Advances in environmental chemistry and toxicology of mercury

Autore: Cai Y. Liu G. Casa Editrice: John Wiley & Sons  Anno Edizione: 2011 Edizione: 1 ISBN: 9780470578728 Pagine: 448 Costo: 108,60 Euro (*) Materia: Chimica Ambientale Controllo, Qualità e Sicurezza - Tossicologia Geologia, Geofisica, Biofisica e Scienze Ambientali Lingua: Inglese

This book provides the fundamentals, recent developments, and future research needs for critical mercury transformation and transport processes, as well as the experimental methods that have been employed in recent studies. The coverage discusses the environmental behavior and toxicological effects of mercury on organisms, including humans, and provides case studies at the end of each chapter. Bringing together information normally spread across several books, this text is unique in covering the entire mercury cycle and providing a baseline for what is known and what uncertainties remain in respect to mercury cycling.