Chemical Alternatives Assessments
ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
EDITORS:
R.E. Hester, University of York, UK
R.M. Harrison, University of Birmingham, UK
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD:
P. Crutzen, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Germany, S.J. de Mora, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK, G. Eduljee, SITA, UK, L. Heathwaite, Lancaster University, UK, S. Holgate, University of Southampton, UK, P.K. Hopke, Clarkson University, USA, Sir John Houghton, Meteorological Office, UK, P. Leinster, Environment Agency, UK, J. Lester, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK, P.S. Liss, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK, D. Mackay, Trent University, Canada, A. Proctor, Food Science Department, University of Arkansas, USA, D. Taylor, AstraZeneca plc, UK.
TITLES IN THE SERIES:
Mining and its Environmental Impact
Waste Incineration and the Environment
Waste Treatment and Disposal
Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere
Agricultural Chemicals and the Environment
Chlorinated Organic Micropollutants
Contaminated Land and its Reclamation
Air Quality Management
Risk Assessment and Risk Management
Air Pollution and Health
Environmental Impact of Power Generation
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
Chemistry in the Marine Environment
Causes and Environmental Implications of Increased UV-B Radiation
Food Safety and Food Quality
Assessment and Reclamation of Contaminated Land
Global Environmental Change
Environmental and Health Impact of Solid Waste Management Activities
Sustainability and Environmental Impact of Renewable Energy Sources
Transport and the Environment
Sustainability in Agriculture
Chemicals in the Environment: Assessing and Managing Risk
Alternatives to Animal Testing
Nanotechnology
Biodiversity Under Threat
Environmental Forensics
Electronic Waste Management
Air Quality in Urban Environments
Carbon Capture
Ecosystem Services
Sustainable Water
Nuclear Power and the Environment
Marine Pollution and Human Health
Environmental Impacts of Modern Agriculture
Soils and Food Security
Chemical Alternatives Assessments
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ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
EDITORS: R.E. HESTER AND R.M. HARRISON
36Chemical Alternatives Assessments
Issues in Environmental Science and Technology No 36
ISBN: 978-1-84973-605-3
ISSN: 1350-7583
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