Groundwater disaster in Puerto Rico - The need for environmental education

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 29-35

  Skanavis, Constantina ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

GROUNDWATER; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAW; LAW SUIT; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PUERTO RICO; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0032820280     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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