Titlebook: Environments at Risk; Case Histories of Im Derek Ellis Textbook 1989 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989 Seen.Turbidite.USA.biology.chem

Sigmoidoscopy

Sipra Mohapatra,Tapas ChakrabortyA mine extracts rock from the ground, from near-surface by a pit or strip, or from underground by tunnel. It processes the rock, separating ore from overburden or other waste, and it mills the ore to produce a concentrate. This in turn is passed to a factory for smelting, refining or other process (Fig. 4.1).

Carcinogen

Forum for Interdisciplinary MathematicsSanitary sewage is the mixture of human body wastes, water and chemicals which must be disposed of in some healthy, inoffensive way when people live together. Most cities and towns nowadays have chosen to dispose of these body wastes by water-flushing systems, although the hardware varies from sitting-toilet to squat-hole.

Junction

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intercede

中子

Xingqian Ye,Sophia Jun Xue,John ShiImpact assessments determine facts: what happened, where and when. These facts can then be used. But they must flow to decision-makers, and they must be perceived as the facts they are. If acted upon, predictable new situations develop from facts.

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Raoul R. Nigmatullin,Juan J. TrujilloIf you examine the Table of Contents, you will see that several topics and issues pervade this book. They should be considered by anyone involved in environmental impact assessment, since they affect the quality of the product, hence the value of any risk predictions.

Externalize

Aromatic

Chemicals — Minamata (Japan)The risk of toxic chemicals catastrophically contaminating our food was realised in the 1950s. The name of the city where it happened is now a synonym for this type of risk: Minamata disease.

Myelin

Mining — Island Copper (Canada)A mine extracts rock from the ground, from near-surface by a pit or strip, or from underground by tunnel. It processes the rock, separating ore from overburden or other waste, and it mills the ore to produce a concentrate. This in turn is passed to a factory for smelting, refining or other process (Fig. 4.1).