Chemicals in the environment : assessing and managing risk
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : R E Hester; Roy M Harrison
- ناشر : Cambridge : RSC Pub
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780854042067
Description
The current regulation of environmental chemicals / John Garrod -- Chemicals risk assessment and management / Elliot G. Finer -- Future perspectives in risk assessment of chemicals / Peter Floyd -- Assessing risks to human health / Paul T.C. Harrison and Philip Holmes -- Environmental risk assessment / Lorraine Maltby -- Risk assessment of metals in the environment / Peter G.C. Campbell, Peter M. Chapman and Beverley A. Hale -- Partitioning, persistence and long-range transport of chemicals in the environment / Donald Mackay, Eva Webster and Todd Gouin.
"This book begins by reviewing the current framework of legislation for the regulation of chemicals in the UK and then reports expert views on both the current situation and possible future developments. Subsequent chapters consider some of the scientific and technical issues, including the evaluation of the risks which chemicals can pose to human life and the environment, and the problems relating to evaluating the risks associated with metals in the environment. Finally, the predictive methods used to model the behaviour of organic chemicals within the environment are described." "Highly topical, and with authoritative contributions from international experts, this book covers both the scientific underpinning and the legislative and practical issues of this emotive subject. The detailed coverage of a topic that affects many sectors of industry and society will make it popular with a wide audience of individuals from government organisations, industry or academic research, particularly those in environmental chemistry sectors.
