Index 267
artificial lake, 211, 212
city issues needing EIS, 210
dams, 211
environmental impact studies or
statements, 209
hydraulic work impact example,
210–212
interventions, 210
storing winter water discharges,
210
environmental indices and
indicators, 204–205
condensed information, 204
indicators, purpose of, 204
less classic indicators, 205
selection criteria, 205
environmental management, 203
environmental impacts, 203
goal, 203
presupposition, 203
Geographic Information System, 208
information access and
participation in decision
making, 212–214
Aarhus Convention, 212
definition of public, 213
dialogue, 214
feedback, 214
non-governmental organisations,
213
participation right, 213
participative procedure, 214
procedures for public
participation, 213
special problems, 214
life cycle analysis, 205–206
basic phases, 205
equivalence factors, 206
evaluation methodologies, 206
example, 205
life cycle of product, 206
pollutants, 205
Toxaphene, 140
Toxic pollution, 137–157
aluminium, 150–151
Alzheimer’s disease and, 150
exposure, 150
household use, 151
occurrence in nature, 150
chromium, 149
exposure to, 149
hexavalent chromium, 149
trivalent chromium, 149
US EPA limit for drinking water,
149
fluorine compounds, 151–152
accumulation, 151
drinking water, 151
individual application, 152
industrial activities and, 151
toxicity debate, 151
lead, 146–147
effects of, 146
mining rate, 147
Roman Empire, 146
US EPA limit for drinking water,
146
mercury, 147–148
genetic defects, 148
inorganic mercury, 147
Lake St. Clair’s fish, 148
mercury thermometers, 147
Minimata disease, 148
organic mercury, 148
metals and inorganic substances,
146–152
aluminium, 150–151
arsenic, 151
cadmium and zinc, 148–149
chromium, 149
copper, 150
fluorine compounds, 151–152
lead, 146–147
mercury, 147–148
nickel, 149–150
nickel, 149–150
adverse effect, 150
alloys, 149
exposure, 150
US EPA limit for drinking water,
150
radioactivity, 152–157
beta particles, 153
cosmic radiation, 156
decay rate of radioactive isotope,
154
effects of radioactive radiation,
155–157
essential knowledge of the physics
of radioactivity, 152–155
gamma radiation, 153
half-life, 154
Hiroshima, 157
ionising radiation, 155, 156
artificial lake, 211, 212
city issues needing EIS, 210
dams, 211
environmental impact studies or
statements, 209
hydraulic work impact example,
210–212
interventions, 210
storing winter water discharges,
210
environmental indices and
indicators, 204–205
condensed information, 204
indicators, purpose of, 204
less classic indicators, 205
selection criteria, 205
environmental management, 203
environmental impacts, 203
goal, 203
presupposition, 203
Geographic Information System, 208
information access and
participation in decision
making, 212–214
Aarhus Convention, 212
definition of public, 213
dialogue, 214
feedback, 214
non-governmental organisations,
213
participation right, 213
participative procedure, 214
procedures for public
participation, 213
special problems, 214
life cycle analysis, 205–206
basic phases, 205
equivalence factors, 206
evaluation methodologies, 206
example, 205
life cycle of product, 206
pollutants, 205
Toxaphene, 140
Toxic pollution, 137–157
aluminium, 150–151
Alzheimer’s disease and, 150
exposure, 150
household use, 151
occurrence in nature, 150
chromium, 149
exposure to, 149
hexavalent chromium, 149
trivalent chromium, 149
US EPA limit for drinking water,
149
fluorine compounds, 151–152
accumulation, 151
drinking water, 151
individual application, 152
industrial activities and, 151
toxicity debate, 151
lead, 146–147
effects of, 146
mining rate, 147
Roman Empire, 146
US EPA limit for drinking water,
146
mercury, 147–148
genetic defects, 148
inorganic mercury, 147
Lake St. Clair’s fish, 148
mercury thermometers, 147
Minimata disease, 148
organic mercury, 148
metals and inorganic substances,
146–152
aluminium, 150–151
arsenic, 151
cadmium and zinc, 148–149
chromium, 149
copper, 150
fluorine compounds, 151–152
lead, 146–147
mercury, 147–148
nickel, 149–150
nickel, 149–150
adverse effect, 150
alloys, 149
exposure, 150
US EPA limit for drinking water,
150
radioactivity, 152–157
beta particles, 153
cosmic radiation, 156
decay rate of radioactive isotope,
154
effects of radioactive radiation,
155–157
essential knowledge of the physics
of radioactivity, 152–155
gamma radiation, 153
half-life, 154
Hiroshima, 157
ionising radiation, 155, 156