Environmental Chemistry

COLIN BAIRD, University of Western Ontario, Canada MICHAEL CANN, University of Scranton, USA

Preface Introduction to Green Chemistry PART I: AIR AND ENERGY Stratospheric Chemistry: The Ozone Layer Ground-Level Air Pollution: Outdoors and Indoors The Detailed Chemistry of the Atmosphere The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming Climate Change in the Future: Predictions, Consequences, and Controls Renewable Energy, Alternative Fuels and the Hydrogen Economy PART II: TOXIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS Pesticides Non-pesticide Toxic Organic Compounds of Environmental Concern PART III: WATER The Chemistry of Natural Waters The Pollution and Purification of Water Toxic Heavy Metals PART IV: SOME OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Hazardous and Municipal Wastes, and the Contamination of Soils and Sediments Radioactivity, Radon and Nuclear Energy Appendix: Background Organic Chemistry Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems Index