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Summary
The book will include chapters which will span from the role of geochemistry in the environment in general to the specific investigations on site characterization (dealing with sampling strategy, analytical procedures and problems). Specific articles will deal with health problems related to environment pollution, waste disposal, data base management, and illustration of specific case histories for characterization and remediation of brownfield sites. * Comprehensive analysis providing background information on geochemistry in general through to specific investigations * Provides practical insight through case study material * Informs and updates students and practitioners on hot topics, latest trends and developments
Table of Contents
| Proposed Table of Contents | |
| Introduction | |
| The role of geochemistry in environment and health problems | |
| Regional Programs | |
| Foregs | |
| Sampling methods for different media - Stream sediments, soils, waters | |
| Environmental impact of the disposal of solid by-products from waste incineration processes | |
| Household hazardous waste disposal as a pathway for environmental pollution | |
| Sampling methods for site characterization and waste disposal | |
| Site investigations of stream and groundwaters: How to avoid getting into deep water | |
| Methods of chemical analysis of organics and quality controls | |
| Data base management at regional scale | |
| Data analysis and treatment, at local scale, using GIS and GeoDAS | |
| Evaluation of background/baseline values | |
| Geochemical mapping of urban areas | |
| Examples on the munipal soils of Napoli, Avellino, Caserta, Benevento and Salerno towns | |
| Thermodynamics of platinum, palladium, and rhodium with inorganic ligands in the environment | |
| Trace metals speciation and bioavailability in soil | |
| Environment pollution, epidemiology and Workers problems | |
| Medical Geology: Application to arsenic and fluorine poisoning in southwest Guizhou Province, China | |
| Contaminated land in Britain | |
| The US brownfields program: Case studies reflect progress and challenges | |
| Case history of site characterization in Italy: Bagnoli brownfield site? | |
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