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Cover for Basic principles.

This chapter outlines the key questions and answers on the history of global environmental pollution; existing protocols used to characterize the toxic risks of biogenic contaminants and environmental pollutants; exposure pathways in humans and other vertebrates; interactions between two toxic ...

Author(s)
D'Mello, J. P. F.
ISBN
2022 CABI (H ISBN 9781789248524)
Type
Book chapter
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Cover for Causes of infertility in the queen.

The aetiology, risk factors, clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment of infectious and non-infectious causes of infertility in female cats are described, including infertility in purebred cats, sexual immaturity, lack of oestrous cycle, mating problems, spontaneous ovulation, uterine diseases,...

Author(s)
Fontbonne, A.; Niewiadomska, Z.
ISBN
2022 CABI (H ISBN 9781789247084)
Type
Book chapter
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Cover for Adaptation in living organisms.

This chapter provides describes the processes which permit microbes, plants and animals to resist or even eliminate adverse effects, with varying degrees of success. Adaptation is embodied in the concept of 'natural selection' as used in evolutionary biology. An additional concept based on...

Author(s)
D'Mello, J. P. F.
ISBN
2022 CABI (H ISBN 9781789248524)
Type
Book chapter
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Cover for Unequivocal evidence associating environmental contaminants and pollutants with human morbidity and ecological degradation.

Persistent equivocation in virtually all sections of society and industry about the harmful effects of pollution have provided the impetus for the publication of A Handbook of Environmental Toxicology: Human Disorders and Ecotoxicology. This chapter is designed to collate and analyse recent...

Author(s)
D'Mello, J. P. F.
ISBN
2020 CABI (H ISBN 9781786394675)
Type
Book chapter
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Cover for Fossil fuel pollutants.

This chapter provides highlights on some major pollution incidents associated with extraction, transport and storage of fossil fuels, including wastewater and effluent discharges, relates such episodes to the chemical composition of different fuels, outlines routes of exposure of fuel contaminants, ...

Author(s)
D'Mello, J. P. F.
ISBN
2020 CABI (H ISBN 9781789245189)
Type
Book chapter
Abstract

Phytoremediation is a proven technology for many organic and inorganic pollutants. Practical reasons have led trees to be neglected in laboratory studies in favour of herbaceous model species. However, trees are gaining momentum over herbaceous plants in field trials because of their greater...

Author(s)
Gómez, L.; Contreras, A.; Bolonio, D.; Quintana, J.; Oñate-Sánchez, L.; Merino, I.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Advances in Botanical Research, 2019, 89, pp 281-321
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Cover for Environmental pollution and perturbations.

This chapter contains questions about the pollution of air, land and water (and its effect on food chains), environmental damage and disturbance and major environmental disasters.

Author(s)
Rees, P. A.
ISBN
2021 CABI (H ISBN 9781789248494)
Type
Book chapter
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Cover for Methods for the measurement of air pollutants.

Currently, air pollution is one of the most imperative problems and has a major role in global climate change and premature deaths throughout the world. Various types of air pollutants (e.g. particulate matter, NOx, SOx, CO and O3) are present in the atmosphere and have significant effects on human ...

Author(s)
Tiwari, S.; Neha Mishra
ISBN
2019 CAB International (H ISBN 9781786393890)
Type
Book chapter
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Cover for Environmental protection: a key tool for planetary health.

Pollution can be grouped into 4 main categories: (i) air pollution; (ii) water pollution; (iii) soil pollution; and (iv) pollution in the work place (the exposure to certain pollutants due to a particular profession, such as agricultural workers' exposure to fertilizers or garment manufacturers'...

Author(s)
Cole, J.
ISBN
2019 CABI (H ISBN 9781789241648)
Type
Book chapter
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Cover for Cost-effective technologies used to curb air pollution.

Attention to the air-pollution problem is being given by the scientific community and overall global community because of the scale of its impact on human health, the living environment and climate change. Efforts to reduce air pollution have stepped up in various parts of the world. In general,...

Author(s)
Singh, R. P.; Saumya Singh
ISBN
2019 CAB International (H ISBN 9781786393890)
Type
Book chapter

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