Risk Assessment of Chemicals: An Introduction

Risk Assessment of Chemicals: An Introduction
ISBN-10
1402061013
ISBN-13
9781402061011
Category
Science
Pages
686
Language
English
Published
2007-09-18
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
C.J. van Leeuwen, T.G. Vermeire

Description

At last – a second edition of this hugely important text that reflects the progress and experience gained in the last decade and aims at providing background and training material for a new generation of risk assessors. The authors offer an introduction to risk assessment of chemicals as well as basic background information on sources, emissions, distribution and fate processes for the estimation of exposure of plant and animal species in the environment and humans exposed via the environment, consumer products, and at the workplace. The coverage describes the basic principles and methods of risk assessment within their legislative frameworks (EU, USA, Japan and Canada).

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