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COPYRIGHT 2006 Geological Association of Canada
By Marquita K. Hill Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-52182-024-3 $110.00, hardcover, 484 p.
Understanding Environmental Pollution is rich in general information about most forms of pollution at the household, local, and global level. It is written for the non-scientist and non-science student, but is also good reading for those who want generic environmental information beyond their level of expertise. The book's 18 chapters discuss methodically, pollution concepts; major pollutants in air, water and soil; pollution sources; climate change; toxicity and risk assessment, and concepts and efforts to reduce pollution. The concept of pollution is not presented in isolation but rather as a consequence of the integrated actions of society. It is, in this sense, that energy generation and use and its relationship to pollution are presented.
The presentation of material is clear and lively but perhaps, also controversial....
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