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Secret justice : a novel / by Huston, James W.(CARDINAL)646544;
In the middle of the desert, in the dead of night, Lieutenant Rathman parachutes with his Special Forces team into Sudan, where an arms merchant is selling weapons to Wahamed Duar, the world's most wanted man in the ongoing War on Terrorism. Duar escapes, but a key member of his organization is captured. Determined to find Duar, Rat uses questionable means of persuasion to uncover his whereabouts and the information leads to his capture. But the man he brutally interrogated later dies as a result on a U.S. Navy ship.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Radioactive pollution of water; Special forces (Military science); Terrorism;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Annual report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Radiobiological Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C., for the fiscal year ending June 30 ... by United States.Bureau of Commercial Fisheries.Radio-biological Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C.; United States.Bureau of Commercial Fisheries,issuing body,sponsor,publisher.(CARDINAL)138184;
Description based on: 1963; title from title page.
Subjects: Periodicals.; Fisheries; Estuarine ecology; Marine animals; Radioactive pollution of water;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Environmental radiation surveillance program. by North Carolina.Sanitary Engineering Division.(CARDINAL)168993;
Subjects: Radioactive pollution;
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Use of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur to identify sources of nitrogen in surface waters in the lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania / by Cravotta, Charles A.(CARDINAL)269126; Pennsylvania.Bureau of Soil and Water Conservation.(CARDINAL)269167; Geological Survey (U.S.)(CARDINAL)154385;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-68).
Subjects: Nitrogen; Radioactive tracers in water pollution research; Water;
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Using chloride and chlorine-36 as soil-water tracers to estimate deep percolation at selected locations on the U.S. Department of Energy Hanford site, Washington / by Prych, Edmund A.(CARDINAL)314035;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-49).
Subjects: Groundwater; Seepage; Radioactive tracers in water pollution research; Hanford Works.;
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The environment / by Evans, Kim Masters,author.(CARDINAL)638442;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1. The state of the environment : an overview -- chapter 2. Air quality -- chapter 3. Climate change -- chapter 4. A hole in the sky : ozone depletion -- chapter 5. Acid rain -- chapter 6. Nonhazardous waste -- chapter 7. Nonhazardous materials recovery : recycling and composting -- chapter 8. Hazardous and radioactive waste -- chapter 9. Water issues -- chapter 10. Toxins in everyday life -- chapter 11. Depletion and conservation of natural resources.Examines the steps that have been taken to protect Earth's natural environment and the controversies that surround them.
Subjects: Statistics.; Pollution.; Pollution; Ecology.; Ecology;
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Our Earth, ourselves : the action-oriented guide to help you protect and preserve our planet / by Caplan, Ruth.(CARDINAL)197465; Environmental Action (Organization)(CARDINAL)198080;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index.Our earth, our mission -- As the world warms: curbing global warming -- Saving our skins: protecting the ozone layer -- A breath of clean air: fighting air pollution -- Defusing the toxics timebomb: cleaning up our air, water and food -- No time to waste: promoting source reduction and recycling -- On the nuclear threat: haulting radioactive waste and proliferation -- A global perspective: rescuing mother earth -- A call to action: becoming an environmental activist.A comprehensive guide that provides concrete, practical advice on what we can do to reverse the damage already done to our air, our water, and our land. Offers clear up-to-date information on citizen participation, with profiles of individuals who have made a difference.
Subjects: Pollution.; Pollution; Environmental protection; Environmental protection;
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Visit sunny Chernobyl : and other adventures in the world's most polluted places / by Blackwell, Andrew,1972-(CARDINAL)399478;
Visit sunny Chernobyl : day trips through a radioactive wonderland -- The Great Black North : oil sands mining in Northern Alberta -- Refineryville : Port Arthur, Texas, and the invention of oil -- The Eighth Continent : sailing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- Soymageddon : deforestation in the Amazon -- In search of Sad Coal Man : e-waste, coal, and other treasures of China -- The gods of Sewage : downstream on India's most polluted river.For most of us, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth--Paris, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon. It's rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canada's oil sand strip mines, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen, legendary as the most polluted in the world. But in "Visit Sunny Chernobyl," Andrew Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth. From the hidden bars and convenience stores of a radioactive wilderness to the sacred but reeking waters of India, "Visit Sunny Chernobyl "fuses immersive first-person reporting with satire and analysis, making the case that it's time to start appreciating our planet as it is--not as we wish it would be. Irreverent and reflective, the book is a love letter to our biosphere's most tainted, most degraded ecosystems, and a measured consideration of what they mean for us. Equal parts travelogue, exposé, environmental memoir, and faux guidebook, Blackwell careens through a rogue's gallery of environmental disaster areas in search of the worst the world has to offer--and approaches a deeper understanding of what's really happening to our planet in the process.
