Toxicity and Risk: Context, Principles and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415233712 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 168 str.

Paul Illing; Illing Paul a. Illing; H. Paul a. Illing

Opis

Humans are constantly, and increasingly, exposed to chemicals - some naturally occurring and some manufactured. Exposure to some of these chemicals, or to large amounts of them, can bring risks to human health and the environment. Toxicity and Risk sets out the political, social, legal and scientific basis of risk assessment and risk management. Taking a highly multidisciplinary approach, the book discusses concepts of importance to industry, academia, health and safety bodies, such as individual risk and social risk. It also discusses the role of government and the judicial system, and the contrast between EU, UK and US legal and administrative frameworks for handling risk analysis.

Spis treści

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- PART I -- The context in which toxic risk analysis takes place -- 2 What risk management covers -- 3 Legal and organisational frameworks -- 4 Philosophical frameworks for handling risk -- 5 The importance of risk perception and risk -- communication for toxicological risk assessment -- PART II -- The principles and practice of toxic risk analysis -- 6 Introduction: Royal Society and National Academy of Sciences -- 7 Toxicological assessment -- 8 Evaluation of human health effects: toxicity -- 9 Evaluation of human health effects: exposure -- 10 The special case of major accident hazards -- 11 Evaluation of effects on the environment -- 12 Effects on the atmosphere -- References -- Appendix -- Index.

O autorze

Illing, H Paul A