Pollution Risks, Impacts and Management: Social, Economic and Environmental Perspectives

Contents: Preface. 1. Pollution and pollutants. 2. Arsenic risks, impacts and management. 3. Heavy metals risks, impacts and management. 4. Plastic waste and plastic pollution risks, impacts and management. 5. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) risks, impacts and management. 6. Oil spill and oil pollution risks, impacts and management. 7. Pesticides risks, impacts and management. 8. Nutrient pollution, algal toxins, hypoxia risks, impacts and management. 9. Pharmaceuticals risks, impacts and management. 10. Surfactants pollution risks, impacts and management. 11. Synthetic dyes and textile effluents risks, impacts and management. 12. Sewage pollution risks, impacts and management. 13. Climate change, pollutants and eco-toxicity risks, impacts and management. 14. Appendices.

Aspects covered:
(i) Pollution and pollutants; Arsenic; Heavy metals; Microplastics;  Persistent organic pollutants; Oil pollution; Pesticides; Nutrient, algal  toxins and hypoxia; Pharmaceuticals; Surfactants; Synthetic dyes and textile effluents; Sewage pollution; Climate change, pollutants and ecotoxicity;

(ii)  Chemistry, toxicity and ecotoxicity of pollutants

(iii) Pollution impacts on social, economic and environmental sectors;

(iv) Nexus between pollution and poverty, pollution and sustainable development goals, pollution and climate change;

(v)  Management of pollutants; and

(vi) Guidelines/regulatory limits of pollutants.