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Preface: Introduction to Green Chemistry | |
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Air and Energy | |
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Stratospheric Chemistry: The Ozone Layer | |
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Introduction | |
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The Physics and Chemistry of the Ozone Layer | |
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The Steady State in Atmospheric Reactions | |
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Catalytic Processes of Ozone Destruction | |
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The Ozone Hole and Other Sites of Ozone Depletion | |
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The Chemicals That Cause Ozone Destruction | |
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Ground-Level Air Pollution - Outdoors and Indoors | |
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Introduction | |
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Urban Ozone: The Photochemical Smog Process | |
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Acid Rain | |
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The Ecological Effects of Acid Rain and of Photochemical Smog | |
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Particulates in Air Pollution | |
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Air Quality Indices and Size Characteristics for Particulate Matter | |
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The Health Effects of Outdoor Air Pollutants | |
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Indoor Air Pollution | |
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The Detailed Chemistry of the Atmosphere | |
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Tropospheric Chemistry | |
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Systematics of Stratospheric Chemistry | |
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The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming | |
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The Mechanism of the Greenhouse Effect | |
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Molecular Vibrations: Energy Absorption by Greenhouse Gases | |
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The Major Greenhouse Gases | |
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Atmospheric Residence Time | |
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Other Greenhouse Gases | |
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The Climate-Modifying Effects of Aerosols | |
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Global Warming to Date | |
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Climate Change in the Future: Predictions, Consequences, and Controls | |
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The Potential Consequences of Global Warming | |
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Energy Reserves and Usage | |
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CO[subscript 2] Emission Scenarios and Agreements | |
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Minimizing Future Emissions of Greenhouse Gases | |
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Renewable Energy, Alternative Fuels, and the Hydrogen Economy | |
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Renewable Energy | |
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Alternative Fuels | |
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Hydrogen-Fuel of the Future? | |
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Instrumental Determination of NO[subscript x] by Chemiluminescence | |
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Instrumental Determination of Atmospheric Methane | |
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Toxic Organic Chemicals | |
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Pesticides | |
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Background | |
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DDT | |
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The Accumulation of Organochlorines in Biological Systems | |
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Other Organochlorine Insecticides | |
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Principles of Toxicology | |
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The Distribution of Environmental Pollutants | |
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Organophosphate and Carbamate Insecticides | |
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Natural and Green Insecticides, and Integrated Pest Management | |
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Herbicides | |
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Summary | |
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Nonpesticide Toxic Organic Compounds of Environmental Concern | |
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Dioxins | |
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PCBs | |
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Other Sources of Dioxins and Furans | |
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The Health Effects of Dioxins, Furans, and PCBs | |
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Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) | |
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Other Toxic Organics of Environmental Concern | |
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Environmental Estrogens | |
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The Long-Range Transport of Atmospheric Pollutants | |
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Electron Capture Detection of Pesticides | |
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Water | |
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The Chemistry of Natural Waters | |
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Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry in Natural Waters | |
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Acid-Base Chemistry in Natural Waters: The Carbonate System | |
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Ion Concentrations in Natural Waters and Drinking Water | |
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The Pollution and Purification of Water | |
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Water Disinfection | |
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Groundwater: Its Supply, Chemical Contamination, and Remediation | |
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The Chemical Contamination and Treatment of Wastewater and Sewage | |
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Modern Wastewater and Air Purification Techniques | |
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Toxic Heavy Metals | |
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Introduction | |
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Mercury | |
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Lead | |
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Cadmium | |
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Arsenic | |
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Chromium | |
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Inductively Coupled Plasma Determination of Lead | |
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Ion Chromatography of Environmentally Significant Anions | |
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Some Other Environmental Concerns | |
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Hazardous and Municipal Wastes, and the Contamination of Soils and Sediments | |
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Domestic and Commercial Garbage: Its Disposal and Minimization | |
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The Recycling of Household and Commercial Waste | |
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Soils and Sediments | |
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Hazardous Wastes | |
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Radioactivity, Radon, and Nuclear Energy | |
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Radioactivity and Radon Gas | |
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Nuclear Energy | |
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Background Organic Chemistry | |
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Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems | |
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Index | |