Environmental impact of chemicals : assessment and control /
Environmental impact of chemicals : assessment and control /
- Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, Information Services, c1996.
- viii, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Special publication ; no. 176 .
- Special publication (Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)) ; no. 176. .
"Based on the proceedings of a Symposium on Acquiring Environmental Data for Legislative Needs, organized jointly by the RSC Environmental Chemistry and Chemical Information Subject Groups, held on 17 October 1994 and a Symposium on Toxicology and Quantitative Risk Assessment, organized by the RSC Toxicology Subject Group ... held on 9 November 1994"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview of risk assessment and its application / The Role of toxicology in risk assessment / Toxicological information from animal data: methylene chloride / Dealing with genotoxic carcinogens: a UK approach / Dealing with genotoxic carcinogens: refining the US approach / Epidemiological investigation of environmental health issues / Integrated pollution control: application of principles to establish BPEO and BATNEEC / Guideline values for contaminated land: underlying risk assessment concepts / Contaminated land and water quality standards / OPRA (operator and pollution risk appraisal): a practical system for rating and managing environmental risks from industrial processes / Site-specific considerations in risk assessment / Information sources covering the environmental impact of chemicals / The Acquisition of environmental data for legislative purposes / Environmental classification and risk assessment / Communicating the results of a risk assessment: lessons from radioactive waste disposal / Risk assessment and reality: recognising the limitations / Andrew Jackson and Gev Edulgee -- George Kowalczyk -- Trevor Green -- Anne McDonald -- Bruce Nolholt -- Stuart Pocock -- Stefan Carlyle -- Colin C. Ferguson and Judith M. Denner -- Bob C. Harris and Chris A. Thomas -- Huw Jones -- Holly A. Hattemer-Frey and Virginia Lau -- Mike Hannant and Paul Owen -- John L. Vosser -- Derek Brown -- Ray Kemp -- Paul Johnston, David Santillo, and Ruth Stringer.
Environmental Impact of Chemicals contains a collection of views and theoretical discussions from industrialists, scientists and regulators which outline the latest legislative position and current state of risk assessment and control for chemicals.
0854047956 9780854047956 : £69.50
Pollution--Risk assessment--Congresses.
Pollution--Environmental aspects.
Hazardous wastes--Risk assessment--Congresses.
Pollution--Risk assessment.
Environmental chemistry--Congresses.
Environmental toxicology--Congresses.
Water--Purification--Congresses.
615.902 / QUI
"Based on the proceedings of a Symposium on Acquiring Environmental Data for Legislative Needs, organized jointly by the RSC Environmental Chemistry and Chemical Information Subject Groups, held on 17 October 1994 and a Symposium on Toxicology and Quantitative Risk Assessment, organized by the RSC Toxicology Subject Group ... held on 9 November 1994"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview of risk assessment and its application / The Role of toxicology in risk assessment / Toxicological information from animal data: methylene chloride / Dealing with genotoxic carcinogens: a UK approach / Dealing with genotoxic carcinogens: refining the US approach / Epidemiological investigation of environmental health issues / Integrated pollution control: application of principles to establish BPEO and BATNEEC / Guideline values for contaminated land: underlying risk assessment concepts / Contaminated land and water quality standards / OPRA (operator and pollution risk appraisal): a practical system for rating and managing environmental risks from industrial processes / Site-specific considerations in risk assessment / Information sources covering the environmental impact of chemicals / The Acquisition of environmental data for legislative purposes / Environmental classification and risk assessment / Communicating the results of a risk assessment: lessons from radioactive waste disposal / Risk assessment and reality: recognising the limitations / Andrew Jackson and Gev Edulgee -- George Kowalczyk -- Trevor Green -- Anne McDonald -- Bruce Nolholt -- Stuart Pocock -- Stefan Carlyle -- Colin C. Ferguson and Judith M. Denner -- Bob C. Harris and Chris A. Thomas -- Huw Jones -- Holly A. Hattemer-Frey and Virginia Lau -- Mike Hannant and Paul Owen -- John L. Vosser -- Derek Brown -- Ray Kemp -- Paul Johnston, David Santillo, and Ruth Stringer.
Environmental Impact of Chemicals contains a collection of views and theoretical discussions from industrialists, scientists and regulators which outline the latest legislative position and current state of risk assessment and control for chemicals.
0854047956 9780854047956 : £69.50
Pollution--Risk assessment--Congresses.
Pollution--Environmental aspects.
Hazardous wastes--Risk assessment--Congresses.
Pollution--Risk assessment.
Environmental chemistry--Congresses.
Environmental toxicology--Congresses.
Water--Purification--Congresses.
615.902 / QUI