Overview
- Principal works on environmental security and risk assessment of pesticide chemical pollution as well as short chapters on specific case studies
- The book emphasizes on the contemporary methodologies and the models used for environmental security including computational modeling
- The book has an educational value to a broad number of specialities in environmental studies and chemistry
Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security (NAPSC)
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Table of contents (39 papers)
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Front Matter
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About this book
The present work is a fine contribution to the broad field of environmental security in the context of risk assessment and management of obsolete pesticides for the region of Southeast Europe. The purpose of this book is to evaluate the existing knowledge of improper disposal of obsolete pesticides in the region, to estimate the associated impact on environmental health, and to develop recommendations to mitigate or eliminate threats posed to the environment, biodiversity and human life. The issues discussed in the book include: reviews of the transport and fate of pesticides and associated contaminated materials in different environmental media and identification of the principal sources, emission routes and patterns of environmental pollution with pesticides; a recognition of the most suitable methods for environmental sampling analysis and sample preparation; an evaluation of the current methods and techniques for chemical and mass analysis of environmental and biological samples and discussion of the metrological and quality aspects of trace analyses; a characterization of the environmental and human health impacts of pesticide pollution, the health effects associated with acute and chronic exposure and the use of epidemiological data for risk assessment; a revision of the existing chemical safety regulations and strategies for protection and management of obsolete pesticide stocks; a survey of the international conventions, directives and standards concerning pesticide use.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Security Assessment and Management of Obsolete Pesticides in Southeast Europe
Editors: Lubomir I. Simeonov, Fliur Z. Macaev, Biana G. Simeonova
Series Title: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6461-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6460-6Published: 16 May 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6493-4Published: 14 May 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6461-3Published: 08 July 2014
Series ISSN: 1874-6519
Series E-ISSN: 1874-6543
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 475
Number of Illustrations: 153 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ecotoxicology, Public Health, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Analytical Chemistry