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Presents the theoretical background as well as the practical application of the latest technology for the investigation and remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater. Coverage of micropurging of wells prior to sampling; obtaining a ground water sample without a monitoring well; fingerprinting petroleum contamination in soil; soil and groundwater contamination from coal tar and related compounds; and contains a number of case histories showing the practical applications of the theory. A valuable reference for the working professional..
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Understand and Address Major Environmental Threats to Our Water

Contaminated bottom sediments and their negative impacts on water quality are a major problem in surface waters throughout the United States as well as in many other parts of the world. Even after elimination of the primary contaminant sources, these bottom sediments will be a main source of contaminants for many years to come. In order to determine environmentally-effective and cost-effective remedial actions, the transport and fate of these sediments and associated contaminants must be understood and quantified. This book details how to best approach contaminated sediments, allowing readers to better assess and address water quality and health issues, water body management, and potential remediation methods.

Sediment and contaminant transport is an enormously rich and complex field that involves physical, chemical, and biological processes as well as the mathematical modeling of these processes. While many books have been written on these broad topics, Sediment and Contaminant Transport in Surface Waters takes a more focused approach, highlighting areas that have been recently investigated but not covered thoroughly elsewhere.

This volume emphasizes the erosion, deposition, flocculation, and transport of fine-grained, cohesive sediments; the effects of finite rates of sorption on the transport and fate of hydrophobic contaminants; and the effects of major events such as floods and storms. Despite these emphases, the overall goal of the text is to present a general description and understanding of the transport of sediments and contaminants in surface waters as well as procedures to quantitatively predict this transport..
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This second edition of AIHA's Field Guide incorporates the most recent findings and research that reflect prevailing occupational health and safety and industrial hygiene practices. Its nine chapters provide the most current solutions to problems facing professionals working with biological contaminants This guide serves as an academic and professional reference..
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* Updated methods of waste disposal emphasizing site remediation and pollution prevention.
* Includes a comprehensive treatment of how toxic compounds move in the environment, including ground water and air modeling.
* Applicable to corporate management.
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This authoritative electronic book on two CD-ROMs provides a comprehensive guide to the EPA-controlled "Superfund" program Superfund is the federal government's program to clean up the nation's uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. The EPA is committed to ensuring that remaining National Priorities List hazardous waste sites are cleaned up to protect the environment and the health of all Americans. EPA's goal is to make sure that at every cleanup site, the Agency and its partners have an effective process and the necessary tools and information needed to fully explore future uses, before the cleanup remedy is implemented. This gives the Agency the best chance of making its remedies consistent with the likely future use of a site. In turn, EPA gives communities the best opportunity to productively use sites following cleanup. In 1993, EPA announced reforms for its Superfund Program which addressed concerns expressed by affected members of the public. These reforms fundamentally changed Superfund. Now, through partnerships with states, tribes, other federal agencies, local governments, communities, land owners, lenders, developers, and parties held potentially responsible for contamination, EPA has improved the cleanup process. Cleanups are being done faster without compromise to the principle that those responsible for pollution are held accountable. EPA's Program on reusing Superfund sites builds on the success of these Superfund reforms. EPA will be an active partner in returning sites to productive uses. One result is that local governments, communities, developers, and others with stakes in redevelopment of sites, are rethinking the value of Superfund sites, and are now more likely to consider them for a variety of uses. Cleanups that support reuse will do so without compromising cleanup standards. Topics include: Brownfields, Contracts, Contract Lab Program, Environmental Justice, Federal Facilities, Institutional Controls, National Priorities List, Post Construction, Risk Assessment, Reuse/Revitalization, Technical Assistance Grants, Technology Innovation This remarkable CD-ROM set is packed with over 95,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust..
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Cleaning Validation: Practical Compliance Solutions for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing by Destin LeBlanc contains a complete, modified and updated collection of his Cleaning Memos from 2000 through 2004, all organized by topic rather than chronologically. The only memo not included dealt with cleaning validation for medical devices, a subject not covered in this book, which focuses on the pharmaceutical industry. The clear benefit to having this information at hand, aside from gaining full insight into five years of subject-matter expert advice, is its accessibility by common subject..
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This book identifies the most important "rules" governing transport, partitioning, retention and transformation of leaked motor fuels in the underground environment. It examines micro-scale fate and transport processes as a means toward promoting a better understanding of larger scale movement of contaminants. Environmental scientists, engineers, consultants, and managers will find Mobility and Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Subsurface Environments to be a useful technical handbook. Less experienced users will appreciate its in-depth explanations of the fate and transport processes vital to effective remedial response. More experienced users will use the book as a source of information, data and equations to support quantitative assessments of pollutant fate and transport..
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Access state-of-the-art research about trace element contamination and its impact on human health in Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients: Consequences in Ecosystems and Human Health. In this ground-breaking guide, find exhaustive evidence of trace element contamination in the environment with topics like the functions and essentiality of trace metals, bioavailability and uptake biochemistry, membrane biochemistry and transport mechanisms, and enzymology. Find case studies that will reinforce the fundamentals of mineral nutrition in plants and animals and current information about fortified foods and nutrient deficiencies..
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