Wastewater and Public Health: Bacterial and Pharmaceutical Exposures

ISBN-13: 9781774635315 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 294 str.

Victor M. Monsalvo

Opis

This book examines the myriad ways in which wastewater can impact public health. The editor, a well-respected expert in his field, has collected the most recent and pertinent investigations into this serious issue. The book includes studies on the presence of various human enteric viruses in wastewater, antibiotic resistance produced by genetic

Spis treści

Introduction. Part I: Disease Exposure. Part II: Antibiotic Resistance. Part III: Pharmaceutical and Hormone Exposure. Index.

O autorze

Professor Victor Monsalvo is an environmental scientist with a PhD in chemical engineering from the University Autonoma de Madrid, where he later became a professor in the chemical engineering department. As a researcher, he has worked with the following universities: Leeds, Cranfield, Sydney, and Aachen. He is part of an active research team working in areas of environmental technologies, water recycling, and advanced biological systems, including membrane bioreactors. He has led eight research projects with private companies and an R&D national project, coauthored two patents (national and international), and written around fifty journal and referred conference papers. He has given two keynotes in international conferences and has been a member of the organizing committee of five national and international conferences, workshops, and summer schools, and is currently involved in fifteen research projects sponsored by various entities. He is currently working as senior researcher in the Chemical Processes Department at Abengoa Research.