Description
Environmental Security Assessment and Management of Obsolete Pesticides in Southeast Europe, 2013
NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security Series
Coordinators: Simeonov Lubomir I., Macaev Fliur Z., Simeonova Biana G.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Environmental Security Assessment and Management of...:
Publication date: 05-2013
475 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 05-2013
475 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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The present work is a fine contribution to the broad field of environmental security in the context of risk assessment and management of obsolete pesticides for the region of Southeast Europe. The purpose of this book is to evaluate the existing knowledge of improper disposal of obsolete pesticides in the region, to estimate the associated impact on environmental health, and to develop recommendations to mitigate or eliminate threats posed to the environment, biodiversity and human life. The issues discussed in the book include: reviews of the transport and fate of pesticides and associated contaminated materials in different environmental media and identification of the principal sources, emission routes and patterns of environmental pollution with pesticides; a recognition of the most suitable methods for environmental sampling analysis and sample preparation; an evaluation of the current methods and techniques for chemical and mass analysis of environmental and biological samples and discussion of the metrological and quality aspects of trace analyses; a characterization of the environmental and human health impacts of pesticide pollution, the health effects associated with acute and chronic exposure and the use of epidemiological data for risk assessment; a revision of the existing chemical safety regulations and strategies for protection and management of obsolete pesticide stocks; a survey of the international conventions, directives and standards concerning pesticide use.
Principal works on environmental security and risk assessment of pesticide chemical pollution as well as short chapters on specific case studies
The book emphasizes on the contemporary methodologies and the models used for environmental security including computational modeling
The book has an educational value to a broad number of specialities in environmental studies and chemistry