Calculated Risks
eBook - PDF

Calculated Risks

The Toxicity and Human Health Risks of Chemicals in our Environment

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Calculated Risks

The Toxicity and Human Health Risks of Chemicals in our Environment

About this book

Safeguarding economic prosperity, whilst protecting human health and the environment, is at the forefront of scientific and public interest. This book provides a practical and balanced view on toxicology, control, risk assessment and risk management, addressing the interplay between science and public health policy. This revised edition provides a detailed analysis on chemical and by-product exposure, how they enter the body and the suitability of imposed safety limits. Chapters on dose, with particular emphasis on children and vulnerable subpopulations, reproductive and developmental toxicants and toxicity testing are included. With updated and comprehensive coverage of international developments of risk management and safety, this will have broad appeal to researchers and professionals involved in chemical safety and regulation as well as the general reader interested in environmental pollution and public health.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface to the first edition
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Prologue – groundnuts, cancer, and a small red book
  9. 1 Chemicals and chemical exposures
  10. 2 From exposure to dose
  11. 3 From dose to toxic response
  12. 4 Toxic agents and their targets
  13. 5 Carcinogens
  14. 6 Identifying carcinogens
  15. 7 Risk assessment I: some concepts and principles
  16. 8 Risk assessment II: applications
  17. 9 Risk assessment III: new approaches, new problems
  18. 10 Risk assessment IV: the courtroom
  19. 11 The management of risk
  20. 12 A look ahead
  21. Sources and recommended reading
  22. Index