Berthouex P.M., Brown L.C. Pollution Prevention and Control: Part I. Human Health and Environmental Quality

Bookboon, 2013. — 62 p. — ISBN: 978-87-403-0526-5.This book is about protecting human and environmental health through an understanding of the fate of pollutants in the environment, toxicity, risk assessment, and the scientific basis for regulations.This book introduces the general strategy of design, the natural environmental cycles and how human activities interrupt and control them, toxicity and risk assessment for the protection of human and environmental health, the fate of pollutants in the environment, and a review of U.S. and international laws and regulations. Understanding these broad environmental issues leads to better engineering.The Strategy of Pollution Control Engineering
The Engineering Design Process
The Environmental System
Toxicity and Aquatic Water Quality Criteria
Risk Assessment
Waterborne Microbial Diseases
The Fate of Pollutants in Air
The Fate of Pollutants in Water
The Fate of Pollutants in Soil and Groundwater
Guidelines for Environmental Protection
References & Recommended Reading.