ISBN: 9780312219970 - development, governance and environment in south asia: a focus on bangladesh (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Andrew Meharg is Professor of Biogeochemistry at the University of Aberdeen where he studies and teaches on the impact of pollutants on the environment. His particular interest is how arsenic interacts with plants, animals and humans. In this capacity he ha.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 371 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Editor(s): Alauddin, Mohammad; Hasan, Samiul. Num Pages: 371 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 651. . 1999. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The worst chemical disaster ever could be happening right now. In India and Bangladesh between forty and eighty million people are at risk of consuming too much arsenic from well water that might have already caused one hundred thousand cancer cases and thousands of deaths. Many millions elsewhere in South-East Asia and South America may soon suffer a similar fate. Venomous Earth is the story of this tragedy: the geology, the biology, the politics and the history. It starts in Ancient Greece, touches down in today's North America and takes in William Morris, alchemy, farming, medicine, mining and a cosmetic that killed two popes.…