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a transdisciplinary treatment

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Mercury pollution

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"Using mercury pollution as an example, this book illustrates the interdisciplinary approach required for solving environmental problems. It explains the details of the natural cycling of mercury in and on the earth and discusses how humans have dramatically disrupted its exchange among the earths soil, air, and water. The chapters discuss history, media, and politics in relation to mercury and contain links to established websites with specific resources for readers. Also included are smaller case studies, such as the Minamata tragedy, fish consumption, and international treaties"--

"Mercury is the gravest chemical pollutant problem of our time, and this is the first publication that has undertaken holistic coverage of this truly global issue. This book is an outstanding product of the innovative Global Inquiry Groups (GIG) process of interdisciplinary collaboration, which brings together the physical sciences, social sciences, and the humanities including the study of media, visual, and literary arts, uniquely enabling us to look at and understand mercury from the many perspectives needed in order to grasp the problem in its totality. This book clarifies how we are all connected to mercury, how we take it in through the food we eat and the air we breathe, and how we release it as a consequence of our lifestyle. It tells us about the relationship people have had with mercury from ancient to modern times. It tells us how people have given artistic expression to the ravages of mercury, touching our emotions and changing us. It refers to the social injustice of mercury pollution. This book is an attempt to communicate beyond the walls of academia to a larger audience. Therefore, on behalf of the authors of chapters within this book and the mercury group, I invite you to explore metal mercury from the varied perspectives of history, science, sociology, government, writing, and art. Each chapter represents a disciplinary thread from the GIG. Our goal was to weave these interdisciplinary threads into a tapestry that presents a more complete picture of the effects of mercury pollution and to provide new ways to think about the environment and our individual responsibility toward each other and our earth"--

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Taylor & Francis
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Mercury Pollution: A Transdisciplinary Treatment
2017, Taylor & Francis Group
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Mercury Pollution: A Transdisciplinary Treatment
2016, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Mercury Pollution
Mercury Pollution: A Transdisciplinary Treatment
2016, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Mercury Pollution
Mercury Pollution: a Transdisciplinary Treatment
2011, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Mercury pollution
Mercury pollution: a transdisciplinary treatment
2011, Taylor & Francis
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Boca Raton, FL

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
363.738/4
Library of Congress
TD196.M38 M4686 2011, TD196.M38 M4686 2012, TD196.M38, TD196.M38 M4686 2012eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25109049M
Internet Archive
mercurypollution00zube
ISBN 13
9781439833841
LCCN
2011012189
OCLC/WorldCat
763158880

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