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Marine Plastics Abatement Volume 1 provides comprehensive knowledge of plastic pollutions in marine ecosystems and their implications on human health, especially from the contamination of micro and nano-plastic particles by which the levels of plastic pollutions in marine, aquatic, terrestrial and atmospheric systems are described. In addition to emerging challenges by plastic pollution, this volume offers comprehensive assessment tools as well as practical models on "Circular Economy" with interesting real-world case studies and theoretical and numerical questions and solutions, recent scientific information, and practical exercises, to ensure a user-friendly text for readers.
Volume 2 of Marine Plastics Abatement can be found here.
Foreword
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chongrak Polprasert, Thammarat Koottatep, Ekbordin Winijkul, Tatchai Pussayanavin, Kesirine Jinda and Sitttikorn Kamngam
Chapter 2 Plastic litters and public health
Chongrak Polprasert, Thammarat Koottatep, Tatchai Pussayanavin, Kesirine Jinda and Sitttikorn Kamngam
Chapter 3 Marine ecosystems and emerging plastic pollution
Chongrak Polprasert, Thamasak Yeemin, Makamas Sutthacheep, Tatchai Pussayanavin, Kesirine Jinda and Sitttikorn Kamngam
Chapter 4 Plastic litter investigations and surveillance
Ekbordin Winijkul, Thanapat Jansakoo and Nichakul Phosirikul
Chapter 5 Circular economy for plastic waste management
Pawan Kumar Srikanth and Chettiyappan Visvanathan
Index
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Maintaining the microbial quality in distribution systems and connected installations remains a challenge for the water supply companies all over the world, despite many years of...
Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis
From the microscopic observation of infection to the wide-spread application of molecular techniques in taxonomy and epidemiology, to the genome sequencing of two major species,and advances in...
Integrated Wastewater Management for Health and Valorization: A Design Manual for Resource Challenged Cities
Adequate wastewater treatment in low to medium income cities worldwide has largely been a failure despite decades of funding. The still dominant end-of-pipe paradigm of treatment for surface water...
Surveillance and Investigation of the Illness Reported by Neighbors of Biosolids Land Application and Other Soil Amendments
The research team field-tested a draft 5-step protocol over the length of the project from May 2009 until October 2010 on XX number of complaints (20 from May 2009 to September 2010). The...