School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia

ENV3A08 Pollution Toxicology and Chemistry

A multidisciplinary unit concerned with problems that underlie the management of contamination and pollutants in the environment. It focuses on urban and regional issues and is concerned with pollution in the widest sense. It will unashamedly shift the viewpoint between chemical, legislative, economic, historical and social interpretations of pollution problems. Survivors of this unit will come to appreciate the necessity of a broad perspective of environmental problems.

The expectations of the course are high and the course-graded work involves considerable effort. The journalistic essay involves creating an article for New Scientist, that interprets recent advances. This is a difficult task, so we run a session on how this might be done. We are always happy to discuss any ideas or problems you have. In the past students have felt that although this is tough, it is worthwhile. The problem sheet contains three problems, but these demand extra thought and research. The good news is that you only have to do one!

The course is shared equally between Peter Brimblecombe, Tim Jickells and Brian Reid. Students will notice that they have very different teaching styles. These lecturers are all too old to mend their ways, so we hope you will at least find that variety means you don't become bored.

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School of Environmental Sciences

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