One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014) As2014: Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, May 11-16, 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Marta I. Litter · Hugo B. Nicolli · Martin Meichtry · Natalia Quici · Jochen Bundschuh · Prosun Bhattacharya · Ravi Naidu

Apr 2014 · CRC Press

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The Congress "Arsenic in the Environment" offers an international, multi- and interdisciplinary discussion platform for research aimed towards a holistic solution to the problem posed by the environmental toxin arsenic, with considerable societal impact. The congress has focused on cutting edge and breakthrough research in physical, chemical, toxic

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Marta Litter ( 1946) is Doctor in Chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires (1974) is now Head of the Remediation Technologies Division, Chemistry Management, National Atomic Energy Commission, Argentina, Principal Researcher of the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and Full Professor of the National University of General San Martín, Argentina. She is author of more than 150 scientific publications. She is director of several degree, master and PhD Thesis. She received twice the Mercosur Prize in Science and Technology. She has been also a coauthor of the Glossary of terms used in photocatalysis and radiocatalysis, IUPAC Recommendations 2010, published in Pure and Applied Chemistry. She has been Leader Editor of a Special Number of Journal of Hazardous Materials in Nanotechnologies for water, air and soil treatment.