Hazardous Chemicals
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Hazardous Chemicals

Overview, Toxicological Profile, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

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eBook - ePub

Hazardous Chemicals

Overview, Toxicological Profile, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

About this book

Hazardous Chemicals: Overview, Toxicological Profile, Challenges, and Future Perspectives offers comprehensive coverage of hazardous chemicals and their routes of exposures, mechanism of toxicity, hazard control measures, handling and storage, emergency guidelines, and safety measures.The book is organized into specific classifications of chemical hazards: pesticides, fertilizers, insecticides, automotive, paint and paint solvents, chemical manufacturing solvents, dyes, cleaning agents, pharmaceuticals, and radioactive products. It discusses the health risk and environmental impact of these toxic substances. It also provides management strategies including risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication. Hazardous Chemicals is a practical resource for researchers, academics, industry professionals, graduate and postgraduate students in toxicology and environmental science engaged in the evaluation of toxic substances and human health concerns. - Covers exposure routes, health impacts, risk assessment and control measures of hazardous chemicals - Includes storage and handling information for personnel vulnerable to hazards and risks from the toxic substances - Provides case studies related to toxic substances that have resulted in a disastrous event - Examines recent research trends in the field of specific toxic substances

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Yes, you can access Hazardous Chemicals by Jaspal Singh,R.D. Kaushik,Malvika Chawla in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Toxicology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9780323952361
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Toxicology

Table of contents

  1. Hazardous Chemicals
  2. Cover
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contributors
  7. About the editors
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Chapter 1 Toxicity of pesticides: Health and environment risk of using Dichlordiphenyltrichloroethane
  12. Chapter 2 Ecological risk assessment of atrazine in relation to its toxicity, hazard and management
  13. Chapter 3 Impact of carbendazim on our ecological system and its management strategies
  14. Chapter 4 Health risk assessment and toxicity management of organochlorine pesticide: With the reference to Aldrin
  15. Chapter 5 Azinphos-methyl: Probabilistic health and environmental threats
  16. Chapter 6 Neonicotinoids: A potential insecticide of the decade
  17. Chapter 7 Environmental contamination and toxicology of benzene-hexachloride (BHC)
  18. Chapter 8 An expository note on notorious methyl parathion engendering risk evaluation and its redressal
  19. Chapter 9 Chlordane: Exposure, biohazard, current research, and precautions
  20. Chapter 10 Toxicological effect, bioaccumulative potential, and risk assessment of endosulfan
  21. Chapter 11 Naphthalene: Risk assessment and environmental health hazard
  22. Chapter 12 Pyrethroids: Uses, toxicological profile, and its fate in environment
  23. Chapter 13 Asbestos: Magic mineral or fatal menace?
  24. Chapter 14 Ethylene Glycol: Industrial application and risk assessment
  25. Chapter 15 Kerosene: Risk assessment, environmental and health hazard
  26. Chapter 16 Potential hazard analysis, bioremediation, and nonbioremediation of trichloroethylene
  27. Chapter 17 PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons): Risk assessment and health impacts
  28. Chapter 18 Acrylamide: Unveiling toxicity and carcinogenic risks
  29. Chapter 19 Effects and mechanism of acrylonitrile use related toxicity
  30. Chapter 20 The epitome of toxic dichloromethane (methylene chloride): An approach to understand hazards and safety
  31. Chapter 21 Methyl methacrylate: Utilization, evaluation of potential adverse effects, and toxicity to human health and the environment
  32. Chapter 22 A review on interaction of diethyl ether with human health and its effects on the environment
  33. Chapter 23 Toluene diisocyanate: Analytical safety assessment
  34. Chapter 24 A review on the toxicology of white spirit
  35. Chapter 25 Pyridine: Exposure, risk management, and impact on life and environment
  36. Chapter 26 Risk assessment of Xylene and its impact on environment and human health
  37. Chapter 27 Toluene toxicity: Outline, management, and prognosis
  38. Chapter 28 Human health and environmental perspectives on exposure to benzene: A review
  39. Chapter 29 Carbon disulfide toxicological overview
  40. Chapter 30 Chloroform: Risk assessment, environmental, and health hazard
  41. Chapter 31 Exploring Hexane's impact: Toxicological insights, challenges, and forward-looking perspectives
  42. Chapter 32 Toxic potential of azo dyes: A broader understanding
  43. Chapter 33 Assessing toxicity of p-chloroaniline: Current research and future perspectives
  44. Chapter 34 Health and safety measures associated with ammonium hydroxide exposure
  45. Chapter 35 Sulfamic acid: A risk to both the environment and human health
  46. Chapter 36 Barium sulfate: Human effects assessment and toxicological profile
  47. Chapter 37 Aqua chloral: Assessing risks emanating from its noxiousness
  48. Chapter 38 Risk assessment and management studies of uracil mustard
  49. Chapter 39 Selenium sulfide toxicology profile: Sources of contaminations, distribution, and monitoring methods
  50. Chapter 40 Melphalan: Uses, side effects, current research, and precautions
  51. Chapter 41 Mercuric oxide: Significance in chemistry, ongoing research, and safety evaluation
  52. Chapter 42 Nicotine and salts: Sedative, stimulants, and toxicological effects
  53. Chapter 43 Understanding silver nitrate: Characteristics, applications, hazard evaluation, and health implications
  54. Chapter 44 Epinephrine: Clinical uses, interaction, health risk, and future prospective
  55. Chapter 45 The influence of alkylating agent on environment: Cyclophosphamide
  56. Chapter 46 Arsenic trioxide: Therapeutic uses, environmental impact, and risk management
  57. Chapter 47 Toxicology of daunomycin: A logical approach to risk assessment and management
  58. Chapter 48 Toxicological aspects of hazardous vanadium oxide (V2O5): Direction on human health, environment issue, and future research
  59. Chapter 49 Fate of nitroglycerin in human body and environment
  60. Chapter 50 Nuclear reactor fuel: Uranium toxicological mechanism and emerging health risks
  61. Chapter 51 Need to remove radio cesium poisoning
  62. Chapter 52 Health and environmental risk of alpha emitter radium
  63. Chapter 53 Indium: Pollution potential, applications, adverse effects, and control measures
  64. Chapter 54 Health effects and toxicity mechanism of thorium: Knowledge gaps and research prospects
  65. Chapter 55 Potential of lignocellulolytic actinomycete isolates in the degradation of rice straw
  66. Chapter 56 Environmental toxicants and hazardous chemicals: Paramount threat to mental health
  67. Chapter 57 Exposure to indoor household air pollution and its impact
  68. Chapter 58 A symphony of decay: Unraveling the chemical tapestry threatening heritage across the globe
  69. Chapter 59 Possible health effects of radiation exposure on unborn babies
  70. Chapter 60 Antibiotic resistance: Pathophysiology, implications of overuse, and strategies for recovery
  71. Index