SOIL 679: Principles governing how organic chemicals behave in environmental media

Course Description

Principles governing how organic chemicals behave in environmental media. Emphasizes quantitative determination of organic contaminant partitioning, transformation, and transport in air, surface waters, soils, and groundwater. Applied examples focusing on persistent and emerging chemicals of concern for human and ecosystem health, including pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, PCBs, and pharmaceuticals. May not earn credit in both SOIL 679 and WSTE 679. Available for undergraduate credit as SOIL 479.