Cleaning Up the Environment: Hazardous Waste Technology

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction
......Page 14
1: Measuring Contamination......Page 16
2: Excavation of Contaminated Sites......Page 41
3: Microbes and Plants for Toxic Cleanup......Page 58
4: Oxidation Technology......Page 88
5: Brownfield Sites......Page 104
6: Remediating the Water Supply......Page 127
7: Superfund Sites......Page 170
8: Future Needs......Page 196
Appendix A: Portable Equipment for Monitoring Pollution......Page 200
Appendix B: International Organizations Involved in Pollution Control......Page 204
Appendix C: Microbes Used in Bioremediation......Page 206
Appendix D: Organizations that Track Environmental Hazards......Page 208
Appendix E: Environmental Laws Enacted by the U.S. Congress......Page 209
Glossary......Page 211
Further Resources......Page 218
Index......Page 230