Environmental Risk Assessment: A Toxicological Approach

ISBN-13: 9780367250973 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 520 str.

Ted Simon

Opis

This book explains how environmental risk assessment in particular is of increasing importance as a means of seeking to address the potential effects of chemicals in the environment in both the developed and developing world.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Risk Assessment with a Nod to History Chapter 2 Perception, Planning, and Scoping, Problem Formulation, and Hazard Identification: All Parts of Risk Assessment Chapter 3 A Risk Analyst’s Toolbox Chapter 4 Exposure Assessment Chapter 5 Hazard Characterization and Dose–Response Assessment Chapter 6 Risk Characterization Chapter 7 Ecological Risk Assessment Chapter 8 Bias, Conflict of Interest, Ignorance, and Uncertainty: Where Are We Heading? Chapter 9 Emerging Risks and Final Thoughts

O autorze

Ted Simon, DABT earned advanced degrees in biology, including a Ph.D from Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA. After college, he held post-doctoral and teaching positions before serving as senior toxicologist in the Waste Management Division at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 4, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. His critically successful novel, A Lost Gun, was published under the nom de plume Wix Simon. He is currently working on another crime novel featuring an environmental poisoning situation inspired by his twelve years at the EPA. He also provides toxicology consulting and scientific support as principal/owner of Ted Simon LLC, Winston, Georgia, USA.