This book aims to set out the political, social, legal and scientific underpinning of risk assessment and risk management for toxic substances. It describes the principles and processes the practitioners undertake when looking at the regulatory risk implications of their work.

Contents:
1. Introduction The Context in Which Toxic Risk Analysis Takes Place 2. What Risk Management Covers 3. Legal and Organisational Frameworks 4. Philosophical Frameworks for Handling Risk 5. The Importance of Risk Perception and Risk Communication for Toxicological Risk Assessment The Principles and Practice of Toxic Risk Analysis 6. Introduction - Royal Society and National Academy of Science 7. Toxicological Assessment 8. Evaluation of Human Health Effects: Toxicity 9. Evaluation of Human Health Effects: Exposure 10. The Special Case of Major Accident Hazards 11. Evaluation of Effects on the Environment 12. Effects on the Atmosphere