Environmental Pollution and Health

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Air pollution. 3. Water pollution. 4. Soil pollution. 5. Thermal and noise pollution. 6. Radioactive pollution. 7. Health hazards due to factors other than pollution. 8. Management of wastes. Index.

Pollution as we know is an undesirable change in the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the environment. Environmental Pollution and Health expounds the three main types of environmental pollution-air, water, and land-and their effects on human health. It also focuses on photochemical air pollution, marine pollution, thermal pollution, noise pollution and radioactive pollution and their effects on human health.

The book also discusses the impact on the health of the human beings by factors others than pollutants. These factors include occupation of a person stress, global warming and ozone layer depletion. Finally the author has dealt with various types of wastes generated in different establishments and how they should be managed.

Key Features:

Describes the measures to be taken to control industrial wastes.
Explains effects of radioactive pollutants on health.
Elaborates the different types of wastes.
Discusses how various types of wastes can be managed.