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Book Fate and Behaviour of Chemical Contaminants in the Aquatic Environment

Download or read book Fate and Behaviour of Chemical Contaminants in the Aquatic Environment written by M. G. C. Baker and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Aquatic Pollutants

Download or read book Aquatic Pollutants written by O. Hutzinger and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aquatic Pollutants: Transformation and Biological Effects contains the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Aquatic Pollutants held at Noordwijkerhout (Amsterdam), The Netherlands on September 26-28, 1977. Organized into 47 chapters, this book first describes the aquatic pollutants and their potential biological effects. Subsequent chapters elucidate chemicals with pollution potential; multidetection approach to analysis of organic pollutants in water; volatilization of pollutants from water; microbial transformations of aromatic pollutants; and photochemical transformation of pollutants in water. Other chapters address oxidation of organic compounds in aquatic systems; laboratory microcosms for use in determining pollutant stress; continuous biomonitoring systems for detection of toxic levels of water pollutants; and health aspects of water recycling practices. This book will be useful as a review of existing knowledge in this field. It will also stimulate further thought and research.

Book Hydrological  Chemical and Biological Processes of Transformation and Transport of Contaminants in Aquatic Environments

Download or read book Hydrological Chemical and Biological Processes of Transformation and Transport of Contaminants in Aquatic Environments written by Norman E. Peters and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Overview: Water quality monitoring: national and international approaches - Richard Helmer. 2. Fate and transformation of contaminants: transport and fate of persistent toxic organic chemicals in aquatic ecosystems: the Niagara River to St Lawrence River Estuary example - R.J. Allan; impact of soil fertility by replacement of hydrologically different water types - B. Beltman & T.G. Rouwenhorst; transformation process of contaminants in rivers - J.H. Carey; pesticides in groundwater: some preliminary observations on behaviour and transport in tropical environments - P.J. Chilton, A.R. Lawrence & J.A. Baker; redox transformation of pollutants in natural waters - L. s. Ernestova, I.V. Semenova, G.V. Vlasova & N. Lee Wolf; contaminant interactions at surfaces for treatment of heavy metals in aquatic environments: mass espectrometry studies - J.V. Headley, P.W. Brooks & M Neuwirth; transformation and stabilization of metals and dissolved organic carbon in submerged calcareous environments - Maher E. Saleh; the kinetics of amino acid uptake by micro-organism in lake and river waters of the temperate and subartic zones under different trophic conditions - Humitake Seki; the interactions between trichloroethylene (TCE) and clay - C. Tang, S. Shindou & H. Ohashi; aquatic ecosystem stability to acidification: experimental modelling and buffering capacity calculation - M.G. Tarasov & A.M. Nikanorov; the precipitation of CaCO3: a mechanism of self-regulation of the LakeSevan ecosystem - D.S. Ulyanova; biological evaluation of the pollution of riverine wetlands by heavy metals - A.V. Zhulidov, T.A. Khoruzhaya, L.M. Predeina, E.V. Morozova, Y.V. Teplyakov, L.S. Kosmenko & S. Urmanov; some results of the lon-time ecological monitoring of the Leningrad NPP cooling water body (Koporskaya Bay, Gulf of Finland) - L.M. Zimina, V.L. Zimin & J.A. Khayrutdinova. 