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Environmental Risk Assessment - A Toxicological Approach (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Environmental Risk Assessment - A Toxicological Approach (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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The purpose of risk assessment is to support science-based
decisions about how to solve complex societal problems. Indeed, the
problems humankind faces in the 21st century have many social,
political, and technical complexities. Environmental risk
assessment in particular is of increasing importance as health and
safety regulations grow and become more complicated. Environmental
Risk Assessment: A Toxicological Approach, 2nd Edition looks at
various factors relating to exposure and toxicity, human health,
and risk. In addition to the original chapters being updated and
expanded upon, four new chapters discuss current software and
platforms that have recently been developed and provide examples of
risk characterizations and scenarios. Features: Introduces the
science of risk assessment-past, present, and future Provides
environmental sampling data for conducting practice risk
assessments Considers how bias and conflict of interest affect
science-based decisions in the 21st century Includes fully worked
examples, case studies, discussion questions, and suggestions for
additional reading Discusses new software and computational
platforms that have developed since the first edition Aimed at the
next generation of risk assessors and students who need to know
more about developing, conducting, and interpreting risk
assessments, the book delivers a comprehensive view of the field,
complete with sufficient background to enable readers to probe for
themselves the science underlying the key issues in environmental
risk.
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