Overview
- Presents the latest findings on the determination, distribution, degradation and risk categorization of personal care products in the aquatic environment
- Provides readers with in-depth insights into the current environmental problems connected with the widespread use of personal care products
- Richly illustrated throughout
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 36)
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This volume offers an overview of the occurrence and distribution of personal care products in continental and marine waters, presents analytical methods and degradation technologies and discusses their impact on human health. Experts from different disciplines highlight major issues for each family of compounds related to their occurrence in the water column as well as in solid and biota samples, methodological strategies for their analysis, non-conventional degradation technologies, (eco)toxicity data and their human and environmental risk assessment. The book also includes a general introduction to personal care products, covering their properties, use, behaviour and regulatory framework, and a final chapter identifying knowledge gaps and future research trends. It will appeal to experts from various fields of research, including analytical and environmental chemistry, toxicology and environmental engineering.
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“This book provides an excellent and unique overview of the current environmental problems connected with the widespread use of PCPs, including recent developments, current challenges and future prospects. … most remarkable points of the book is the comprehensive coverage of the non-conventional removal treatments. … The volume is addressed to serve as a general and practical guide for postgraduate students, teachers, scientists and any professionals involved in the study of the behavior of personal care products in the aquatic environment.” (Yolanda Pico, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 408 (16), June, 2016)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Personal Care Products in the Aquatic Environment
Editors: M. Silvia Díaz‐Cruz, Damià Barceló
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18809-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18808-9Published: 20 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35789-8Published: 22 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18809-6Published: 10 August 2015
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 413
Number of Illustrations: 112 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Science and Engineering, Water and Health