TY - BOOK AU - Buell,Phyllis AU - Girard,James TI - Chemistry fundamentals : : an environmental perspective / SN - 0763710741 U1 - 540 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Sudbury, Mass. PB - Jones and Bartlett Publishers KW - Chemistry N1 - Includes index; 1. What is chemistry? An introduction to the central science ; 2. Planet earth, rocks, life, and energy ; 3. Atoms and atomic structure ; 4. Atoms and chemical bonding ; 5. Nuclear chemistry, the risks and benefits of nuclear radiation ; 6. Chemical reactions ; 7. Reactions in solution, acids and bases and oxidation-reduction reactions ; 8. Carbon compounds, an introduction to organic chemistry ; 9. Synthetic polymers, materials for the modern age ; 10. Water resources and water pollution ; 11. Air we breathe ; 12. Fossil fuels, our major source of energy ; 13. Energy sources for the future ; 14. Biochemistry, the molecules of life ; 15. Food and nutrition ; 16. Agricultural chemicals, feeding the earth's people ; 17. House hold chemicals ; 18. Toxicology ; 19. Disposal of dangerous wastes ER -