Chemical safety : international reference manual

Section 1: 1. 2. Section 2: 3. 4. 5. 6. Section 3: 7. 8. Introductory Chapters Global Chemical Pollution - The UNEP View Garislav Shkolenok 1 Principles of Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Chemicals 13 H. Paul A. Illing Chemical Safety Information Information Retrieval, Validation and Interpretation 33 Anne Cowie and Mervyn Richardson UNIDOflNTIB: An Energy and Environment Information System for Developing Countries 43 Peter Pembleton International and National Governmental Information Activities Concerning the Environmental Effects of Chemicals 65 Judith Deschamps Accessing Health and Safety Information 75 Sheila Pantry Hazard Assessment Environmental Hazard Assessment of Chemicals 89 Tadayoski Shigeoka, Kikao Yoshida, and Holaka Saito Adverse Health Effects of Environmental Chemicals: Indian Scenario Devika Nag and Farhat N. Jaffery 111 X Table of Contents 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Section 4: 14. 15. Section 5: 16. 17. 18. 19. Parental Occupation and Childhood Cancer 127 Tatjana Vergieva Comparative Genetic Toxicity of Some Pesticides Jasna Franekik, M e n a PapeS and Marija AlaCeviC 141 Intake of Organochlorine Compounds and Levels in Population Groups Blanka Krauthacker and Elsa Reiner 157 Heavy Metal Dietary Intake: A European Comparison Maja Blanusa 171 COMPACT and ENACT Procedures in Predicting the Formation of Reactive Intermediates by Cytochrome P450 Metabolism Costas Ioannides, David F.V. Lewis, and Dennis V. Parke 183 Monitoring Environmental Monitoring: Use of Luminescent Bacteria Don Isenberg and Anthony Bulich 22 1 Cytogenetic Monitoring in Hungary 227 Sharolta Gundy, Eva Susanszky, Jend Major, Andrew E. Czeizel Risk Assessment and Management Identification of Carcinogenic Risks - Qualitative Aspects 241 Julian Wilbourn New Approaches for the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals Boris L. Rubenchik 259 Risk Assessment of Chemicals, Contrast and Comparison - International Perspectives 271 Prabhu K u b i and Brendan J. Nangle Assessment of Pesticide Action on Human Health and the Environment in the Ukraine 289 Yuri Kundiev Table of Contents XI 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Section 6: 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Some Organochlorine Pollutants in the Water Environment and their Influence on Drinking Water Quality 297 Vlasta Drevenkar, Sanja Fingler, and Zlatko FrObe Regional Contamination of Soil and Biota with Heavy Metals Following an Explosion of an Ammunition Stockpile near OStarije, Croatia 31 1 Ladislav A. PalinkaS, Emil Srebocan, Slobodan P. Miko, Jelena Pompe-Gotal, Ksenija Namjesnik, and Simon Pirc Assessment and Management of Environmental Exposure to Colorants Herbert Motschi 329 Fate of Pesticides in the Environment and the Quality of Drinking Water in Relation to Human Health 353 Vihaela Vasilescu Chlororganic Pesticides and Atrazine in the Environment of Lithuania: Retrospective Analysis and Management Evaluation 37 1 Julias R. Ptashekas, Margarita Barkiene, Genadijus Jonauskas, and Skirmante Zhlabyte Management of Halide Mined Water Discharges 383 Aga Mamedovich Khojamamedov and Khoja Nepesovich Evzhanov Safety Safety in the Use of Chemicals at the Workplace 393 Nabil T. Watfa Poisoning and Safety 411 Wayne A. Temple and Nerida Smith Some Information Regarding Chemical Safety Both in Occupational and Environmental Medicine in China 421 Shen Li Environmental Chemical Safety 443 Aysen Miiezzinoglu, Oya Giirel, and Mustafa Odabqi Approaches to Identifying and Adverse Health Effects of Chemicals in Use 459 John H. Duffus and Morrell H. Draper XI1 Section 7: 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Annex 1 Annex 2 Table of Contents Legal Aspects Liability for Dangerous Industrial Activities and Damage to the Environment: Where Do We Stand After the Council of Europe Convention and the Commission Green Paper? 485 Jean-Marie Devos and Marja Ekrms Safety and Environmental Stewardship in the Single Market 503 William Seddon-Brown Chemical Regulation in Europe and the United States: International Implications 513 Marlissa Campbell Worldwide Regulatory Controls to Ensure Safety of Chemicals 533 Derek Knight Epilogue 571 Mervyn Richardson Dictionary of Substances and their Effects (DOSE) 581 OECD Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals 585 Index 587