Full title: Encyclopedia of pollution / Alexander E. Gates and Robert P. Blauvelt.

Author/creator: Blauvelt, Robert P, Gates, Alexander E., 1957-.

Call Numbers: NQ363.7003/4

Record Identifier: 74VvJjGRMMLy

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 2 v. (xiii, 977, 34 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm., Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Cross-referenced lists of entries -- Entries A-M -- Feature Essays: -- Air pollution in National Parks / Robert P Blauvelt -- Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone / Alexander E Gates, PhD -- Epidemiology and health effects / Robert P Blauvelt -- Hurricane Floyd and Hog Waste in Eastern North Carolina / Alexander E Gates, PhD -- Space shuttle launches and air pollution / Robert P Blauvelt -- Regulation of ocean pollution / Robert P Blauvelt -- Air pollution over the ocean / Robert P Blauvelt -- Dry cleaning and the environment / Robert P Blauvelt -- Deicing chemicals and the environment / Robert P Blauvelt -- Golf courses and pollution / Robert P Blauvelt -- Colorado River / Alexander E Gates, PhD -- Cemeteries and groundwater contamination / Robert P Blauvelt -- Appendixes: -- List of acronyms -- Chronology of pollution events -- Glossary -- Further resources -- 2007 CERCLA priority list of hazardous substances -- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial pollutants released to the environment by all industries in the United States -- EPA drinking water standards -- EPA Current National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for all controlled pollutants -- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) list of Immediately Dangerous To Life And Health (IDLH) values for controlled chemicals -- U S EPA National Air Quality Index -- Chemicals analyzed at superfund sites -- U S National Priorities List (NPL or Superfund) sites -- Top 25 oil spills in the world -- Index.

Publishers: New York, NY : Facts on File, c2011.

Notes: Facts on File science library. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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DDC: 363.7003

MMS ID: 991008248289702626