Arsenic Pollution

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Arsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research onthe distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact onhealth and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply,treatment, and water resource management. * Provides the first global and interdisciplinary account ofarsenic pollution occurrences * Integrates geochemistry, hydrology, agriculture, and watersupply and treatment for the first time * Options are highlighted for developing alternative watersources and methods for arsenic testing and removal * Appeals to specialists in one discipline seeking an overview ofthe work being done in other disciplines

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Peter Ravenscroft

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"Overall, a wide-ranging yet detailed study of arsenic pollution in the water environment is provide, covering many of the subfields that make up the discipline of geography, including chemistry, socioeconomics and politics, to name but a few . . . Arsenic Pollution provides a highly effective contemporary synthesis of this field." (Area, 2011) "This is an excellent book. For those seeking first-time knowledge, as well as those seeking to enhance their existing understanding about arsenic and recent research developments, there is probably no better book currently available." (Geoscientist, September 2009) "An excellent contribution to the field, and is clear and well written with ample figures and tables, and an extensive bibliography." (Experiment Agriculture, 2009)'This book lifts the lid to expose a terrifying globalphenomenon - the insidious poisoning of tens of millions ofpeople by arsenic that occurs naturally in rocks and soils andfinds its way into the water we drink and the food we eat. Theauthors convincingly argue that we need both more information andurgent investment in mitigation efforts.' -Sir Gordon Conway, President of the Royal GeographicalSociety 'Arsenic Pollution: A Global Synthesis is the mostcomprehensive of all the books published in recent times on one ofthe most discussed public health hazards of the current world. Thisbook will definitely be on the reading list of anyone interested inany aspect of arsenic occurrences in water and soil anywhere in theworld.' -Kazi Matin Ahmed, University of Dhaka
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