3. Hydrochemical modelling: formulations and solutions for problems of dispersion in groundwater - M.J. Adler & E. Ioan; Application of the Chrnobyl experience in developing methodology for assessing and predicting consequences of radioactive contamination of the hydrosphere - V.A. Borzilov, A.V. konoplev & A.A. Bulgakov; simulation of pollutant contamination of rivers after and atmospheric release - J.P. Bouchard & J. Duplex; a computer application for investigating the structural transformation of anthropogenically impacted aquatic ecosystems - V.A. Bryzgalo & P.A. Khaiter; investigating and modelling transport and adsorption of boron in the groundwater of Lerma valley, Argentina - J. Bundschuh, A. Fuertes, G. Baudino, R. Garcia & k. D. Balke; modelling microbial processes in porous media with application to biotransformation - A.B. Cunningham & O. Wanner; nutrient loads in the Vistula River: outflow into the Baltic Sea - J.R. Dojlido, E. Niemirycz & P. Morawiec; phenol biodegradation in the yenisei River and the Krasnoyarsk Reservoir, Russia - M.I. Gladyshev & I.V. Gribovskaya; numerical investigation of contaminant transport in shallow water bodies - L.A. Krukier e G.V. Muratova; modelling of chemicals dissolved in waters in an agricultural watershed - Z.W. Kunfzewicz, B. Szpakowska & R. Sibrecht; simulation of the redox sequence of an infiltration passage by direct numerical modelling of the mediating microorganisms - H.J. Lensing & B. herrling; hydrodynamic and water quality modelling of the Lower Don River, Russia - A.M Nikanorov, R.C. Russo, M.G. Yereschukova, E.Z. Hosseinipour & R.B. Ambrose; mathematical modelling of metal speciation in natural waters - V.I. Peleshenko, V.I. Osadchi & V.V. Kirnichni; plane dispersion of pollutants - J.M. Sawicki; physically-based modelling of pollutants transported by overland low - V.Y. Smakhtin; impact of river regulation on mercury transport - S.A. Sukhenko, E.B. Krissinel & S.A. Mikhailov; simulation of jeavy metal effect on fresh-water ecosystems in mesocosms and estimation of water body self-purification properties - Y.V. Teplyakov & A.M. Nikanorov; simulation of nutrient transformation in a reservoir ecosystem - A.A. Tskhai & V.Y. Ageikov. 4. Additional techniques and water quality assessments: impact of atmospheric precipitation on the sulphate concentration in surface waters of the Eastern European Plain - G.M. Chernogaeva; monitoring surface water conductivity with indian remote sensing satellite data: a case study from central India - V.K. choubey; use of 34S/32S ratios for evaluating anthropogenic impacts on Volga-Akhtuba flood plain surface waters - Y.A. Fedorov; multavariate classification methods as a methodological basis for natural object simulation - A.I. Gavrishin; analysis of water quality data using a multivariate statistical technique: a case study - K. Gurunathan & S. Ravichandran; hydraulic circulation system for in situ remediation of strippable contaminants and in situ bioreclamation (GZB/UVB method) - B. Herrling & J. Stamm; hydrochemical monitoring of a forested catchment with extremely high aluminium concentrations in runoff: the Lysina catchment, Czech Republic - J. kruska & Pavel Krám; application of remote sensing techniques to comprehensive monitoring of inland water ecosystems - K.Y. Kondratyev, V.V. Melentyev & D.V. Pozdniakov; evaluation of surface water pollution by nitrate in northeast Slovakia - O. Mendel & J. Repa; a fluorescent tracer for hydrodynamic process studies - A.M. Nikanorov, N.M. trunov, A.V. Bystrov, V.N. Askalepov & M.G. Tarasov; variations in stream water quality in a forested Piedmont catchment, Georgia, USA: relevance of sampling frequency and design - N.E. Peters; cumulative effects of land use practices on water quality - W.T. Swank & P.V. Bolstad; temporal variations of organic micropollutants during storm events in a small river catchment - W. Symader, R. Bierl & K. Hampe; application of experimental ecosystems for researching natural waters: the problem of similarity - N.M. Trunov, A.M. Nikanorov & V.N. Askalepov; contribution of various sources of contaminants to the total input into the North Sea - K.J. Wulffraat, T. Smit & H. Groskamp; residual arsenic in Yellow River fish and effects of suspended sediment - Z. Shuguang, L. Yaqing & M. Tao.

Book Prediction of the Environmental Fate of Chemicals

Download or read book Prediction of the Environmental Fate of Chemicals written by Y. Samiullah and published by Springer. This book was released on 1990-06-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamental Properties of Chemical; Chemical Release and Environmental Pathways; Modelling Strategies; The Soil Environment; The Aquatic Environment; The Atmosphere.

