Consider the Consequences of Bringing a Chemical to Market Product
Stewardship: Life Cycle Analysis and the Environment explores the
regulatory and scientific aspects of the life-cycle consequences of
bringing a chemical to market. Using case studies to bring critical
points to life, this multidisciplinary text explores the factors
that influence our risk management decisions. It bridges the
academic study of life cycle analysis and the practical concerns of
those in industry who produce goods for market within the web of
global product stewardship regulations and under the eye of
consumers concerned with sustainability. This book: Discusses the
technical tools that a product steward can use to predict the life
cycle consequences of chemical manufacture and use Includes the
techniques needed to characterize and predict the fate and
transport of chemicals in the environment Explains the formal
process of life cycle assessment, which is used to evaluate the
potential effects on the environment Describes the regulation of
both existing and new chemicals, using examples to illustrate the
complexity of the factors that affect their regulation Provides
case studies that integrate the technical and regulatory
foundations of product stewardship which allows readers to explore
past risk-management decisions Product Stewardship: Life Cycle
Analysis and the Environment describes critical product stewardship
regulations and the concept of life cycle thinking in
understandable and practical terms. It examines the balance between
the benefits of chemical use against the possible consequences of
exposure and can assist readers in learning to predict, understand,
and regulate the consequences of using a chemical substance through
its life cycle.
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