Environmental Pollution & Health Hazards/Arvind Kumar and Manish C. Varma. New Delhi, A.P.H., 2004, xi, 479 p., tables, figs., ISBN 81-7648-480-6.

Contents: Preface. 1. Environmental health vis-à-vis human health. 2. Economic, nutritional and health status of the tannery workers and the people living near the tannery units. 3. Spectroscopic study on the soil pollution by heavy metals in the vicinity of the Sugar Mills, Sethiyathope, Tamil Nadu. 4. Mathematical modelling of physicochemical characteristics and heavy metals in river Brahmani at Rourkela India-I : water. 5. Observations on the physico-chemical regime of tropical, Gandhisagar reservoir, Mandsaur Distt. Madhya Pradesh, India in light of its long term changes. 6. Ground water quality of Ghataprabha command area, Karnataka. 7. Water quality of the rivers of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts, Karnataka. 8. Degradation of lignin from pulp and paper industry effluents by Sporotrichum Pulverulentum. 9. Evaluation of nutritional status of vermicompost and growth response of some forest tree species to its application in a nursery. 10. Paddy growers’ overall adoption on plant protection practices recommended for paddy cultivation. 11. Season dependent variations in the properties of Naja Naja Kaouthia Venom from Malda District, the Northern Gangetic Bengal. 12. Comparative economics of cocoon production with varied nitrogen levels applied to mulberry and methods and regimes of feeding silkworm. 13. Problems faced by rural women about general health practices and hygiene with their socio-economic status. 14. High temperature superconductors based systems better to reduce acid on the Earth. 15. Preliminary phytochemical studies of certain ethnomedicinal plants of the Siruvani hills, Western Ghats. 16. Toxicity studies on the impact of mercury on the adult insect Sphaerodema Rusticum (Heteroptera : Belostomatidae). 17. Effect of heavy metal (mercury) on histological changes in the fat body of adult insect Sphaerodema Rusticum (Heteroptera : Belostomatidae). 18. Forms of potassium and their distribution in some important soil groups of North-West Himalayas supporting forest eco-system. 19. Effect of canopy structure of wheat on lodging. 20. Prevalence of Palmyrah (Borassus Flabellifer L) diseases in Nalgonda District of Andhra Pradesh, India. 21. Studies on feed efficacy of two varieties of mulberry leaves (MR₂ and V₁) on protein and aminoacid contents in the selected tissues of Bombyx mori (L) (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae). 22. Geochemistry and depositional environment of the Bhander limestone of Rewa area, Madhya Pradesh (India). 23. Generation and disposal of solid waste at Bagh-e-Bahu complex, Jammu. 24. Numerical simulation of contaminant transport in porous media with second order decay. 25. Chlorophyll ‘a+b’ content and a/b ratio in response to light intensity in Pandanus Fascicularis Lam. 26. Studies on the impact of heavy metal mercury on biochemical changes in the adult insect (Sphaerodema Rusticum) Heteroptera : Belostomatidae in relation to excretion. 27. A new report of a novel Tospovirus infection in Chrysanthemum from India. 28. Correlation between chemical characteristics of soils and dryopteridaceous ferns of the Western Ghats—South India. 29. Trace elemental profile in some medicinal plants traditionally used for jaundice. 30. In vitro propagation of Phlogacanthus Thyrsiflorus nees, a medicinal plant of Assam (INDIA). 31. Activity of phosphomonoesterase of wild and mutant strains of pseudomonas sp. 32. Individual and synergistic effects of Metalaxyl and Gaucho on chloroplast pigments, relative water content and stability of chlorophyll in Helianthus Annuus, L. CVS.KBSH-41 and 42, during early seedling growth. 33. Globalization and dairying in Punjab : issues & policy suggestions. 34. Paper chromatographic analysis of amino acids in pteridaceae of the Western Ghats—South India. 35. Bioefficacy of a bacterial pesticide (Streptococcus Rehi) against Larvae of Pericallia Ricini (Arctidae : Lepidoptera). 36. Windbreaks donot support bird damage in the orchard. 37. Efficacy of tannery effluent of microbiota of the plant cymposis tetragonaloba. 38. Ambient air quality at selected sites in Visakhapatnam city. 39. Studies on the comparative efficacy of two varieties of mulberry leaves (morus sp.) MR₂ and V₁ on bombyx mori (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae) in relation to larval and pupal parameters. 40. Effect of weather parameters on pheromone trap catches of cotton bollworms under rainfed situation. 41. Enzymes in myocardial infarction patients—a case study. 42. Relationships between photosynthetic pigments, habit and habitat of dryopteridaceous ferns in the Western Ghats—South India. 43. Relative bioefficacy of Entomopathogens and chemical insecticides as alone and in combination against Helicoverpa Armigera (Hub.) on Chickpea. 44. Changes in protein content in the healthy and diseased larvae of silkworm bombyx mori race NB₁₈. 45. Modelling of contaminant transport in aquifers with first order decay. 46. Impact of thermal power fly ash on the soil, ground water and metals uptake of ground nut and maize plant with special reference to physico-chemical and metallic status. 47. Effect of opium on certain biochemical constituents of Albino rat, rattus Norwegicus. 48. Effect of organics, inorganics and microbial inoculants on the enrichment and establishment of maize hybrid. Mahyco-3816 in abandoned ashpond of Neyveli Thermal Power Plant. 49. Chromium in muscle and edible organs of food animals. 50. Evaluation of rooting media for kiwifruit softwood cuttings under controlled condition. 51. Macrophytes diversity in relation to water quality investigation on River Cauvery. 52. Influence of organic and inorganic amendments in tannery affected soil on growth and biochemical characteristics of Hardiwickia Binata, Roxb. 53. Irrigation water quality of Ghataprabha command area, Karnataka. Index.

"Although people are aware of importance of sustainable environment, they behave like ecologically illiterate citizen; so, mass awareness about the status of the eco-health right from the grass root level to the top ecoplanners is the crying need of the hour. A healthy environment forms the basis for the societies and their people if prospering and enjoying a descent level of development. Growing public awareness brought a halt to some of the destructive spiral environmental problems. It is a moral and ethical issue to try to avoid costly environmental mistakes in future. Only then our long cherished dream of establishing eco-socialism on this watery planet could come true.

"This book is a unique compilation of 53 research articles of eminent environmental scientists, which will be useful for academicians, researchers, scientists, administrators and ecoplanners and it would also be used as an invaluable reference book for the generations to come." (jacket)

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