Book Emerging Freshwater Pollutants

Download or read book Emerging Freshwater Pollutants written by Tatenda Dalu and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-01-29 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging Freshwater Pollutants: Analysis, Fate and Regulations comprises of 20 chapters, all written by leading experts. This book is written in the most practical terms and is easy to understand, with numerous helpful examples and case studies and can be used as a practical guide and important educational tool on issues concerning freshwater emerging pollutants. The organisation of the book exposes the reader in logical succession to the full range of complex scientific and management aspects of emerging freshwater pollutants in the developing world. The book recognises that water chemistry, emerging freshwater pollutants and management are inter-dependent disciplines. The book covers (i) the different monitoring techniques, current analytical approaches and instrumental analyses, (ii) fate and occurrence of emerging pollutants in aquatic systems and (iii) management policies and legislations on emerging pollutants. Thus, subsequent chapters elucidate chemicals with pollution potential, multi-detection approaches to analysis of organic pollutants in water, microplastics effects and photochemical transformation of emerging pollutants in freshwater systems. Whereas, other chapters address oxidation of organic compounds in aquatic systems, biomonitoring systems for detection of toxic levels of water pollutants, and health aspects of water recycling practices. This book melds several different perspectives on the subject of freshwater emerging pollutants and shows the interrelationships between the various professions that deal with water quality issues. Further, within the presentation of each separate chapter is discussion of how the various scientific and management aspects of the subject interrelate. - Includes case studies and practical examples in each chapter - Presents a much-needed interdisciplinary approach, representing the overlap between water chemistry and emerging freshwater pollutants - Provides a thorough introduction to emerging tropical and freshwater pollutants that typically occur in these systems

Book Effects of Emerging Chemical Contaminants on Water Resources and Environmental Health

Download or read book Effects of Emerging Chemical Contaminants on Water Resources and Environmental Health written by Shikuku, Victor and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major issue that has remained prevalent in today’s modern world has been the presence of chemicals within water sources that the public uses for drinking. The associated health risks that accompany these contaminants are unknown but have sparked serious concern and emotive arguments among the global community. Empirical research is a necessity to further understand these contaminants and the effects they have on the environment. Effects of Emerging Chemical Contaminants on Water Resources and Environmental Health is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on current issues regarding the occurrence, toxicology, and abatement of emerging contaminants in water sources. While highlighting topics such as remediation techniques, pollution minimization, and technological developments, this publication explores sample preparation and detection of these chemical contaminants as well as policy and legislative issues related to public health. This book is ideally designed for environmental engineers, biologists, health scientists, researchers, students, and professors seeking further research on the latest developments in the detection of water contaminants.

Book Emerging Pollutants in the Environment

Download or read book Emerging Pollutants in the Environment written by Marcelo Larramendy and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book, Emerging Pollutants in the Environment Current and Further Implications, includes overviews by significant researchers on the topic of emerging pollutants toxicology, which covers the hazardous effects of common emerging xenobiotics employed in our every day anthropogenic activities. We hope that this book will meet the expectations and needs of all those who are interested in the negative implications of several emerging pollutants on living species.

Book Fate and Transport of Subsurface Pollutants

Download or read book Fate and Transport of Subsurface Pollutants written by Pankaj Kumar Gupta and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers detailed information on the behaviour of various water pollutants, and on the principles and concepts of groundwater flow and transport. It will help readers to understand and execute the planning, supervision, and review of solute transport and groundwater modeling projects. The book also discusses the role and fate of elements that have been identified as major contaminants in surface and subsurface waters, and their adverse effects on ecology and human health. The book explores this theme throughout four sections – a. Understanding Soil-Water Systems, b. Fate and Transport of Pollutants, c. Physico-Chemical Treatment of Wastewater and d. Microbial Techniques Used to Decontaminate Soil-Water Systems. Introducing readers to a range of recent advances concerning the fundamentals of subsurface water treatment, it offers a valuable guide for teachers, researchers, policymakers, and undergraduate and graduate students of hydrology, environmental microbiology, biotechnology and the environmental sciences. It also provides field engineers and industrial practitioners with essential support in the effective remediation and management of polluted sites.

