Table of Contents
Preface xi
Authors xiii
Contributing Authors xv
Part I Overview
Chapter 1 Introduction to Environmental Issues 3
Chapter 2 Environmental Regulations 7
Chapter 3 International Regulations 31
Chapter 4 ISO 14000 Lauren De Sanctis 45
Chapter 5 Multimedia Concerns 61
Chapter 6 Classification and Sources of Pollutants 71
Chapter 7 Effects of Pollutants 83
Chapter 8 Green Chemistry and Green Engineering Vincenza Imperiale 97
Chapter 9 Sustainability 107
Part II Air
Chapter 10 Air Pollution Control Equipment 121
Chapter 11 Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling 135
Chapter 12 Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming Shannon O'Brien 145
Chapter 13 Air Toxics 157
Chapter 14 Indoor Air Quality 165
Chapter 15 Vapor Intrusion 181
Part III Water
Chapter 16 Water Chemistry Richard F. Carbonaro 191
Chapter 17 Safe Drinking Water Richard F. Carbonaro 201
Chapter 18 Municipal Wastewater Treatment 211
Chapter 19 Industrial Wastewater Management 223
Chapter 20 Dispersion Modeling in Water Systems 233
Chapter 21 Acid Rain 243
Part IV Solid Waste
Chapter 22 Municipal Solid Waste Management 255
Chapter 23 Industrial Waste Management 265
Chapter 24 Hospital Waste Management 275
Chapter 25 Nuclear Waste Management 285
Chapter 26 Underground Storage Tanks 297
Chapter 27 Superfund 307
Chapter 28 Asbestos 317
Chapter 29 Metals 325
Part V Pollution Prevention
Chapter 30 The Pollution Prevention Concept 335
Chapter 31 Pollution Prevention Applications 347
Chapter 32 Introduction to Health, Safety, and Accident Management 355
Chapter 33 Health, Safety, and Accident Management Applications 363
Chapter 34 Introduction to Energy Conservation373
Chapter 35 Energy Conservation Applications 381
Chapter 36 Architecture in the Environment: History, Practice, and Change 387
Part VI Environmental Risk
Chapter 37 Introduction to Environmental Risk Assessment 399
Chapter 38 Health Risk Assessment 407
Chapter 39 Hazard Risk Assessment 417
Chapter 40 Public Perception of Risk 425
Chapter 41 Risk Communication 433
Part VII Other Areas of Interest
Chapter 42 The EPA Dilemma Anna M. Daversa 449
Chapter 43 Electromagnetic Fields 463
Chapter 44 Noise Pollution 473
Chapter 45 Used Oil 483
Chapter 46 Environmental Audits 493
Chapter 47 Economics 501
Chapter 48 Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology 509
Chapter 49 Environmental Ethics 523
Chapter 50 Environmental Justice Francesco Ricci 535
Index 545