Lichtfouse E., Schwarzbauer J., Robert D. (Eds.) Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World. Volume 1: Nanotechnology and Health Risk

Springer, 2012. — 423 p. — ISBN: 978-94-007-2441-9.Environmental chemistry is a fast developing science aimed at deciphering fundamental mechanisms ruling the behaviour of pollutants in ecosystems. Applying this knowledge to current environmental issues leads to the remediation of environmental media, and to new, low energy, low emission, sustainable processes. Nanotechnology applications for alternative energies such as solar power, fuel cells, hydrogen and lithium batteries are reviewed in the first section. Recent investigations on carbon nanotubes, nanocatalysts and cyclodextrins disclose unprecedented techniques to monitor and clean pollutants such as greenhouse gases, heavy metals, pesticides, pathogens occurring in water, air and soil. The second section reviews the risks for human health of critical pollutants such as endocrine disruptors, dioxins and heavy metals contaminating seafood and sediments. An exhaustive review of DDT isomers reveals unexpected mechanisms of DDT transfer to fishes. A chapter on pollutant geochronology using river sedimentary archives provides novel insights on pollution history since the beginning of the anthropocene.
This book will be a valuable source of information for engineers and students developing novel applied techniques to monitor and clean pollutants in air, wastewater, soils and sediments.Nanotechnology
Carbon Nanotubes Applications: Solar and Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Storage, Lithium Batteries, Supercapacitors, Nanocomposites, Gas, Pathogens, Dyes, Heavy Metals and Pesticides
Cyclodextrins for Remediation Technologies
Carbon Nanotubes for Environmental Protection
Magnetic Nano-photocatalysts: Preparation, Structure, and Application
Polysaccharides Route: A New Green Strategy for Metal Oxides Synthesis
Health Risk
Environmental Fate of DDT Isomers and Metabolites
Geochronology of Anthropogenic Contaminants in Aquatic Sediment Archives
Organic Pollutants as Endocrine Disruptors: Organometallics, PAHs, Organochlorine, Organophosphate and Carbamate Insecticides, Phthalates, Dioxins, Phytoestrogens, Alkyl Phenols and Bisphenol A
Heavy Metals in Seafood Mussels. Risks for Human Health
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Sediments and Biota in Coastal Environments of India