Texts for Environmental Chemistry (Senior and Graduate Levels)

Basic Concepts of Environmental Chemistry

Connell, D.W.

1997. . Lewis Publishers, NY

ISBN 0 87371 998 0

Table of content

1. Principles of Environmental Chemistry

- The Role and Importance of Environmental Chemistry

2. Basic Properties of Chemicals in the Environment

- Bonds and Molecules

- Environmental Transformation and Degradation Processes

- Environmental Toxicology

3. Contaminants in the Environment

- Petroleum Hydrocarbons

- PCBs and Dioxins

- Synthetic Polymers

- Pesticides

- PAHs

- Soaps and Detergents

- Organometallic Compounds

4. Processes in the Natural Environment

- Photosynthesis and Respiration

- Chemical Evolution

- Chemistry of Natural Waters

- Water Pollution

- Atmospheric Chemistry and Pollution

- Soil Contamination

- Distribution of Chemicals in the Environment

- Genotoxicity

5. Management of Hazardous Substances

- Ecotoxicology

- Risk Assessment