Paradigms in pollution prevention

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Featuring a collection of informative and descriptive chapters, this book is essential reading for environmental scientists, environmental toxicologists and people from allied fields. The research and its outcomes presented here focus on pollution prevention approaches, clean technologies and toxic use reduction that has the potential for eliminating worker exposure to health risks; and creates healthy and sustainable ecosystems. Readers will discover ways to incorporate prevention in the design of industrial processes that help to eliminate harmful environmental effects while promoting the competitiveness of industries. Issues such as biological control agents for sustainable urban agriculture, safe water and soil health; waste management and utilization in food processing industries, and ranking of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) with respect to ozone formation are addressed in this book. Particular attention is given to interrelated issues associated with global warming and the use of genetically engineered organisms (GEM's) for combating pollution in extreme environments. The authors invite researchers to think through the critical analysis presented here and recommend future pathways for further research. Read more... Abstract: Featuring a collection of informative and descriptive chapters, this book is essential reading for environmental scientists, environmental toxicologists and people from allied fields. The research and its outcomes presented here focus on pollution prevention approaches, clean technologies and toxic use reduction that has the potential for eliminating worker exposure to health risks; and creates healthy and sustainable ecosystems. Readers will discover ways to incorporate prevention in the design of industrial processes that help to eliminate harmful environmental effects while promoting the competitiveness of industries. Issues such as biological control agents for sustainable urban agriculture, safe water and soil health; waste management and utilization in food processing industries, and ranking of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) with respect to ozone formation are addressed in this book. Particular attention is given to interrelated issues associated with global warming and the use of genetically engineered organisms (GEM's) for combating pollution in extreme environments. The authors invite researchers to think through the critical analysis presented here and recommend future pathways for further research Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Carbon and Ecological Footprinting (CF and EF), and Life Style Solutions (LSS) (J. S. Pandey, Vaibhav Pandey)....Pages 1-15 Microbes: “A Tribute” to Clean Environment (Charu Gupta, Dhan Prakash, Sneh Gupta)....Pages 17-34 Food Industry Waste: A Panacea or Pollution Hazard? (Renu Khedkar, Karuna Singh)....Pages 35-47 Ranking of BTEX with Respect to Ozone Formation by Development of Ozone Reactivity Scale (Pallavi Saxena, Chirashree Ghosh)....Pages 49-60 Global Dimming and Global Warming: Dangerous Alliance (Monika Thakur)....Pages 61-70 Biological Control Agents for Sustainable Agriculture, Safe Water and Soil Health (Abhishek Chauhan, Anuj Ranjan, Tanu Jindal)....Pages 71-83 Environmental Toxicological Studies with Reference to Increasing Asthma Cases in Rural and Urban India (Khushbu Gulati, Shalini Thakur, Tanu Jindal)....Pages 85-95 Back Matter ....Pages 97-101