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Additional authors

1. Nriagu, Jerome O.

Description

1. xiv, 284 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

1. Bringing together the latest information on these areas in a single volume, this book will be welcomed by professionals and students working in environmental science, chemistry, and engineering, as well as toxicology, public health, environmental control, and other areas.
2. Since its discovery in 1861, thallium has been used in a variety of industrial products, from rat and ant poisons to photocells and infrared devices. But today, the increased use of thallium for emerging technologies in electronics, medicine, and other fields has also led to rising concerns about the health risks and environmental effects of this highly toxic element.
3. Thallium in the Environment offers completely up-to-date coverage of the environmental cycle as well as the chemical and toxicological aspects of thallium exposure. Written by an international panel of experts, the book addresses key issues concerning thallium's effects on aquatic and terrestrial environments, human health, and wildlife.

Series statement

1. Wiley series in advances in environmental science and technology ; v. 29

Uniform title

1. Advances in environmental science and technology ; v. 29.

Subject

1. Thallium
2. Thallium > Environmental aspects
3. Environment

Contents

1. Introduction to the Series / Jerome O. Nriagu -- Preface / Jerome O. Nriagu -- Advances in Environmental Science and Technology -- 1. History, Production, and Uses of Thallium / Jerome O. Nriagu -- 2. Aqueous Geochemistry of Thallium / Daniel I. Kaplan and Shas V. Mattigod -- 3. Speciation of Thallium in Natural Waters / Tser-Sheng Lin and Jerome O. Nriagu -- 4. Thallium in the (Sub)Surface Environment: Its Mobility in Terms of Eh and pH / Bernhard W. Vink -- 5. Thallium in Agricultural Practice / Manfred Sager -- 6. Determination of Thallium by Electroanalytical Techniques / Miquel Esteban, Cristina Arino and Jose Manuel Diaz-Cruz -- 7. Determination of Thallium and Its Species in Aquatic Environmental Samples / Chiu L. Chou and John D. Moffatt -- 8. Analysis of Thallium in Biological Samples / Camilo Rios and Sonia Galvan-Arzate -- 9. Human Thallium Toxicity / Guillermo Repetto, Ana del Peso and Manuel Repetto --
2. 10. Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of Thallium / Cesarina Gregotti and Elaine M. Faustman -- 11. Age-Dependent Differences in the Nephrotoxicity of Thallium(I) Sulfate in Rats / Dorothea Appenroth and Stephan Gambaryan -- 12. Thallium Transport in Cellular Membranes / Tom Brismar -- 13. Effect of Thallium Toxicity on the Visual System / Homayoun Tabandeh.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. "A Wiley-Interscience publication."
2. Includes index.