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Acknowledgments
It is a pleasure to acknowledge the contribution of many colleagues. Much of
the credit for the approaches devised in this book is due to the pioneering work by
George Baughman, who saw most clearly the evolution of multimedia environmental
modeling as a coherent and structured branch of environmental science amid the
often frightening complexity of the environment and the formidable number of
chemicals with which it is contaminated. Brock Neely, Russ Christman, and Don
Crosby were instrumental in encouraging me to apply the fugacity concept to
environmental calculations.
I am indebted to my former colleagues at the University of Toronto, especially
Wan Ying Shiu and Sally Paterson, whose collaboration has been crucial in developing
the fugacity approach. I am grateful to my more recent colleagues at Trent
University, and our industrial and government partners who have made the Canadian
Environmental Modelling Centre a successful focus for the development, validation,
and dissemination of mass balance models.
This second edition was written in part when on research leave at the Department
of Environmental Toxicology at U.C. Davis, where Marion Miller, Don Crosby, and
their colleagues were characteristically generous and supportive. At Trent, I was
greatly assisted by David Woodfine, Rajesh Seth, Merike Perem, Lynne Milford,
Angela McLeod, Adrienne Holstead, Todd Gouin, Alison Fraser, Ian Cousins, Tom
Cahill, Jenn Brimecombe, and Andreas Beyer. I am particularly grateful to Steve
Sharpe for the figures, to Matt MacLeod and Christopher Warren for their critical
review and comments, and to Eva Webster for her outstanding scientific and editorial
contributions.
Without the support and diligent typing of my wife, Ness, this book would not
have been possible. Thank you.
I dedicate this book to Ness, Neil, Ian, Julia, and Gwen, and especially to Beth,
who was born as this edition neared completion. I hope it will help to ensure that
her life is spent in a cleaner, more healthful environment.