This volume presents research on current trends in chemical regulations - a fa- growing, complex, and increasingly internationalized field. The book grew out from a multidisciplinary research project entitled 'Regulating Chemical Risks in the Baltic Sea Area: Science, Politics, and the Media', led by Michael Gilek at Sodertorn University, Sweden. This research project involved scholars and experts from natural as well as social sciences, based at Sodertorn University, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Karolinska Institutet, and Umea University. The project group organized a...