Subjects: Tourism; Pollution.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Groundwater contamination in the United States / by Pye, Veronica I.(CARDINAL)168815; Patrick, Ruth,1907-2013.(CARDINAL)171834; Quarles, John.(CARDINAL)171658;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-307).ONE: GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES: AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE TECHNICAL REPORT -- The importance of the groundwater resource -- What is groundwater? -- Types of aquifers -- Factors affecting the natural quality of water -- Relationships among groundwater quality and quantity, surface water, and land use -- Sources of groundwater contamination -- The movement of contaminants -- Types of groundwater contamination -- Risks posed by different types of contamination -- Attenuation -- The geographical extent of the problem -- The severity of the problem -- Aquifer rehabilitation -- Measures for protecting groundwater -- Monitoring for groundwater contamination -- Federal regulations applicable to groundwater -- State and local groundwater-quality regulations -- The classification of aquifers -- Groundwater protection strategies that have been proposed -- Conclusions -- TWO: OPTIONS FOR DEALING WITH THE CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER -- The disposal of hazardous wastes -- Septic tanks -- Agricultural practices -- Accidental spills and leaks - The land spreading and spraying of sludges -- Mining -- Highway deicing-salts -- The infiltration of surface water -- Brine disposal associated with the petroleum industry -- The development of groundwater -- Contamination from radioactive sources -- Conclusion -- THREE: THE GROUNDWATER RESOURCE -- What is groundwater? -- The occurrence and natural quality of groundwater -- The use of groundwater -- The profile of an aquifer -- FOUR: GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION -- Sources of contamination -- Changes in the composition of groundwater due to natural processes -- Contamination due to waste-disposal practices [Individual sewage disposal systems -- The land disposal of solid wastes -- The collection, treatment, and disposal of municipal wastewater -- Industrial and other wastewater impoundments -- Land spreading of sludge -- Brine disposal associated with the petroleum industry -- The disposal of mine wastes -- Deep-well disposal of liquid wastes -- The disposal of wastes from animal feedlots -- Groundwater contamination from radioactive sources] -- Other sources of conatmination [Accidental spills and leaks -- Agricultural activities -- Mining -- Highway deicing-salts -- Atmospheric contaminants and acid rain -- The infiltration of surface water -- The development of groundwater -- Improper construction and maintenance of wells] -- FIVE: THE SEVERITY OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION -- Estimates of the percentage of groundwater that is contaminated -- The population affected by groundwater contamination -- SIX: THE EFFECTS OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION ON PUBLIC HEALTH -- The incidence of disease -- Acute illness due to pathogenic contaminants [Bacteria -- Viruses -- Parasites] -- Acute illness due to the chemical content of water -- Chronic effects of groundwater contamination on public health [Chronic disease due to the mineral content of groundwater -- Chronic disease due to contamination by toxic organic chemicals] -- SEVEN: THE GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION -- Regional assessments of groundwater contamination in the United States conducted by EPA -- State summaries compiled in 1981-82 by the Environmental Assessment Council for this report [Arizona -- California -- Connecticut -- Florida -- Idaho -- Illinois -- Nebraska -- New Jersey -- New Mexico -- South Carolina] -- EIGHT: MONITORING THE QUALITY OF GROUNDWATER -- Methods of well construction -- Types of wells -- Casing materials and sampling procedures -- Data management and information retrieval -- Possibilities for improving monitoring systems -- Research needs -- NINE: REMEDIAL ACTION AND THE REHABILITATION OF AQUIFERS -- In-situ remedial alternatives -- Conventional alternatives of withdrawal, treatment, and final disposal -- Treatment options -- Reverse osmosis (RO) -- Ultrafiltration (UF) -- Ion exchange -- Wet-air oxidation (WAO) -- Combined ozonation/ultraviolet radiation (O3/UV) -- Chemical treatment -- Aerobic biological treatment -- Activated carbon (AC) -- TEN: PROPOSED STRATEGIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER -- EPA proposed groundwater protection strategy, 1980 [Strategy background -- The strategy -- Suggested management approach] -- Summary of the chemical manufacturers association's position on EPA's proposed groundwater protectiong strategy [Goal -- Management approach -- Technical approach -- Federal, state, and other roles -- Questions regarding groundwater policy] -- Critique of the CMA position paper -- The Environmental Defense Fund's position on EPA's proposed groundwater protection strategy [Phase I - Federal efforts -- Phase I - State efforts -- Phase II - Federal and state roles] -- Critique of EDF's comments -- EPA groundwater policy since 1980 -- ELEVEN: AQUIFER CLASSIFICATION -- The process of classification [The definition of aquifer boundaries -- Groundwater classification] -- EPA model for aquifer classification -- Critiques of the proposed EPA aquifer-classification system from the Environmental Defense Fund and the American Water Works Association -- State aquifer-classification systems [Connecticut -- North Carolina -- New York -- Wyoming -- New Jersey -- Florida -- Nebraska -- New Mexico -- Maine -- New Hampshire -- Massachusetts] -- Summary of state aquifer-classification systems [Non-degradation policy -- Classification based on numerical standards -- Classification based on land use and numerical standards] -- TWELVE: FEDERAL STATUTES RELEVANT TO THE PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER -- The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 USC 6901 et seq., Pub. L. No. 94-580 [Solid-waste disposal program -- Hazardous-waste disposal program {Interim-status standards -- Permitting standards -- Imminent-hazard authority}] -- Safe drinking water act of 1974, 42 USC 300f to 300j-9, Pub. L. No. 93-523 -- The Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 USC 1251 et seq., Pub. L. No. 95-217 -- Comprehensive environment response, compensation and liability act of 1980, 26 USC 4611 et seq., Pub. L. No. 96-510 [National contingency plan -- Enforcement and implementation] -- Toxic substances control act, 15 USC 2601 et seq., Pub. L. No. 94-469 -- The surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977, 30 USC 1201 et seq., Pub. L. No. 95-87 -- Federal insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide act, 7 USC 136 et seq., Pub. L. No. 92-516 -- National environmental policy act of 1969, 42 USC 4321 et seq., Pub. L. No. 91-190 -- Conclusion -- THIRTEEN: STATE AND LOCAL MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER QUALITY -- Specific source controls [Sources of groundwater contamination related to waste disposal {Waste-management sites -- Well disposal of wastes -- Septic-tank systems -- Land spreading of pollutants -- Animal feedlots} -- Sources of groundwater contamination not related to waste disposal {The construction and operation of wells -- Mine drainage -- Saltwater intrusion -- Spills and leaks -- Highway deicing-salts}] -- Standards and classification systems for groundwater -- Land-use regulations -- Groundwater-allocation law [Common law approaches -- The prior appropriation system] -- Monitoring and enforcement programs -- State groundwater protection programs: summaries for selected states [Arizona -- California -- Connecticut -- Florida -- New Jersey -- New Mexico -- New York -- Virginia] -- FOURTEEN: STATUTORY AND REGULATORY PROVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO ENABLE STATES TO PROTECT AND MANAGE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES -- Statutory provisions -- Regulations designed to prevent groundwater pollution -- Interstate compacts -- Federal-state cooperation on groundwater protection.
Subjects: Groundwater;
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Pollution / by Grey House Publishing, Inc.,compiler.(CARDINAL)381300;
Includes bibliography (pages 151-153) and index.1)The stuff of life --
Subjects: Reference works.; Pollution.; Refuse and refuse disposal.; Climatic changes.; Environmental policy.;
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