Crisis Management of Chronic Pollution

Contaminated Soil and Human Health
Herausgeber: Jannoyer, Magalie Lesueur; Woignier, Thierry; Cattan, Philippe

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Produktbeschreibung

Crisis Management of Chronic Pollution: Contaminated Soil and Human Health deals with a long term pollution problem, generated by the former use of organochlorine pesticides. Through a case study of the chlordecone pollution in the French West Indies, the authors illustrate a global and systemic mobilization of research i

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780367658373
• ISBN-10: 0367658372
• Artikelnr.: 59984318

Autorenporträt

Magalie Lesueur Jannoyer, Philippe Cattan, Thierry Woignier, Florence Clostre

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Editors
Contributors
Section I Introduction
Chapter 1: Chlordecone Case Study in the French West Indies
Chapter 2: From Controversy to Pollution Assessment: A Chronicle of the
Chlordecone Crisis Management
Section II Environmental Diagnosis: Pollution Assessment of Natural
Resources
Chapter 3: Heterogeneity of Soil Pollution
Chapter 4: Characterization of River Pollution at the Watershed Scale
Chapter 5: Groundwater Quality Assessment
Section III Biotope Contamination and Eco-Toxicological Assessment
(Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems)
Chapter 6: Environmental Assessment of Rivers: What Have We Learnt from
Implementation and Results of the First Chlordecone National Action Plan?
Chapter 7: Contamination of Freshwater Fauna
Chapter 8: Assessment of Chlordecone Content in the Marine Fish Fauna
around the French West Indies Related to Fishery Management Concerns
Section IV Pollutant Transfers
Chapter 9: From Fields to Rivers: Chlordecone Transfer in Water
Chapter 10: From Soil to Plants: Crop Contamination by Chlordecone
Chapter 11: Transfer of Chlordecone from the Environment to Animal-Derived
Products
Section V The Public Health Issue: Exposure and Health Impacts
Chapter 12: West Indian Population's Food Exposure to Chlordecone and
Dietary Risk Assessment
Chapter 13: Chlordecone Impact on Pregnancy and Child Development in the
French West Indies
Section VI Remediation
Chapter 14: Theoretical Approach to Chlordecone Biodegradation
Chapter 15: Reduced Pesticide Bioavailability in Soil by Organic Amendment
Chapter 16: Remediation of Chlordecone-Contaminated Waters Using Activated
Carbons
Section VII Management Approach
Chapter 17: Chlordecone Contamination at the Farm Scale: Management Tools
for Cropping System and Impact on Farm Sustainability
Chapter 18: The Family Gardens Health Program: A Tool for Reducing the
Exposure of Populations to Chlordecone in the French West Indies
Chapter 19: The Challenge of Knowledge Representation to Better Understand
Environmental Pollution
Section VIII Conclusion
Chapter 20: Crisis Management of Chronic Pollution by Chlordecone:
Conclusions
Index