Emerging Organic Contaminants and Human Health

By Damia Barcelo

Book Overview

Emerging organic contaminants and nanomaterials in food
Marinella Farr? and Dami? Barcel?

Pharmaceuticals in drinking water
Aleksandra Jelic, Mira Petrovic, and Dami? Barcel?

Sulfonamide antibiotics in natural and treated waters: environmental and human health risks
Mar?a Jes?s Garc?a Gal?n, M. Silvia D?az Cruz, and Dami? Barcel?

Drinking water disinfection by-products
Susan D. Richardson and Cristina Postigo

Micropollutants in hospital effluent: their fate, risk and treatment options
Paola Verlicchi, Alessio Galletti, Mira Petrovic, and Dami? Barcel?

Antibiotic resistance in waste- and surface waters and human health implications
C?lia M. Manaia, Ivone Vaz-Moreira, and Olga C. Nunes

Ecopharmacovigilance
L.J.G. Silva, C.M. Lino, L. Meisel, D. Barcel?, A. Pena

Human exposure and health risks to emerging organic contaminants
Adrian Covaci, Tinne Geens, Laurence Roosens, Nadeem Ali, Nele Van den Eede, Alin C. Ionas, Govindan Malarvannan, and Alin C. Dirtu

Occurrence of phthalates and their metabolites in the environment and human health implications
Mario Antonio Fern?ndez, Bel?n G?mara, and Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez

Perfluorinated compoinds in drinking water, food and human samples
Francisca P?rez, Marta Llorca, Marinella Farr?, and Dami? Barcel?

Fate and risks of polar pesticides in groundwater samples of Catalonia
Marianne K?ck-Schulmeyer, Antoni Ginebreda, Miren L?pez de Alda, and Dami? Barcel?

Zebrafish as a vertebrate model to assess sublethal effects and health risks of emerging pollutants
Demetrio Rald?a, Carlos Barata, Marta Casado, Melissa Faria, Jos? Mar?a Navas, Alba Olivares, Eva Oliveira, Sergi Pelayo, Benedicte Thienpont, Benjamin Pi?a

Disrupting effects of single and combined emerging pollutants on thyroid gland function
Demetrio Rald?a, Patrick J. Babin, Carlos Barata, and Benedicte Thienpont

Psychoactive substances in airborne particles in the urban environment
M. Viana, C. Postigo, C. Balducci, A. Cecinato, M.J. L?pez de Alda, D. Barcel?, B. Art??ano, P. L?pez-Mahia, A. Alastuey, and X. Querol

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364243178X
• ISBN13: 9783642431784
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"