Green Chemistry and the Ten Commandments

Chap. 10. The Geosphere, Soil, and Food Production 265 water by artificial irrigation has greatly increased crop productivity an ...

266 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed Natural processes usually do not produce sufficient nitrogen to allow maximum plant gro ...

Chap. 10. The Geosphere, Soil, and Food Production 267 2Ca 5 (PO 4 ) 3 F(s) + 7H 2 SO 4 + 3H 2 O → 2HF(g) + 3Ca(H 2 PO 4 ) 2 • H ...

268 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed 10.10. Soil and Plants Related to Wastes And Pollutants Soil is a repository of large q ...

Chap. 10. The Geosphere, Soil, and Food Production 269 10.11. Soil Loss — Desertification and Deforestation Soil erosion refe ...

270 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed capacity of arid grasslands in the western and southwestern United States has been dras ...

Chap. 10. The Geosphere, Soil, and Food Production 271 The key to preventing soil loss from erosion as well as preventing desert ...

272 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed Among the most successful plants at stopping erosion are trees. These plants grow for m ...

Chap. 10. The Geosphere, Soil, and Food Production 273 been genetically engineered to produce their own insecticide. Plants prod ...

274 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed including microbial pests (viruses) as well. The most common transgenic crop grown in t ...

Chap. 10. The Geosphere, Soil, and Food Production 275 Aside from weeds, the other major class of pests that afflict crops consi ...

276 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed Future Crops The early years of transgenic crops can be rather well summarized by soy ...

Chap. 10. The Geosphere, Soil, and Food Production 277 are underway to genetically engineer coffee trees in which all the beans ...

278 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed What is FeS 2? Why is its exposure from mining a potential problem? Give an example of ...

11 TOWARD A GREENER ANTHROSPHERE THROUGH INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY 11.1. Industrial Ecology and Industrial Ecosystems Recall ...

280 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed the case with natural ecosystems, the best means of assembling industrial ecosystems is ...

Chap. 11. Toward a Greener Anthrosphere through Industrial Ecology 281 formed and assembled or, in the case of consumables such ...

282 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed Materials may end up in a physical or chemical form from which reclamation becomes impr ...

Chap. 11. Toward a Greener Anthrosphere through Industrial Ecology 283 natural ecosystem, it is seen to be self-regulating. If h ...

284 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed 11.3. Life Cycles in Industrial Ecosystems In conventional industrial systems, a produc ...