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Air Pollution in the Ural Mountains

Environmental, Health and Policy Aspects

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Igor Linkov

    1. Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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  2. Richard Wilson

    1. Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2 (ASEN2, volume 40)

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Table of contents (44 chapters)

  1. Health Consequences of Air Pollution

    1. Existing Health Information Systems in the Russian Federation and their Use in the Assessment of Environmental Health Effects

      • J. J. K. Jaakkola, H. Ozkaynak, M. Cherniack, B. Wojtyniak, A. Egorov, P. Rakitin et al.
      Pages 219-229

    2. Assessing Chronic Health Risks from Stationary Source Air Emissions in Volgograd, Russia

      • B. Filatov, T. Kolodi, S. Wolff, H Özkaynak, B. Larson, D. Shaposhnikov et al.
      Pages 231-237

    3. Public Health Trends in a Transitional Russian City (1959–1994)

      • G. I. Chechenin, R. Day, Yu. Gregoriev, Yu. Rusaev, V. D. Surzhikov
      Pages 239-240

    4. Contemporary Problems of Ecopathology and Evaluation of Health Risk in Management of Environmental Quality in the Ural Region

      • V. S. Koshkina
      Pages 241-250

    5. Evaluation of Ecological Pathology for the Tasks of Monitoring and Nature Protection Management

      • N. V. Zaitzeva, I. V. May, P. Z. Schur
      Pages 251-259

    6. Ecopathology of Mercury Pollution

      • L. M. Karamova, R. A. Alakayeva
      Pages 261-262

    7. Perspectives on United States Methods of Human and Environmental Risk Assessment

      • J. C. Willson
      Pages 263-275

    8. Prioritizing Environmental Activities in Nizhnii Tagil Based on the Assessment of Human Health Risks Due to Air Contamination

      • P. S. Zhilin, I. D. Kopylov
      Pages 277-282

    9. Health Effects Associated with Air Pollution in the Ural Mountains

      • J. O. Nriagu, J. G. Wilkinson
      Pages 283-288

  2. Air Pollution and Environmental Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-290
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    2. The Role of Economic Valuation in Decision Making About Air Pollution

      • A. Markandya, I. Milborrow
      Pages 291-305

    3. Optimal Control Applied to Air Pollution

      • B. Morel
      Pages 307-314

    4. Uncertainty Assessment of Biogenic Emissions Estimates and Its Impact on Ozone Attainment Control Strategy Selection

      • J. G. Wilkinson
      Pages 315-339

    5. Air Pollution Space-Time Analysis

      • F. Ferreira, J. Seixas, C. Nunes, J. P. Silva
      Pages 341-349

    6. Automated Information System for Decision Making Support Designed to Reduce Environmental Consequences of Industrial Accidents

      • S. V. Pavlov, S. V. Plekhanov
      Pages 351-353

    7. Hazard Ranking for Industrial Areas

      • V. E. Gvozdev, A. M. Shagiakhmetov
      Pages 355-356

    8. Assessment of Sources of Heavy Metals and SOx Emissions in the Southern Ural Mountains and Recommendations for Emissions Abatement

      • M. J. Ellenbecker, B. Morel, I. P. Milborrow
      Pages 357-359

  3. Air Pollution around the World: Problems and Solutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 361-361
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    2. The Contamination and Recovery of Natural Ecosystems by Smelting and Mining Activities at Sudbury, Ontario

      • T. C. Hutchinson, D. Gunderman (Sargent)
      Pages 363-373

    3. Retrospective Analysis of the Environment and Community Associated with the O’Donnell Roast Bed, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

      • M. S. Symington, T. C. Hutchinson
      Pages 375-381
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Mankind has created pollution, and has suffered its consequences since time immemorial. This has intesified greatly since the industrial revolution. One of the main problems in society, and a major function of government is how to cope with this pollution. 80 years ago the maxim used to be "the solution to pollution is dilution"; to dilute any pollted water supply in a large river, or to build a tall chimney stack to dilute air pollutants into the air so that concentrations of pollutants are always low. Since 1950 western countries have gone further and made major attempts to reduce the emissions of the most important pollutants. The discussion of what is an important pollutant has changed. To S02 and heavy metals such as cadmium or arsenic we now add fine particles and even (when we discuss global climate change) C02. The experience and practice of the western countries was only partly followed in the USSR (although the switch from use of coal to natural gas in major cities around 1970 was very important). Since the collapse of the USSR it has become fashionable both in the west and inside Russia to blame all society's ills on pollution. The statistics do not bear out that conclusion, but pollution remains an important issue which can be reduced without significant detriment to other societal values.

Reviews

`... this book is a must for researchers on air and radioactive pollution. It is a basic document for those of us interested in the environmental quality of the Ural area in particular and in countries with transitional economies in general.'
International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 11:3 (1999)

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  • Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Igor Linkov, Richard Wilson

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