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Persistent Organic Pollutants in Human Milk
This open access book reviews the trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in human milk and discusses the main findings of five global surveys that were coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 2000 to 2019. Human milk was selected as core matrix for human exposure under the Global Monitoring Plan for effectiveness evalua…
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- 978-3-031-34085-7
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- XXVII, 683
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Metallogenic Theory and Exploration Technology of Multi-Arc-Basin-Terrane Col…
This open access book presents a new structural model of “multi-arc-basin-terrane system” based on the in-depth research of the Nujiang-Lancangjiang-Jinshajiang region, especially several Paleo-Tethys ophiolitic mélange belts and sets of arc-basin systems, and a new orogenic model of “The Hengduan shan Mountains” based on penetrated research on spatial-temporal framework and orogenic m…
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- 978-981-99-3651-9
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- XV, 307
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The University Prints
THE series here presented carries on in the field of Northern Art the work begun in the two series already published, which illustrate the development of art in Italy during the Early and Late Renaissance. The earlier painters of the Low Countries have, in accordance with the latest scholarship, been grouped together under the general head of the School of the Netherlands, illustrated by the…
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- 658766710
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- cdl; americana
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- srlf:LAGE-3382275
Sacrifice Zones: The Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States
The stories of residents of low-income communities across the country who took action when pollution from heavy industry contaminated their towns.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262289580
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- 1 online resource (363 pages)
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Artificial Chemistries
The field of Artificial life (ALife) is now firmly established in the scientific world, but it has yet to achieve one of its original goals: an understanding of the emergence of life on Earth. The new field of artificial chemistries draws from chemistry, biology, computer science, mathematics, and other disciplines to work toward that goal. For if, as it has been argued, life emerged from pirmi…
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- 9780262329460
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- 1 online resource (xv, 555 pages) :illustrations (some color)
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Chemicals without Harm: Policies for a Sustainable World
Today, there are thousands of synthetic chemicals used to make our clothing, cosmetics, household products, electronic devices, even our children's toys. Many of these chemicals help us live longer and more comfortable lives, but some of these highly useful chemicals are also persistent, toxic, and dangerous to our health and the environment. For fifty years, the conventional approach to hazard…
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- 9780262327015
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- 1 online resource (xii, 444 pages) :illustrations.
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Global biomass burning : atmospheric, climatic, and biospheric implications
The burning of biomass - forests, grasslands, and agricultural fields after the harvest - is much more widespread and extensive than previously believed; most biomass burning is thought to be initiated by humans and is on the increase. This comprehensive volume is the first to consider biomass burning as a global phenomenon and to assess its impact on the atmosphere, on climate, and on the bios…
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- 9780262310895
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- 1 online resource (xxx, 569 pages) : illustrations, maps
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- 620 GLO
Global migration and the world economy : two centuries of policy and performance
World mass migration began in the early nineteenth century, when advances in transportation technology and industrial revolutions at home enabled increasing numbers of people to set off for other parts of the globe in search of a better life. Two centuries later, there is no distant African, Asian, or Latin American village that is not within reach of some high-wage OECD labor market. This book…
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- 9780262303118
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- 1 online resource (xi, 471 pages) :illustrations
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- 330 HAT g
CO2 Rising: The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge
An introduction to the global carbon cycle and the human-caused disturbances to it that are at the heart of global warming and climate change.The most colossal environmental disturbance in human history is under way. Ever-rising levels of the potent greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) are altering the cycles of matter and life and interfering with the Earth's natural cooling process. Melting Ar…
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- 9780262285612
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages)
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Gateways to knowledge :the role of academic libraries in teaching, learning, …
AnnotationOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262271929
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- 1 online resource (xxii, 240 pages)
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