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The threat posed by toxins from cyanobacteria to water supplies has increased world-wide during the past 30 years. Health problems attributed to the presence of such toxins in drinking water have been reported in a number of countries, including Australia, Brazil, China, England, South Africa and the USA. This book, which has been prepared by an international group of experts, examines the need to protect drinking water and other water supplies from contamination by toxic cyanobacteria and to control the impact of such bacteria on health. It discusses the nature , diversity and global occurrence of toxic cyanobacteria, their consequences for public health, and methods for the assessment, management, investigation and treatment of contaminated water supplies. Programmes for monitoring the causes and occurrence of cyanobacteria in water and techniques for the analysis of water samples are described. This book will be an invaluable source of information for environmental health officers and professional in the field of water supply, fresh water ecology, public health and health education, as well as students and consumer groups.

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The book is packed with useful information and provides an excellent review of the present state of knowledge. The frequent use of text boxes to describe case histories makes it easy to read, and the many well-structured tables are very useful summaries that make it easy to find information quickly. Anyone involved in management of waters afflicted with cynanobacterial blooms will find this book invaluable. - American Society of Limnology and Oceanography An extensive list of internationally renowned contributors, and reviewers, makes this an important text, and indeed an invluable source of information to all with an interest in cyanobacteria (undergraduate and postgraduate students, professionals in the fields of water management and supply, environmental and public health and education groups). It is also extremely well referenced and modestly priced. European Journal of Phycology, Vol. 36, 2001. A precisely compiled and edited, practical synthesis of an emerging topic worldwide essential for everyone from the freshwater scientist to the manager of a small rural water supply. The editors and contributors are to be congratulated for setting an industry standard - SILnews

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Ingrid Chorus is Head of Department of Drinking-Water and Swimming-Pool Hygiene at Umweltbundesamt, Berlin. Jamie Bartram is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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