Arsenic
Environmental Chemistry, Health Threats and Waste Treatment
March 2009
588 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Arsenic: Environmental Chemistry, Health Threats and Waste Treatment
This book presents an overview of the chemistry, geology, toxicology and environmental impacts of arsenic, presenting information on relatively common arsenic minerals and their key properties. In addition, it includes discussions on the environmental impacts of the release of arsenic from mining and coal combustion.
Although the environmental regulations of different nations vary and change over time, prominent International, North American, and European guidelines and regulations on arsenic will be reviewed.
* Includes information on recent environmental catastrophes (e.g. Bangladesh and China)
* A thorough discussion of the arsenic cycle, including the cosmological origin of arsenic
* Includes Appendices providing extensive glossary and measurement conversion tables
Professor David A. Atwood, is based in the Chemistry Department of the University of Kentucky. He obtained his B.S. from the University of Alabama and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas in 1992. Research in the Atwood group is designed to address both fundamental and applied aspects of the main group metals. Professor Atwood's teaching includes courses in solid-state materials including biomineralization.
Dr Lisa Blue is a graduate student based in the chemistry department of the University of Kentucky.