Chitosan is no longer just a waste by-product from the seafood processing industry, but is now being used by industry to solve problems, improve existing products, and create fresh ones. Illustrated with photographs, charts, graphs, and figures, this title deals with applications in fields that range from fertilizers to pharmaceuticals.

Examines and discusses multidisciplinary aspects of the impacts that humans had on the physical environment, the biota, and human health, focusing on the scenario of developing and under-developing countries. This book covers such areas as: environmental degradation, pollution, occupational health, risk management, epidemiology and toxicology.