Book Analysis and Fate of Surfactants in the Aquatic Environment

Download or read book Analysis and Fate of Surfactants in the Aquatic Environment written by Thomas P. Knepper and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2003-08-22 with total page 995 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An understanding of the fate and behaviour of organic chemicals, such as surfactants, in the environment is a prerequisite for the sustainable development of human health and ecosystems. As surfactants are being produced in huge amounts, it is important to have a detailed knowledge about their lifetime in the environment, their biodegradability in wastewater treatment plants and in natural waters, and their ecotoxicity. Parameters relevant for the assessment of long-term behaviour, such as interactions with hormonal systems need to be understood to avoid unexpected adverse effects to future generations of people and the environment. However, the identification and quantification of commercial surfactants in the environment is made more complicated and cumbersome because they comprise of tens to hundreds of homologues, oligomers and isomers of anionic, nonionic, cationic and amphoteric compounds.The EU-funded PRISTINE project (Priority surfactants and their toxic metabolites in wastewater effluents: An integrated study; ENV4-CT97-0494) provides the basis for the content of this title. It provides policy makers and industry with detailed information on analysis and concentrations of surfactants and their degradation products in the environment.In addition to a general introduction to surfactants, this book comprises a comprehensive variety of analytical techniques, including sample handling, for the analysis of surfactants in the aquatic environment. Readers will find all the necessary information for analyzing the different groups of surfactants, with special emphasis on transformation products. Quality assurance is also reported on in detail. Chapters on toxicity and risk assessment are also included and give a complete perspective on the surfactants problem in the aquatic environment.·Presents the finding of EU-funded research into fate and behaviour of organic chemicals in the environment·Comprises a comprehensive variety of analytical techniques, including sample handling, for the analysis of surfactants in the aquatic environment·Provides relevant information to all groups working in the field of surfactants

Book Organic Contaminants in the Environment

Download or read book Organic Contaminants in the Environment written by K.C. Jones and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERIES The current expansion of both public and scientific interest in environ mental issues has not been accompanied by a commensurate production of adequate books, and those which are available are widely variable in approach and depth. The Environmental Management Series has been established with a view to co-ordinating a series of volumes dealing with each topic within the field in some depth. It is hoped that this Series will provide a uniform and quality coverage and that, over a period of years, it will build up to form a library of reference books covering most of the major topics within this diverse field. It is envisaged that the books will be of single, or dual, authorship, or edited volumes as appropriate for respective topics. The level of presentation will be advanced, the books being aimed primarily at a research/consultancy readership. The coverage will include all aspects of environmental science and engineering pertinent to man agement and monitoring of the natural and man-modified environment, as well as topics dealing with the political, economic, legal and social con siderations pertaining to environmental management. J. CAIRNS and R.M. HARRISON v Preface The behaviour and effects of chemicals in our environment is a fascinating subject for scientific investigation. Furthermore, an understanding of these processes is of fundamental importance in our modern world, and should enable us to understand and limit the adverse effects of pollutants.

