Environmental impact of chemicals : assessment and control /
Contributor(s): Quint, Michael D
| Taylor, David | Purchase, Rupert | Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain). Environmental Chemistry Group | Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain). Chemical Information Group | Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain). Toxicology Subject Group | Symposium on Acquiring Environmental Data for Legislative Needs (1994 : London, England) | Symposium on Toxicology and Quantitative Risk Assessment (1994 : London, England).
Series: Special publication (Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)): no. 176.Publisher: Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, Information Services, c1996Description: viii, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0854047956; 9780854047956 :.Subject(s): Pollution -- Risk assessment -- Congresses | Pollution -- Environmental aspects | Hazardous wastes -- Risk assessment -- Congresses | Pollution -- Risk assessment | Environmental chemistry -- Congresses | Environmental toxicology -- Congresses | Water -- Purification -- CongressesDDC classification: 615.902 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"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 / Andrew Jackson and Gev Edulgee -- The Role of toxicology in risk assessment / George Kowalczyk -- Toxicological information from animal data: methylene chloride / Trevor Green -- Dealing with genotoxic carcinogens: a UK approach / Anne McDonald -- Dealing with genotoxic carcinogens: refining the US approach / Bruce Nolholt -- Epidemiological investigation of environmental health issues / Stuart Pocock -- Integrated pollution control: application of principles to establish BPEO and BATNEEC / Stefan Carlyle -- Guideline values for contaminated land: underlying risk assessment concepts / Colin C. Ferguson and Judith M. Denner -- Contaminated land and water quality standards / Bob C. Harris and Chris A. Thomas -- OPRA (operator and pollution risk appraisal): a practical system for rating and managing environmental risks from industrial processes / Huw Jones -- Site-specific considerations in risk assessment / Holly A. Hattemer-Frey and Virginia Lau -- Information sources covering the environmental impact of chemicals / Mike Hannant and Paul Owen -- The Acquisition of environmental data for legislative purposes / John L. Vosser -- Environmental classification and risk assessment / Derek Brown -- Communicating the results of a risk assessment: lessons from radioactive waste disposal / Ray Kemp -- Risk assessment and reality: recognising the limitations / 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.
"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.