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Controlling Environmental Risks from Chemicals - Principles & Practice (Hardcover)
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Controlling Environmental Risks from Chemicals - Principles & Practice (Hardcover)
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Commercial chemicals contribute to our social welfare, yet can pose
serious problems for the environment. How do we recognise these
problems? How do we manage them? How do we objectively balance
environmental risks with social benefits? This book describes the
principles and practices of ecological risk assessment and
cost-benefit analysis, asking key but challenging questions such as
what are we trying to protect? and how do we undertake a
cost-benefit analysis?. It also shows how these principles are
written into legislation. The emphasis is on the EU Directives and
Regulations, with a chapter on the instruments and institutions
involved; but this is balanced by a review of US and International
policies and legislation. In conclusion, the discussion returns to
the question of attempting to balance risks with benefits,
particularly in the context of the development of sustainable and
globally practicable chemical control policies. The text is
supplemented by a glossary that defines the inevitably large number
of abbreviations and acronyms used by environmental policy-makers
and regulators. The book is intended for all those who have an
interest in industrial chemicals, but who need an overview of
pollution and pollution control issues. It will provide an
excellent reference tool for undergraduates in Environmental
Science, and Policy-Makers and Environmental Consultants in the
areas of ecology, ecotoxicology and risk assessment.
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