Pollutants in a Multimedia Environment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   1. A Multimedia Approach to Pollution Control: Cross-Media Problems

      • J. Clarence Davies

      Pages 1-6

3. Multimedia Transport Modeling

   1. Intermedia Transport Modeling in Multimedia Systems

      • Yoram Cohen

      Pages 7-48

   2. Transport of Chemical Contaminants in the Marine Environment Originating from Offshore Drilling Bottom Deposits — A Vignette Model

      • L. J. Thibodeaux, D. D. Reible, C. S. Fang

      Pages 49-64

   3. Pollutant Transport in Flow-Through Wetland Ecosystems

      • Robert H. Kadlec

      Pages 65-91

   4. Unified Transport Model for Organics

      • M. R. Patterson

      Pages 93-115

   5. The Fugacity Approach to Multimedia Environmental Modeling

      • Donald Mackay, Sally Paterson

      Pages 117-131

   6. A Chemical Runoff Model

      • W. Brock Neely, George R. Oliver

      Pages 133-148

   7. Stochastic Methods for Intermedia Transport Analysis

      • K. J. Yost

      Pages 149-165

4. Multimedia Analysis of Exposure and Risk

   1. Application of Multimedia Pollutant Transport Models to Risk Analysis

      • Thomas E. McKone, William E. Kastenberg

      Pages 167-189

   2. Overview of the Remedial Action Priority System (RAPS)

      • G. Whelan, B. L. Steelman, D. L. Strenge, J. G. Droppo

      Pages 191-227

   3. Estimation of Multimedia Exposures Related To Hazardous Waste Facilities

      • Seong T. Hwang, James W. Falco

      Pages 229-264

5. Field Studies of Pollutant Transport and Exposure Assessment

   1. A Multimedia Study of Hazardous Waste Landfill Gas Migration

      • Robert D. Stephens, Nancy B. Ball, Danny M. Mar

      Pages 265-287

   2. The Total Exposure Assessment Methodology (Team) Study: Direct Measurement of Personal Exposures through Air and Water for 600 Residents of Several U.S. Cities

      • Lance Wallace, Edo Pellizzari, Linda Sheldon, Ty Hartwell, Charles Sparacino, Harvey Zelon

      Pages 289-315

   3. Multimedia Design Principles Applied to the Development of the Global Baseline Integrated Monitoring Network

      • G. B. Wiersma, M. D. Otis

      Pages 317-332

6. Back Matter

   Pages 333-338

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Pollutants released to the environment are distributed among the many environmental media such as air, water, soil, and vegetation, as the result of complex physical, chemical and biological processes. The possible environmental impact associated with chemical pollutants is related to their concentration levels and persistence in the various environmental compartments. Therefore, information regarding the migration of pollutants across environmental phase boundaries (eg., air-water, soil-water) and their accumulation in the environment is essential if we are to assess the potential environmental impact and the associated risks. In recent years it has become apparent that environmental pollution is a multimedia problem. Risk assessment and the design of appropriate pollution control measures require that we carefully consider the transport and accumulation of pollutants in the environment. We are now recognizing that the environment must be considered as a whole, and the scientific and regulatory approaches must consider the interactions of environmental media. It is also becoming apparent that single-medium approaches are partial and often counter-productive. On the other hand any multimedia program must carefully consider the rate of each environmental medium in the overall multimedia scheme.

• environment
• environmental pollution
• multimedia
• pollution
• pollution control
• risk assessment
• vegetation
• terrestrial pollution

• University of California, Los Angeles, USA

  Yoram Cohen

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