Book Emerging Contaminants in the Terrestrial Aquatic Atmosphere Continuum

Download or read book Emerging Contaminants in the Terrestrial Aquatic Atmosphere Continuum written by Willis Gwenzi and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-05-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging Contaminants in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments: Occurrence, Health Risks, and Mitigation provides the latest information on the synthesis of the occurrence, behavior, human health risks and mitigation of emerging contaminants in developing countries. First highlighting sources, industrial applications, key drivers and regulatory frameworks, the book then goes on to discuss the nature of emerging contaminants, including organic (e.g., pharmaceuticals), inorganic (e.g., rare earth elements) and biological agents (e.g., antimicrobial resistance). It then presents the dissemination, environmental behavior, and fate in terrestrial and aquatic systems as well as the human and ecological exposure pathways, health risks, and more. Offering a transdisciplinary approach that brings together perspectives and contributions from experts in environmental sciences, hydrology, environmental engineering, ecotoxicology, chemistry, material sciences, and legal and policy aspects, the book provides an approachable and flexible resource for researchers and upper-level students with diverse academic backgrounds. - Adopts a lifecycle perspective by including industrial applications, behavior and fate and human health risks and removal - Focuses on developing regions and covers a wide range of emerging contaminants, including those often overlooked in earlier books such as rare earth elements and antimicrobial resistance - Presents a clear understanding of the contrasts between developed and developing countries with respect to emerging contaminants and their health risks and mitigation, including water and wastewater treatment systems commonly used in developing countries - Covers human and ecological health risks in developing countries

Book Emerging Aquatic Contaminants

Download or read book Emerging Aquatic Contaminants written by Manish Kumar and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging Aquatic Contaminants: One Health Framework for Risk Assessment and Remediation in the Post COVID-19 Anthropocene highlights various sources and pathways of emerging contamination, including their distribution, occurrence, and fate in the aquatic environment. The book provides detailed insight into emerging contaminants' mass flow and behavior in various spheres of the subsurface environment. Possible treatment strategies, including bioremediation and natural attenuation, are discussed. Ecotoxicity, relative environmental risk, human health risk, and current policies, guidelines, and regulations on emerging contaminants are analyzed. This book serves as a pillar for future studies, with the aim of bio-physical remediation and natural attenuation of biotic and abiotic pollution. - Includes real-world applications and case studies to show how these practices can be adopted - Presents global coverage, with a diverse list of contributors, all of whom are experts in the field - Uses illustrative diagrams to provide a clear and foundational understating of the topics

Book Soil and Water Contamination  2nd Edition

Download or read book Soil and Water Contamination 2nd Edition written by Marcel van der Perk and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soil and Water Contamination, Second Edition gives a structured overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contaminants. Dealing with all topics essential for understanding and predicting contaminant patterns in soil, groundwater and surface water, it contributes to the formation of a solid basis for adequate soil and water pollution control and integrated catchment management. A unique feature of this work is that it does not treat water and soil pollution as independent processes, but as components of an integrated whole. The core of this geoscientific approach is divided into four parts: • Introduction to the basics of soil and water contamination, such as the fundamentals of environmental pollution and chemistry and the basic properties of soil, groundwater and surface water. • Source, role, and behaviour of substances in soil and water, treating natural and anthropogenic sources of nutrients, heavy metals, radionuclides and organic pollutants as well as emerging substances of concern, their physico-chemical characteristics, behaviour, and toxicity. • Transport and fate of substances in soil and water, focusing on processes of transport, exchange and transformations like advection, dispersion, adsorption kinetics and biochemical decay. Special attention is paid to the mathematical description and modelling of these processes. • Patterns of substances in soil and water, explaining spatial and temporal patterns of pollutants in soil, groundwater, and surface water, illustrated by recent case studies from fundamental and applied research. This comprehensive, successful textbook, now in its second edition, has been conscientiously updated and extended and includes many case studies, examples and exercises sections, providing undergraduate and graduate students in the Earth and Environmental Sciences with all the material necessary for the study of soil and water contamination. In addition, it can serve as a useful source of information for professionals.

Book Handbook of Physical Chemical Properties and Environmental Fate for Organic Chemicals  Second Edition

