Main description:

Water is the driving force of all nature. This old quote from Leonardo da Vinci reminds us that without water life is simply not possible. As a consequence, water is probably the most important wealth for humanity. In spite of this, drinking water is still polluted by man-made toxicals gathered by waters in soils and the atmosphere. This book presents advanced methods to clean water and air. Chapters also focus on biofuels, greenhouse gases and genetically modified crops.

Contents:

1. Chlorine for water disinfection: properties, applications and health effects

Patrick Drogui

2. Greenhouse gas from organic waste composting: emissions and measurement

Antoni Sanchez

3. CO2 photocatalytic reduction: photocatalyst choice and product selectivity

Chai Siang-Piao

4. Fluoride in drinking water: health effects and remediation

Meththika Vithanage

5. Selenium in agriculture. Water, air, soil, plants, food, animals and nanoselenium

Hassan Elramady

6. Biofuels: bioethanol, biodiesel, biogas, biohydrogen from plants and microalgae

Mahdi Gharabaghi

7. Digestion tests to measure heavy metal bioavailability in soils

Yi Li

8. Biosafety risk of genetically modified crops containing Cry genes

Mehboob-ur-Rahman

9. Foundry air pollution: hazards, measurements and control

R. Krishnaraj

10. Lignolytic enzymes for water depollution, coal breakdown, and paper industry

Meera Yadav