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1. Human Physical Stresses at Normal and Abnormal Cabin Pressures

   Atmospheric pressure is reduced as a function of altitude, thus making hypoxia, the condition of oxygen deficiency, a concern for aviation. The...

   Neal W. Pollock in Air Quality in Airplane Cabins and Similar Enclosed Spaces

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2. Occupational and Public Health Risks

   Symptoms reported by passengers and crewmembers on commercial aircraft are described according to individual air quality-related sources,...

   Judith Murawski in Air Quality in Airplane Cabins and Similar Enclosed Spaces

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3. The Applications of Photocatalytic Waste Minimisation in Nuclear Fuel Processing

   Nuclear fuel processing has two main waste management requirements: (1) the disposal of waste organic solvent (secondary waste) generated by...

   Colin Boxall, Gwénaëlle Le Gurun, ... Shaorong **ao in Environmental Photochemistry Part II

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4. Organic Chemicals in Groundwater: Modeling Fate and Transport

   Hazardous organic chemical waste that has been placed in landfills or recycled for use as highway construction and repair materials has the potential...

   Mark N. Goltz, Jae-Woo Park, ... Harold C. Young in Water Pollution

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5. Aircraft Cabin Air Quality Trends Relative to Ground Level Standards

   Aircraft cabin air quality has attracted much attention, summarized recently by a detailed examination and commentary by a U.S. National Academy of...

   James E. Cone in Air Quality in Airplane Cabins and Similar Enclosed Spaces

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6. Beneficial Reuses of Scrap Tires in Hydraulic Engineering

   Scrap tires are a high-profile waste material. There are serious concerns over the ever-mounting scrap tire problem. A need exists for increasing...

   Roy R. Gu in Water Pollution

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7. Nonaqueous Phase Liquid Pool Dissolution in Subsurface Formations

   The objective of this chapter is to present some recent developments on nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) pool dissolution in water saturated subsurface...

   Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos in Water Pollution

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8. Mathematical Methods for Hydrologic Inversion: The Case of Pollution Source Identification

   The reliable assessment of hazards or risks arising from groundwater contamination problems and the design of efficient and effective techniques to...

   Amvrossios C. Bagtzoglou, Juliana Atmadja in Water Pollution

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9. Reactions Induced in Natural Waters by Irradiation of Nitrate and Nitrite Ions

   This review describes the reaction mechanisms of nitrate and nitrite ions, which play a role in the photochemical processes occurring in natural...

   Davide Vione, Valter Maurino, ... Ezio Pelizzetti in Environmental Photochemistry Part II

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10. Pesticides in the Great Lakes

    Pesticides have been widely and heavily used in agriculture in the Great Lakes Basin (approximately 93000 tons were used in 1995 alone). Herbicides...

    Kurunthachalam Kannan, Jeff Ridal, John Struger in Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes

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11. Early Warning Strategies and Practices Along the River Rhine

    In 1986, the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) installed a Warning and Alarm Plan (WAP) in order to avert the dangers...

    Peter Diehl, Thomas Gerke, ... Hans-Günter Willemsen in The Rhine

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12. Present Status of Antifouling Systems in Japan: Tributyltin Substitutes in Japan

    An international conference held by the International Maritime Organization in October 2001 adopted an “International convention on the control of...

    Hideo Okamura, Hirohisa Mieno in Antifouling Paint Biocides

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13. Assessment of Organic Compounds in the Rhine Estuary

    Over the past centuries the Rhine estuary has changed from a natural, hardly disturbed estuary into an anthropogenetically influenced area that...

    R. W. P. M. Laane, P. de Voogt, M. H. Bik in The Rhine

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14. New Trends in Sample Preparation Methods for the Determination of Organotin Compounds in Marine Matrices

    Tributyltin still remains a major issue for the marine environment and its determination is mandatory by legislation in several countries. As for...

    C. Brunori, I. Ipolyi, ... R. Morabito in Antifouling Paint Biocides

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15. Water Quality of Lake Constance

    Lake Constance is used as a drinking water reservoir for about 5 million people. Because of its glacial origin from the Alps, the amount of...

    Michael Petri in The Rhine

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16. Hydrology

    The River Rhine is one of the major rivers of Europe -#8211; the only river that connects the Alps with the North Sea. It flows 1320 km from two...

    Walter Jülich, Klaus Lindner in The Rhine

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17. Natural and Artificial Radioactivity in the Rhine and Its Tributaries

    Presently, natural and artificial radioactivity in the Rhine River does not present a radiological hazard to the population. On the contrary, the...

    Sascha Wisser, Jens Hartkopf in The Rhine

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18. Brominated Flame Retardants in the Great Lakes

    Brominated flame retardants in the Great Lakes have not been as well studied as many of the polychlorinated pollutants, especially PCBs, but in the...

    Ronald A. Hites in Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes

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19. Development, Occurrence and Regulationof Antifouling Paint Biocides: Historical Review and Future Trends

    Antifouling agents have been used on ships since the ancient Roman and Greek civilizations. A brief history is provided through to the demise of...

    James W. Readman in Antifouling Paint Biocides

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20. Antifouling Paint Booster Biocides: Occurrence and Partitioning in Water and Sediments

    Following the ban on the use of tributyltin (TBT) in antifouling, several organic booster biocides have been used in conjunction with copper in...

    Nikolaos Voulvoulis in Antifouling Paint Biocides

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