PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CONTAMINATION (PART I)

Table of Contents

1. Index
2. UNIT 1 - General principles
3. UNIT 2 - Main sources of environmental contamination
4. UNIT 3 - Air Pollution
5. Unit 4 - Water and soil Pollution
   1. Introduction
   2. Sources of Water and Soil Pollutants
   3. Examples of Water and Soil Pollutants and their Environmental and human health effects
   4. Other Environmental and human health effects of water pollution
   5. Other environmental and human health effects of soil pollution
6. Glossary of key terms associated with environmental toxicology

Unit 4 - Water and soil Pollution

The sections below describe two major types of pollution (water and soil pollution), their main sources as well as the effects (environmental and human health) caused by these types of environmental contamination. Some important examples of water and soil pollution are also shown.

This chapter is divided into five sections:

1. Introduction
2. Sources of water and soil pollutants
3. Examples of water and soil pollutants and their environmental and human health effects
4. Other environmental and human health effects of water pollution
5. Other environmental and human health effects of soil pollution