Pollutants in Buildings, Water and Living Organisms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lichtfouse, Eric (Editor), Schwarzbauer, Jan (Editor), Robert, Didier (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 7
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental chemistry.; Pollution prevention.; Water pollution.; Environmental Chemistry.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.

This book presents advanced methods to analyse and clean pollutants, such as nanotechnology to treat water, techniques to remediate building materials, and bioindicators. It is very important that the understanding of these methods are brought to the attention of scientists, as cities and ecosystems...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Maintenance and conservation of materials in the built environment
• 2. Nanotechnology in water treatment
• 3. Biodegradation of organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides by microorganism
• 4. Non-target UHPLC/MS analysis of emerging contaminants in water
• 5. PAH pollution monitoring by bivalves
• 6. Selenium in plants
• 7. Aromatic amines sources, environmental impact and remediation.