Building on the foundation set by its best-selling predecessors, the Groundwater Chemicals Desk Reference, Fourth Edition is both a broad, comprehensive desk reference and a guide for field research. This fourth edition contains more than 1,700 additional references, including adsorption data for more than 800 organic compounds and metals, s

This comprehensive quick-reference guide covers over 400 chemicals found in groundwater, the unsaturated zone, and the work environment. It serves as a practical reference that will be useful to all groundwater professionals, attorneys, regulators, health officials, engineers, and students. The field guide features information on these topics: Physical and chemical properties Fire hazard data Health data Manufacturing Exposure and symptoms Synonyms Chemical designations

The latest edition of the bestselling Groundwater Chemicals Desk Reference contains double the amount of data found in the original edition. Hundreds of chemicals and chemical compounds are easily located in this latest edition. New material is included on environmental fates, particularly on transformation products, and several new tables have been added. Four new appendices are included, providing access to conversion factors, bulk density values of soils and rocks, porosity values of rocks and sediments, and solubility values of various organic compounds not profiled in the text.

Environmental Chemicals Desk Reference is a concise version of the widely read Agrochemicals Desk Reference and Groundwater Chemicals Desk Reference. This up-to-date volume was inspired by the need for a combination of the material in both references, together with the large number of research publications and the continued interest in the fate, transport, and remediation of hazardous substances. Much new data has been added to this unique edition, including global legislation (REACH) and sustainability, thereby reflecting the wealth of literature in the field. Featured are environmental and physical/chemical data on more than 200 compounds, including pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides.

"In 'Environmental Health and Science Desk Reference' the authors define and explain the terms and concepts used by environmental professionals, environmental science professionals, safety practitioners and engineers, and nonscience professionals."--Cover.