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Toxicological effects of major environmental pollutants: an overview.
- Source :
- Environmental Monitoring & Assessment; Mar2013, Vol. 185 Issue 3, p2585-2593, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The last quarter of the twentieth century had witnessed a global surge in awakening against the unabated menace of environmental pollution. Among the various types of environmental pollution, water pollution is an age-old problem but it has gained an alarming dimension lately because of the problems of population increase, sewage disposal, industrial waste, radioactive waste, etc. Present scenario of water pollution calls for immediate attention towards the remediation and detoxification of these hazardous agents in order to have a healthy living environment. The present communication will deal with the toxicological effects of major environmental pollutants, viz. heavy metals, pesticides, and phenols. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POLLUTANTS
ENVIRONMENTAL toxicology
WASTE products
INDUSTRIAL wastes
TRACE elements
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01676369
- Volume :
- 185
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Environmental Monitoring & Assessment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117693790
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2732-8