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Safeguarding economic prosperity, whilst protecting human health
and the environment, is at the forefront of scientific and public
interest. This book provides a practical and balanced view on
toxicology, control, risk assessment and risk management,
addressing the interplay between science and public health policy.
This fully revised and updated new edition provides a detailed
analysis on chemical and by-product exposure, how they enter the
body and the suitability of imposed safety limits. New chapters on
dose, with particular emphasis on children and vulnerable
subpopulations, reproductive and developmental toxicants and
toxicity testing are included. With updated and comprehensive
coverage of international developments of risk management and
safety, this will have broad appeal to researchers and
professionals involved in chemical safety and regulation as well as
the general reader interested in environmental pollution and public
health.
As society has become increasingly aware of the potential threats
to human health due to exposures to toxic chemicals in the
environment and the workplace and in consumer products, it has
placed increased demands upon the still-fledgling science of
toxicology. As is often the case when science is called upon to
supply firm answers when pertinent information and fundamental
knowledge are lack ing, both the scientific and the social issues
become confused and new tensions develop. One of the major purposes
of this book is to focus on those aspects of the science of
toxicology that pertain most to social issues-namely, analysis of
risk for purposes of human health protection. Although it is
apparent that the discipline of toxicology is not yet prepared to
provide firm answers to many questions concerning human risk, it is
important that the rigorously derived information be used in the
most objective and logical way to yield the closest approximation
to the truth. This book is designed to sup ply as much guidance for
such tasks as is permitted by the current state of our knowledge.
Its emphasis is thus placed on interpretation of toxicity data
(broadly defined) for assessing risks to human health. In this way,
it differs from other basic toxicology texts, most of which
emphasize methods for performing studies or describe various
toxicological endpoints and classes of toxic agents."
After a long career in science, which has involved a great deal of
science writing for general audiences, Joseph V. Rodricks has
turned out a powerful work of fiction. OFF TELEGRAPH takes the
reader into a working laboratory and into the minds of working
scientists. It also offers the reader a suspenseful story of
deception and psychological disintegration, and of a brilliant
young scientist's struggle to hold on to his ideals. PFAFFIDINE - a
complex molecule from an exotic plant, with good potential as an
anti-cancer drug. Will Getz's research project involves finding a
way to synthesize pfaffidine in the lab. After many failed attempts
to complete the synthesis, Will, in a moment of weakness, devises a
way to fake it. He is sure his fraudulent act cannot be uncovered,
but its consequences soon began to emerge in unexpected ways.
Will's attempts to recover his integrity follow a twisted and
tension filled path to a heart-wrenching climax. Will's painful
story plays out in the 1960s in Berkeley, California, center stage
for the social and political turmoil of that era. His life
intersects with those of many other extraordinary characters who in
different ways, some truly insane, hope to remake the world. Among
these are the two highly intelligent women in Will's life- the
ambitious and sensuous Elaine and the passionate but sensitive Gina
-who try to help Will defeat his demons, and by doing so uncover
new truths about their own lives. This is a passionate and
suspenseful novel that masterfully and intelligently explores the
unclear boundaries between science and competing world views, and
does so at a very human level. "As tight and daring a plot as one
could imagine -- it should not be missed." Robert Harris, Princeton
University
Safeguarding economic prosperity, whilst protecting human health
and the environment, is at the forefront of scientific and public
interest. This book provides a practical and balanced view on
toxicology, control, risk assessment and risk management,
addressing the interplay between science and public health policy.
This fully revised and updated new edition provides a detailed
analysis on chemical and by-product exposure, how they enter the
body and the suitability of imposed safety limits. New chapters on
dose, with particular emphasis on children and vulnerable
subpopulations, reproductive and developmental toxicants and
toxicity testing are included. With updated and comprehensive
coverage of international developments of risk management and
safety, this will have broad appeal to researchers and
professionals involved in chemical safety and regulation as well as
the general reader interested in environmental pollution and public
health.
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