Radioactive and Other Pollution and Their Control

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One of the greatest problems that the world is facing today, is that of environmental pollution, increasing with every passing year ad causing grave and irreparable damage to the earth. Environmental pollution consists of several basic types of pollution, namely, air, water, soil, noise, light, chemical, thermal, radioactive, visual and electronic pollution. Radioactive contamination is widely resulting from 20 century activities in atomic physics, such as nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons research manufacture and deployment. Thermal pollution is a temperature change in natural water bodies, caused by human influence, such as use of water as coolant in a power plant. Visual pollution, which can refer to the presence of overhead power lines, motorway billboards, scarred landforms, open storage of trash or municipal solid waste. Pollution can also be the consequence of a natural disaster. For example, hurricanes often involve water contamination from sewage and petrochemical spills from ruptured boats or automobiles. Thus pollution s simultaneously endangering life on earth and pollution is becoming closer to put life on the threshold of death. These harmful actions have changed earth and they continue to do so.

This volume studies various, significant forms of pollution. This is painstakingly prepared research based work taking all relevant aspects and dimensions of the subject in a comprehensive, exclusive and exhaustive manner. This meritorious study is bound to attract the attention of concerned circles and it would prove to be an asset for all scholars, researchers, social activists and ofcourse, the general readers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Arvind Kumar

Dr. Arvind Kumar (b. 23-03-1953), University Professor, Department of Zoology, S.K. University, Dumka has 24 years' experience as an outstanding teacher and researcher. He is a recipient of National Merit Scholarship all through his college and university years and got meritorial fellowship of CSIR, New Delhi. He has been awarded Professor W.A. Nizami Gold Medal by the Zoological Society of India in 2000during 11th annual Congress. He did his M. Sc. In Zoology in 1976 and Ph.D. in 1982 on Eco-Physiology of Aquatic Insect from Bhagalpur University. He has done pioneering work in the field of limnology, aquatic insect ecology, biodiversity, conservation and tribal ecology. Dr. Kumar has successfully guided more than 11 research scholars for Ph.D. and got more than 205 research articles and reviews published in reputed national and international journals. He has authored/ edited more than 15 books and is also on the Editorial Board of more than a dozen esteemed national and international journal. Dr Kumar is a fellow, life-member and member of number of organizations and is also working as office bearer of some of them. Dr. Kumar has charied a number of sessions of different seminars/ symposia. He was also made convener of the National Symposium organized by S.K. University in 1998. He has been invited to different Universities, such as, University of Madras, Chennai, Dr. R.M.L. Avadh University, Faizabad, etc. to deliver lectures' on different topics of Environmental Sciences. Presently, Dr. Kumar is the Charman of Board of Environment Impact Assessment & Ecoplanning, Jharkhand, President of Tribal Ecoconservation Society ad Secretary General of Society of Environmental Sciences. He is also the Chief Editor of Journal of Current Sciences and the Editor of Indian Journal of Environment and Ecoplanning. Professor Kumar has visited Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy & Vienna in 2005 and China, Japan & Singapore in 2006 in order to deliver lectures during international symposia.  He is a fellow, life member and member of number of organizations and is also working as office organizations and is also working as office bearer of some of them.  Dr. Kumar has chaired a number of sessions of different seminars/symposia in India and abroad.  He has been editing there international scientific journals at a time regularly since more than fifteen years and is Editor-in-Chief of The Ekologia , Chief Editor of Journal of Current Sciences & Editor of Indian Journal of Environment and Ecoplanning.  Dr. Kumar is also the hon'ble member, Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board, Ranchi.

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Title
Radioactive and Other Pollution and Their Control
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
9788183294096
Length
vii+340p., 26cm.
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