Product Description: Scientific evidence accumulated over decades validates the idea that a plant-based dietary pattern, such as the traditional Mediterranean way of eating, promotes health and plays an important role in risk reduction and prevention of several chronic diseases...read more

Product Description: When you open the tap to fill your glass with drinking water, you expect the water to be of good quality. But is the water from your tap really safe? The second edition of an industry-wide bestseller, The Drinking Water Handbook explains the many processes employed to make water safe to drink...read more

Control Pollution with Water Quality Control Handbook Clean water. It's a reachable goal with this first-ever professional's guide to every aspect of pollution control in every type of receiving body. From at-the-source prevention to technical treatment solutions, the Handbook brings you crystal-clear guidance on assessing, controlling, eliminating, and remediating the many factors that contribute to water pollution. The only hands-on guide of its type, the Handbook draws on the experience of dozens of top experts to help you: Assess the types of contamination Determine the causes of pollution Measure and monitor both biological and chemical pollutants Prevent problems where they start Develop appropriate and effective treatment strategies

Product Description: The Drinking Water Handbook is a systematic explanation of the many processes employed to make water safe to drink. It clarifies the laws that set the standards for quality and investigates the physical, chemical and microbiological parameters that must be modified to produce potable and good-tasting water...read more

Product Description: Hardcover: 544 pages Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold; First Edition edition (May 1990) Language: English ISBN-10: 0442239092 ISBN-13: 978-0442239091 Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds

Product Description: The past few years have seen the emergence of a growing, widespread desire in this country, and indeed everywhere, that positive actions be taken to restore the quality of our environment, and to protect it from the degrading effects of all forms of pollution-air, noise, solid waste, and water...read more

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