1st Edition

Dioxin Environmental Fate and Health/Ecological Consequences

Edited By Sudarshan Kurwadkar, Prabir Mandal, Shivani Soni Copyright 2020
238 Pages
by CRC Press

238 Pages
by CRC Press

Dioxin – Environmental Fate and Health/Ecological Consequences offers a unique, and comprehensive coverage of dioxins and their congeners once they are released to the environment. The book provides readers with a systematic understanding of past and emerging sources of dioxins, current dioxins inventories and historical trends, fate and long-range transboundary atmospheric transport, human... Read more

Occurrence, fate, and distribution of dioxin in the environment

1 Dioxin: history, environmental occurrence, and human health and ecological consequences
SUDARSHAN KURWADKAR

2 Atmospheric fate and transport of dioxins – persistent organic pollutants
SWATI BAJAJ, INDRAKANT KUMAR SINGH AND DILEEP KUMAR SINGH

3 Polychlorinated biphenyl in sediments of Subarnarekha River: levels, temporal and spatial distribution, feasible sources, and inventory
BALRAM AMBADE, BASANT SHUBHANKAR, SUDARSHAN KURWADKAR, AMIT KUMAR, SANTOSH KUMAR VERMA, SARITA GAJBHIYE MESHRAM, CHANDRASHEKHAR MESHRAM AND SONU KUMAR GOYAL

4 Ecological threats of dioxin in soil
GULNAZ T. JAVAN, CIGDEM YANGIN-GOMEC AND SHEREE J. FINLEY

5 Dioxin in food
PERUGINI MONIA AND DANIELA ZEZZA

 

Toxicity of dioxin: implication for human health & the environment

6 Dioxin – exposure routes, pathways, and human health implications
PALLEE SHREE, MOHIT KUMAR, INDRAKANT KUMAR SINGH AND DILEEP KUMAR SINGH

7 The epigenetic effects of dioxins
SIMONE O. HEYLIGER AND MARILYN D. SAULSBURY

8 Dioxins and cancer: detailed insight into the mechanism
GULNAZ JAVAN, SHEREE FINLEY, ASHIM MALHOTRA AND SHIVANI SONI

9 Ecological risk of dioxin exposure
KUSHNEET KAUR SODHI, MOHIT KUMAR, PALLEE SHREE, INDRAKANT KUMAR SINGH AND DILEEP KUMAR SINGH

 

Remediation of dioxin: past, present, and future

10 Dioxin, a serious environmental threat: methods of removal
GOMAA A.M. ALI, MILAD CHAHARDORI AND HAMIDREZA SADEGH

11 A review of health hazards and remediation techniques of dioxins
SADAF FATIMA AND MD. OSAID ALAM

12 Environmental risks and bioremediation of dioxins
MANDEEP DADHWAL, POONAM SHARMA AND INDRAKANT KUMAR SINGH

Biography

Sudarshan Kurwadkar