Environmental toxicology : an ASEAN-USAID short course, Singapore, 13-15 January 1992 /
edited by Lee Hin Peng.
- Bangkok : SEAMEO-TROPMED, c1992
- 227 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section 1. Introduction to Environmental Health -- Section 2. Toxic Effects -- Section 3. Management and Control.
It has been observed that many Southeast Asian countries have become "NICS", new industrial countries through industrial development. However, these countries are facing with many important problems including, (1) water pollution with poisoning materials from industrial wastes, and (2) air pollution due to automobile and motor-cycle exhausts especially during traffic jams at rushing hours (such as Bangkok nowadays), and industrial smokes (such as Singapore).