Ecological Assessment of Polymers Strategies for Product
Stewardship and Regulatory Programs John D. Hamilton and Roger
Sutcliffe The expense of providing ecological assessments of new
commercial products is formidable. The cost of the failure to
comply with the current regulations--measured in fines, liability
damages, and loss of public trust--is potentially much, much
higher. Establishing effective environmental product stewardship
strategies for assessment upfront not only promotes initial and
continued compliance, it can reduce costs via the more efficient
development of new products. Based on the collaboration of the Rohm
and Haas Company and S.C. Johnson Wax with other manufacturers,
contract laboratories, universities, and government agencies,
Ecological Assessment of Polymers is the first complete reference
to provide environment-oriented information about polymers from a
product development and regulatory compliance perspective. A number
of books deal with the potential hazards of pesticides and
solvents. This is the first to focus on the commercial synthetic
polymers that exist in laundry detergents, paints, super-absorbent
diapers, packaging materials, and many other consumer and
industrial products. Using the principles of environmental
toxicology and chemistry, Ecological Assessment of Polymers
approaches environmental evaluation as a decision-making process.
The book demonstrates how assessment can be used as a planning tool
for developing products, reducing potential liability, and creating
new products, processes, and disposal systems. Featured
discussions:
- Overviews of methods, instrumentation, and databases used by
environmental scientists to assessprocesses/products involving
polymers
- Environmental regulatory assessment schemes for preventing
dangerous environmental exposure during manufacture, use,
transport, storage, and disposal
- Interpretations of ecotoxicity and fate tests with
polymers
- New directions of research in degradable polymers
- Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of polymers
- Polymer regulations from the United States, Canada, Europe, and
the Pacific Region
Authoritative, accessible, and comprehensive, Ecological Assessment
of Polymers fills a void in the working libraries of technical
managers, product development personnel, environmental chemists and
engineers, regulatory staff, environmental toxicologists, and
students.
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