookboon 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740305265
Number of pages: 243
Description:
This book is about how essential nutrients and pollutants are transformed or accumulated as they move through the environment. It is about evaluating toxicity, risk assessment, modeling the fate of pollutants in the environment, and generally setting the goals for pollution prevention and control projects.
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