Download or read book Handbook of Physical Chemical Properties and Environmental Fate for Organic Chemicals Second Edition written by Donald Mackay and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-03-14 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transport and transformation processes are key for determining how humans and other organisms are exposed to chemicals. These processes are largely controlled by the chemicals’ physical-chemical properties. This new edition of the Handbook of Physical-Chemical Properties and Environmental Fate for Organic Chemicals is a comprehensive series in four volumes that serves as a reference source for environmentally relevant physical-chemical property data of numerous groups of chemical substances. The handbook contains physical-chemical property data from peer-reviewed journals and other valuable sources on over 1200 chemicals of environmental concern. The handbook contains new data on the temperature dependence of selected physical-chemical properties, which allows scientists and engineers to perform better chemical assessments for climatic conditions outside the 20–25-degree range for which property values are generally reported. This second edition of the Handbook of Physical-Chemical Properties and Environmental Fate for Organic Chemicals is an essential reference for university libraries, regulatory agencies, consultants, and industry professionals, particularly those concerned with chemical synthesis, emissions, fate, persistence, long-range transport, bioaccumulation, exposure, and biological effects of chemicals in the environment. This resource is also available on CD-ROM

Book Environmental Forensics for Persistent Organic Pollutants

Download or read book Environmental Forensics for Persistent Organic Pollutants written by Gwen O'Sullivan and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Forensics for Persistent Organic Pollutants represents the state-of-the-art in environmental forensics in relation to persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The book is a complete reference for practitioners and students, covering a range of topics from new analytical techniques to regulatory and legal status in the global community. Through case studies from leading international experts, real-world issues — including the allocation of responsibility for release into the environment — are resolved through the application of advanced analytical and scientific techniques. This book introduces and assesses the development of new techniques and technologies to trace the source and fate of newly emerging and classic POPs (perfluoroalkyl substances, brominated flame retardants, organochlorine pesticides, perfluorinated chemicals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and polychlorinated biphenyls) in environmental media, including atmospheric, marine, freshwater, and urban environments. - Real-world case studies show the application of advanced analytical and scientific techniques - Discussion of GC*GC provides an introduction and assessment of a novel technique from leaders in the field - Introduces the development of new analytical techniques (such as 2-D GC*HC and LC*LC) to trace the source and fate - Raises awareness about the health and environmental impact of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) - Outlines the development of international measures to control POPs so that chemists can understand the legal issues

Book Oil in the Sea III

    Book Details:
  • Author : National Research Council
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2003-03-14
  • ISBN : 0309084385
  • Pages : 278 pages

Download or read book Oil in the Sea III written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-03-14 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1970s, experts have recognized that petroleum pollutants were being discharged in marine waters worldwide, from oil spills, vessel operations, and land-based sources. Public attention to oil spills has forced improvements. Still, a considerable amount of oil is discharged yearly into sensitive coastal environments. Oil in the Sea provides the best available estimate of oil pollutant discharge into marine waters, including an evaluation of the methods for assessing petroleum load and a discussion about the concerns these loads represent. Featuring close-up looks at the Exxon Valdez spill and other notable events, the book identifies important research questions and makes recommendations for better analysis ofâ€"and more effective measures againstâ€"pollutant discharge. The book discusses: Inputâ€"where the discharges come from, including the role of two-stroke engines used on recreational craft. Behavior or fateâ€"how oil is affected by processes such as evaporation as it moves through the marine environment. Effectsâ€"what we know about the effects of petroleum hydrocarbons on marine organisms and ecosystems. Providing a needed update on a problem of international importance, this book will be of interest to energy policy makers, industry officials and managers, engineers and researchers, and advocates for the marine environment.

Book Environmental Contaminants in Aquatic Systems and Chemical Safety for Environmental and Human Health  Volume II

Download or read book Environmental Contaminants in Aquatic Systems and Chemical Safety for Environmental and Human Health Volume II written by Mohiuddin Md. Taimur Khan and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Research Topic is Volume 2 in the Environmental Contaminants in Aquatic Systems and Chemical Safety for Environmental and Human Health series: Given the finite supply of water available for human use, the continued chemical contamination of the aquatic environment may pose a significant human health hazard. Consequently, an effort must be made to develop ambient water quality criteria to protect human health and preserve the integrity of the aquatic environment. In developing water quality criteria based on human health effects, information on sources of exposure, pharmacokinetics, and adverse effects must be carefully evaluated and acknowledged. Information and fundamental knowledge on the sources of exposure are needed to determine the contribution of exposure from water relative to all other sources.