Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 189 (eBook)

Foreword 5
Preface 7
Table of Contents 9
Chemistry and Fate of Simazine 10
I. Introduction 10
II. Chemistry 11
III. Chemodynamics 13
IV. Degradation 23
Summary 26
Acknowledgments 27
References 27
Ethanol Production: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Losses 33
I. Introduction 33
II. Corn Use in Ethanol Production 34
III. Ecological Issues 39
Summary 43
Acknowledgments 44
References 45
Arsenic Behaviour from Groundwater and Soil to Crops: Impacts on Agriculture and Food Safety 50
I. Introduction 50
II. Arsenic Chemistry and Behaviour 51
III. Situation in Bangladesh 72
IV. Future Requirements 85
V. Conclusions 87
Summary 87
Acknowledgments 88
References 88
Health Effects of Arsenic, Fluorine, and Selenium from Indoor Burning of Chinese Coal 95
I. Introduction 95
II. Arsenic 98
III. Arsenic Epidemic in China 100
IV. Fluorine 102
V. Fluorine Epidemic in China 102
VI. Selenium 104
VII. Selenium Epidemic in China 104
VIII. Conclusions 105
Summary 106
Acknowledgments 106
References 106
Mercury Content of Hair in Different Populations Relative to Fish Consumption 113
I. Introduction 113
II. Biomarkers of Human Exposure to Pollutants 115
III. Hair Analysis as a Biomarker of Exposure to Mercury 115
IV. Inorganic Mercury and Methylmercury: History 116
V. Relationship Between Mercury Concentrations in Blood and Hair in Methylmercury Exposure Subjects 119
VI. Human Exposure Case Studies 119
VII. Conclusions 127
Summary 127
References 128
Toxicology of 1,3-Butadiene, Chloroprene, and Isoprene 137
I. Introduction 137
II. Butadiene 138
III. Chloroprene 156
IV. Isoprene 164
Summary 170
References 171
Index 186