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Managing Risks of Nitrates to Humans and the Environment

W S Wilson (Edited by), A S Ball (Edited by), R H Hinton (Edited by)

9781855738089, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 1 January 1999

356 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.67 kg

This volume concentrates on research information on the beneficial effects of nitrates and their fate in the environment. Adopting an integrated approach it covers the agricultural, environmental and medical aspects of this emotive topic. In addition, there is an extensive description of the biochemistry of nitrates in plants, animals and humans including the positive aspects as well as the hazards.

Part 1 The nitrate problem in agriculture: Nitrogen dynamics in natural and agricultural ecosystems
Predicting nitrate losses from agricultural systems: Measurements and models
Fate of nitrogen from manufactured fertilizers in agriculture
Using a rotational modelling system to explore the effect of straw incorporation on the efficiency of nitrogen use
Assessing the importance of soluble organic nitrogen in agricultural soils
Average fertiliser nitrogen use and estimates of nitrogen uptake by major arable crops in england and wales
Nitrate in ensiled grass: A risk or benefit to livestock production? The effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations on nitrogen cycling in a grassland ecosystem. Part 2 Environmental aspects of nitrates: The atmospheric nitrogen cycle and the role of anthropogenic activity
Nitrates in soils and waters from sewage wastes on land
The role of nitrates in the eutrophication and acidification of surface waters
Toxicity of nitrite to freshwater invertebrates
Sensitive areas, vulnerable zones and buffer strips: A critical review of policy in agricultural nitrate control
Considerations of the amino nitrogen in humic substances
Fertilizer and nitrate pollution in India
Status of nitrate contamination in ground water near Delhi: A case study. Part 3 Nitrate and health: The metabolism of dietary nitrites and nitrates
Identification of nitrate reducing bacteria from the oral cavity of rats and pigs
Potential risks and benefits of dietary nitrate
Metabolism of nitrate in humans: Implications for nitrate intake
Bacterial nitrate reductase activity is induced in the oral cavity by dietary nitrate
Antimicrobial effect of acidified nitrite on gut pathogens: The importance of dietary nitrate in host defence
Effects of nitrates and nitrites in experimental animals
Nitrate exposure and childhood diabetes.

Subject Areas: Food & beverage technology [TDCT]

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