Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes write by Ronald A. Hites. This book was released on 2006-02-09. Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pollution threatens the Laurentian Great Lakes and is a serious problem. This book examines what is known about the major classes of persistent toxic organic pollutants. Agricultural runoff, urban waste, industrial discharge, landfill leachate, and atmospheric deposition, are all to blame. Contamination of the various ecosystems is reviewed, and what is known about the effects of this pollution. This volume provides an invaluable resource for those in environmental research, measurements, and decision making concerning the Great Lakes.
Contaminants of the Great Lakes
Contaminants of the Great Lakes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contaminants of the Great Lakes write by Jill Crossman. This book was released on 2020-09-17. Contaminants of the Great Lakes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book reviews the globally important freshwater resource of the Great Lakes, which is currently threatened by contaminants that compromise water quality and impact its ecological and economic health. Divided into four parts, this volume covers historic, current and emerging sources of contamination from heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants to microplastics; and identifies their ecological impacts. Due to factors ranging from rapidly changing land use practices, climate change and our emerging understanding of their impact on biological, chemical and physical interactions, the effectiveness of management strategies has proven highly variable. Continued enhancements in the rate of lake recovery are required to sustain the health of the Great Lakes. Accordingly, the book also explores recent advances in contaminant detection, along with future steps forward in lake management approaches. Revealing our current knowledge gaps and providing a roadmap towards sustainable solutions, the book offers a valuable asset for scientists, managers and the public alike.
Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement write by Lee Botts. This book was released on 2005. Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Water quality concerns are not new to the Great Lakes. They emerged early in the 20th century, in 1909, and matured in 1972 and 1978. They remain a prominent part of today's conflicted politics and advancing industrial growth. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, became a model to the world for environmental management across an international boundary. Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement recounts this historic binational relationship, an agreement intended to protect the fragile Great Lakes. One strength of the agreement is its flexibility, which includes a requirement for periodic review that allows modification as problems are solved, conditions change, or scientific research reveals new problems. The first progress was made in the 1970s in the area of eutrophication, the process by which lakes gradually age, which normally takes thousands of years to progress, but is accelerated by modern water pollution. The binational agreement led to the successful lowering of phosphorus levels that saved Lake Erie and prevented accelerated eutrophication in the rest of the Great Lakes ecosystem. Another major success at the time was the identification and lowering of the levels of toxic contaminants that cause major threats to human and wildlife health, from accumulating PCBs and other persistent organic pollutants
The Challenge of Substances of Emerging Concern in the Great Lakes Basin
The Challenge of Substances of Emerging Concern in the Great Lakes Basin - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Challenge of Substances of Emerging Concern in the Great Lakes Basin write by . This book was released on 2009. The Challenge of Substances of Emerging Concern in the Great Lakes Basin available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Global Sources of Local Pollution
Global Sources of Local Pollution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Global Sources of Local Pollution write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2010-02-15. Global Sources of Local Pollution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recent advances in air pollution monitoring and modeling capabilities have made it possible to show that air pollution can be transported long distances and that adverse impacts of emitted pollutants cannot be confined to one country or even one continent. Pollutants from traffic, cooking stoves, and factories emitted half a world away can make the air we inhale today more hazardous for our health. The relative importance of this "imported" pollution is likely to increase, as emissions in developing countries grow, and air quality standards in industrial countries are tightened. Global Sources of Local Pollution examines the impact of the long-range transport of four key air pollutants (ozone, particulate matter, mercury, and persistent organic pollutants) on air quality and pollutant deposition in the United States. It also explores the environmental impacts of U.S. emissions on other parts of the world. The book recommends that the United States work with the international community to develop an integrated system for determining pollution sources and impacts and to design effective response strategies. This book will be useful to international, federal, state, and local policy makers responsible for understanding and managing air pollution and its impacts on human health and well-being.
