WSTE 479: 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 WSTE 479 and SOIL 479. Available for graduate credit as WSTE 679.