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Microplastic Pollutants introduces the reader to the growing problem of microplastic pollution in the aquatic environment and is the first ever book dedicated exclusively to the subject of microplastics. Importantly, this timely full-colour illustrated multidisciplinary book highlights the very recent realization that microplastics may transport toxic chemicals into food chains around the world

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically, accumulate in the fatty tissue of living organisms and are toxic to humans and wildlife. The Stockholm Convention on POPs is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from POPs which came into force in 2004. Currently, twelve substances or substance groups are included under the Stockholm Convention, but there is a case for including new and emerging POPs such as brominated flame retardants and perfluorinated substances

Since the mid 1990s, legal action to eliminate persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has started resulting in a global Convention on POPs, the Stockholm Convention, and a regional Protocol under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (UN-ECE LRTAP Convention). POPs are characterized by long half-lives, persistence in the environment, they undergo long-range transport, accumulate in the environment and in biota, and they are toxic. The combination of these characteristics makes them a threat at the global level. This book makes the reader familiar with the goals of these two conventions, lays out characteristics of these compounds, presents results from case studies and addresses inventories, levels in humans and the environment as well as technologies to destroy them

Front Cover -- Inorganic Pollutants in Water -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- 1 Inorganic water pollutants -- 1.1 Water: a natural resource and a basic need -- 1.2 Water pollution due to inorganic chemicals -- 1.3 Major inorganic water pollutants -- 1.3.1 Water contamination by heavy metals -- 1.3.1.1 Health problems due to heavy metals concentration in water -- 1.3.1.2 Removal of heavy metals from water -- 1.3.2 Water contamination by arsenic -- 1.3.2.1 Sources of arsenic contamination in water -- 1.3.2.2 Adverse health effects of high arsenic concentration in water -- 1.3.2.3 Removal of arsenic from aqueous solutions -- 1.3.3 Water contamination by nitrate -- 1.3.3.1 Nitrate contamination: global and Indian scenario -- 1.3.3.2 Sources of nitrate in water -- 1.3.3.3 Adverse human health effects of nitrate contamination in water -- 1.3.3.4 Removal techniques of nitrate from water -- 1.3.4 Fluoride contamination in groundwater -- 1.3.4.1 Fluoride contamination: global and Indian scenario -- 1.3.4.2 Sources of fluoride in water -- 1.3.4.3 Adverse human health effects of fluoride contamination in water -- 1.3.4.4 Removal of fluoride from aqueous solutions -- 1.4 Concluding remarks and future scope -- References -- Further reading -- 2 Types of inorganic pollutants: metals/metalloids, acids, and organic forms -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Inorganic pollutants in water and their sources -- 2.3 Types of inorganic water pollutants: physiochemical properties -- 2.3.1 Metals/metalloids -- 2.3.2 Acids -- 2.3.3 Organic forms -- 2.4 Status of water resources contamination with inorganic water pollutants -- 2.5 Health effects of inorganic water pollutants -- 2.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Further reading -- 3 Priority and emerging pollutants in water.

This book focuses on those organic chemicals that are regulated by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). as well as organic chemical with the attributes of being persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic to ecosystem and human beings, criteria used by the Stockholm Convention for screening POP candidates. Because of the unfavourable properties of POPs, numerous research efforts have been directed toward investigating their input sources, fate, and effects, with the help of continuously improving analytical technologies. The contributors to this book provide an integra

This third volume focusses on anthropogenic organic pollutants harming the environment. Their structural diversity and fate in the environment, their effects and relevance are presented. For such a flexible usage this textbook series 'Fundamentals in Organic Geochemistry' consists of different volumes with clear defined aspects and with manageable length. Organic Geochemistry is a modern scientific subject characterized by a high transdisciplinarity and located at the edge of chemistry, environmental sciences, geology and biology. Therefore, there is a need for a flexible offer of appropriate academic teaching material on an undergraduate level addressed to the variety of students coming originally from different study disciplines

Chapter 1: Aldrin -- Chapter 2: Chlordane.-Chapter 3: DDT.-Chapter 4: Dieldrin -- Chapter 5: Endrin -- Chapter 6: Heptachlor.-Chapter 7: Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) -- Chapter 8: Mirex -- Chapter 9: Toxaphene -- Chapter 10: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) -- Chapter 11: Dioxin and furans -- Chapter 12: Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) -- Chapter 13: Chlordecone -- Chapter 14: Hexabromobiphenyl -- Chapter 15: Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) -- Chapter 16: Tetra-,Penta-,Hexa-,and Hepta-Bromodiphenyl Ethers -- Chapter 17: Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD).-Chapter 18: Penta-Chlorobenzene (PeCB) -- Chapter 19: Pentachlorophenol (PCP) -- Chapter 20: Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) -- Chapter 21: Polychlorinated Naphthalenes (PCNs) -- Chapter 22: Endosulfan -- Chapter 23: Decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) -- Chapter 24: Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCPs).