Transformation Products of Synthetic Chemicals in the Environment
By: edited by Alistair B. A. Boxall
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Handbook of Environmental Chemistry -- 2P
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9783540882725; 9783540882732
Subjects: Analytical biochemistry; Environmental chemistry; Geochemistry; Environmental sciences
Description: When a synthetic chemical is released into the environment it may be degraded by abiotic and biotic processes. These degradation processes usually involve a cascade of reactions resulting in the formation of a number of transformation products. While we usually know a great deal about the environmental properties, fate and effects of parent synthetic chemicals, our understanding of the impacts of transformation products is much less developed. As such, this volume brings together chapters from leading researchers in the field of transformation products in the environment and describes how these products are formed, how they move through the environment, and their environmental effects. The book also presents modelling and analytical approaches for understanding the occurrence, fate and effects of transformation products in the environment. It is of interest to scientists in academia, the chemicals industry and regulators, as well as graduate students in Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology.