Book Description:
Pollution is undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities so that the environment becomes harmful or unfit for living things; especially applicable to the contamination of soil, water, or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances. In addition to the harm, either present or future and known or unknown, to living beings, pollution cleanup and surveillance are enormous financial drains of the economies of the world. Air pollution research is the subject of this volume.

Table of Contents:
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Preface;

Chapter 1.- Toxic Air Pollutant Monitoring in Hong Kong: Environmental and Health Implications; pp. 1-78
(Alexis Kai et al., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology);

Chapter 2.- The Temporal Distribution Characteristics of Atmospheric Mercury in Seoul, Korea Between 1997 and 2002; pp. 79-97
(Ki-Hyun Kim, Sejong University School, Korea and Min-Young Kim, Seoul Metropolitan Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Korea);

Chapter 3.- Potential Impact of DDT and its Metabolites on Health; pp. 99-126
(Iman A Al-Saleh, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Saudi Arabia);

Chapter 4.- Environmetrics to Access Monitoring Data Quality: A Case Study of Aerosol and Rainwater Collection; pp. 127-142
(R. Tsitouridou, Aristotle University, Greece and V. Simeonov,-University of Sofia, Bulgaria);

Chapter 5.- Analysis and Structure Prediction of Chlorinated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Released from Combustion of Polyvinychloride; pp. 143-158
(Dongli Wang et al., Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hong Kong);

Chapter 6.- Prediction of Phyisco-Chemical Properties of Poly-Chlorinated Biphenyls and Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/Furans by their Gas Chromatographic-Retention Index; pp. 159-189
(Y.H. Wang et al., Peking University, China);

Index.