Dioxin: Environmental Fate and Health/Ecological Consequences

ISBN-13: 9781138047242 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 228 str.

Sudarshan Kurwadkar; Prabir Mandal; Shivani Soni

Opis

Offers a unique, and comprehensive coverage of dioxins and their congeners once they are released to the environment. The book provides readers with a systematic understanding of past and emerging sources of dioxins, fate and long-range transboundary atmospheric transport, human health, and ecological risk and regulatory perspective.

Spis treści

Occurrence, fate, and distribution of dioxin in the environment 1 Dioxin: history, environmental occurrence, and human health and ecological consequences SUDARSHAN KURWADKAR 2 Atmospheric fate and transport of dioxins – persistent organic pollutants SWATI BAJAJ, INDRAKANT KUMAR SINGH AND DILEEP KUMAR SINGH 3 Polychlorinated biphenyl in sediments of Subarnarekha River: levels, temporal and spatial distribution, feasible sources, and inventory BALRAM AMBADE, BASANT SHUBHANKAR, SUDARSHAN KURWADKAR, AMIT KUMAR, SANTOSH KUMAR VERMA, SARITA GAJBHIYE MESHRAM, CHANDRASHEKHAR MESHRAM AND SONU KUMAR GOYAL 4 Ecological threats of dioxin in soil GULNAZ T. JAVAN, CIGDEM YANGIN-GOMEC AND SHEREE J. FINLEY 5 Dioxin in food PERUGINI MONIA AND DANIELA ZEZZA Toxicity of dioxin: implication for human health & the environment 6 Dioxin – exposure routes, pathways, and human health implications PALLEE SHREE, MOHIT KUMAR, INDRAKANT KUMAR SINGH AND DILEEP KUMAR SINGH 7 The epigenetic effects of dioxins SIMONE O. HEYLIGER AND MARILYN D. SAULSBURY 8 Dioxins and cancer: detailed insight into the mechanism GULNAZ JAVAN, SHEREE FINLEY, ASHIM MALHOTRA AND SHIVANI SONI 9 Ecological risk of dioxin exposure KUSHNEET KAUR SODHI, MOHIT KUMAR, PALLEE SHREE, INDRAKANT KUMAR SINGH AND DILEEP KUMAR SINGH Remediation of dioxin: past, present, and future 10 Dioxin, a serious environmental threat: methods of removal GOMAA A.M. ALI, MILAD CHAHARDORI AND HAMIDREZA SADEGH 11 A review of health hazards and remediation techniques of dioxins SADAF FATIMA AND MD. OSAID ALAM 12 Environmental risks and bioremediation of dioxins MANDEEP DADHWAL, POONAM SHARMA AND INDRAKANT KUMAR SINGH