Physicochemical Treatment of Hazardous Wastes
Publisher: CRC
Published: December 29, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9781566769273
Subjects: Environmental & ecological science; Mathematics and Science; Science; Hazardous wastes; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Life Sciences - Ecology - Recycling; Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical; Environmental Science; Purification
First sentence: In the early 1960s, public interest in environmental matters provoked the rapid proliferation of environmental laws and regulations in the United States, as illustrated in Figure 1.1; however, the effects of hazardous waste on public health and the environment did not attract the attention of the government until the 1970s.