This book discusses the need for a regulated and informed forum for international trade in hazardous waste. The authors argue that with careful planning, health and ecological risks can be minimized and net economic benefits realized fairly. The book examines the key parameters that should be considered by potential trading nations to ensure an optimally safe and mutually beneficial partnership. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of the political, environmental, industrial and economic issues involved in this complex and increasingly controversial practice.
This book discusses the need for a regulated and informed forum for international trade in hazardous waste. The authors argue that with careful planni...
Contaminated sites and facilities pose significant risks to the public because of the potential health and environmental effects. Also affected are property owners and financiers due to financial liabilities and reduced property values. The effective management of contaminated sites is therefore an important environmental issue, requiring comprehensive corrective planning.
Contaminated sites and facilities pose significant risks to the public because of the potential health and environmental effects. Also affected are pr...
Provides a concise and comprehensive overview of the many facets/aspects relating to chemical risk assessments. It is a superb introduction for anyone needing to have a knowledge of how to conduct, evaluate or review risk assessment for environmental toxicants.
Environmental contamination issues are a complex problem with worldwide implications. Risk assessment is a tool used to organize structure, and compile scientific information in order to help identify existing hazardous situations or problems, anticipate potential problems, establish priorities, and provide a basis for...
Provides a concise and comprehensive overview of the many facets/aspects relating to chemical risk assessments. It is a superb introduction for anyone...
Hazardous Waste Risk Assessment provides a concise yet comprehensive examination of concepts and techniques in risk assessment that can be applied to hazardous waste problems. The book emphasizes the use of health risk assessment to support management decisions on hazardous waste disposal and site remediation programmes. Methods discussed include those for developing strategies for health and environmental assessment and site restoration tasks, evaluating corrective action programmes, determining the effects of risk assessment results on risk management decisions in hazardous waste programmes...
Hazardous Waste Risk Assessment provides a concise yet comprehensive examination of concepts and techniques in risk assessment that can be applied to ...
Risks to humans as a consequence of chemical exposures are a complex issue with worldwide implications, especially in our modern societies. The effective management of human exposure to a variety of chemicals present in various sectors of society has indeed become a very important public health policy issue - and risk assessment promises a systematic way for developing appropriate strategies to aid public health risk management decisions. Risk assessment generally serves as a tool that can be used to organize, structure, and compile scientific information in order to help identify existing...
Risks to humans as a consequence of chemical exposures are a complex issue with worldwide implications, especially in our modern societies. The eff...
D. Kofi Asante-Duah Kofi Asante-Duah K. Asante-Duah
Risks to humans as a consequence of chemical exposures are a complex issue with worldwide implications, especially in our modern societies. The effective management of human exposure to a variety of chemicals present in various sectors of society has indeed become a very important public health policy issue - and risk assessment promises a systematic way for developing appropriate strategies to aid public health risk management decisions. Risk assessment generally serves as a tool that can be used to organize, structure, and compile scientific information in order to help identify existing...
Risks to humans as a consequence of chemical exposures are a complex issue with worldwide implications, especially in our modern societies. The eff...
