Publisher's Synopsis
Updated and revised throughout on all aspects of pollution, since the success of the second edition published in 1991. *New sections on biomarkers, neoplasms and effects of global warming *Incorporation of new developments in European and UK water resource management *A mathematical model of eutrophication re-instated from the first edition *More work on the Great Lakes, particularly on PCBs *Updated case studies of the River Ebbw Fawr and the Rhine *300 new references covering latest research