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History of Risk Assessment in Toxicology guides the reader through
the historical narrative of the evolution of risk assessment
thinking in human and environmental practices. Risk assessment
concepts are used in many different professional practice areas. In
the health and environmental practices of risk assessment, the
critical issue is often what chemical concentration in air, water,
food, or a solid substance is acceptable, or considered not to
result in any adverse effect. The book reviews examples from early
scientific and health studies to showcase the foundations of risk
assessment. The book also explores the development of risk
assessment as practiced by major regulatory bodies such as the US
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Occupational Safety &
Health Administration (OSHA), and the US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to reveal how risk assessment has evolved in the 20th
and 21st centuries. Modern technology has created opportunities in
silicon in vitro, computational modeling, omics, and big data
techniques to assess the toxicity of chemicals, while traditional
approaches to risk assessment are being challenged with new and
innovative approaches. Finally, current issues being debated and
tested in risk assessment are outlined with possible future avenues
suggested.
This book serves as a comprehensive introductory guide to the
practical aspects of risk assessment. Chapters include clearly
defined objectives and summaries. The book includes: hazard
identification, dose-response, exposure assessment, risk
characterization, chemical mixtures, epidemiology, emerging issues
and global perspectives with accessible language. The book
concludes with a set of hypothetical case studies. Toxicological
Risk Assessment for Beginners aims not to create an expert, but
rather to provide readers with their first understanding of the
risk assessment topic. This book was designed with the student in
mind. We simplify a complex process for beginners and balance
theory with practical aspects, but remain fluid enough to increase
difficulty with case studies. By incorporating an action based,
step by step approach to learning the risk assessment process, this
book provides its readers with an elementary understanding of how
the risk assessment process is initiated, developed and finished,
making it a valuable guide for graduate students, post-doctoral
fellows and early career scientists in industry.
This new fifth edition of Information Resources in Toxicology
offers a consolidated entry portal for the study, research, and
practice of toxicology. Both volumes represents a unique,
wide-ranging, curated, international, annotated bibliography, and
directory of major resources in toxicology and allied fields such
as environmental and occupational health, chemical safety, and risk
assessment. The editors and authors are among the leaders of the
profession sharing their cumulative wisdom in toxicology's
subdisciplines. This edition keeps pace with the digital world in
directing and linking readers to relevant websites and other online
tools. Due to the increasing size of the hardcopy publication, the
current edition has been divided into two volumes to make it easier
to handle and consult. Volume 1: Background, Resources, and Tools,
arranged in 5 parts, begins with chapters on the science of
toxicology, its history, and informatics framework in Part 1. Part
2 continues with chapters organized by more specific subject such
as cancer, clinical toxicology, genetic toxicology, etc. The
categorization of chapters by resource format, for example,
journals and newsletters, technical reports, organizations
constitutes Part 3. Part 4 further considers toxicology's presence
via the Internet, databases, and software tools. Among the
miscellaneous topics in the concluding Part 5 are laws and
regulations, professional education, grants and funding, and
patents. Volume 2: The Global Arena offers contributed chapters
focusing on the toxicology contributions of over 40 countries,
followed by a glossary of toxicological terms and an appendix of
popular quotations related to the field. The book, offered in both
print and electronic formats, is carefully structured, indexed, and
cross-referenced to enable users to easily find answers to their
questions or serendipitously locate useful knowledge they were not
originally aware they needed. Among the many timely topics
receiving increased emphasis are disaster preparedness,
nanotechnology, -omics, risk assessment, societal implications such
as ethics and the precautionary principle, climate change, and
children's environmental health.
This new fifth edition of Information Resources in Toxicology
offers a consolidated entry portal for the study, research, and
practice of toxicology. Both volumes represents a unique,
wide-ranging, curated, international, annotated bibliography, and
directory of major resources in toxicology and allied fields such
as environmental and occupational health, chemical safety, and risk
assessment. The editors and authors are among the leaders of the
profession sharing their cumulative wisdom in toxicology's
subdisciplines. This edition keeps pace with the digital world in
directing and linking readers to relevant websites and other online
tools. Due to the increasing size of the hardcopy publication, the
current edition has been divided into two volumes to make it easier
to handle and consult. Volume 1: Background, Resources, and Tools,
arranged in 5 parts, begins with chapters on the science of
toxicology, its history, and informatics framework in Part 1. Part
2 continues with chapters organized by more specific subject such
as cancer, clinical toxicology, genetic toxicology, etc. The
categorization of chapters by resource format, for example,
journals and newsletters, technical reports, organizations
constitutes Part 3. Part 4 further considers toxicology's presence
via the Internet, databases, and software tools. Among the
miscellaneous topics in the concluding Part 5 are laws and
regulations, professional education, grants and funding, and
patents. Volume 2: The Global Arena offers contributed chapters
focusing on the toxicology contributions of over 40 countries,
followed by a glossary of toxicological terms and an appendix of
popular quotations related to the field. The book, offered in both
print and electronic formats, is carefully structured, indexed, and
cross-referenced to enable users to easily find answers to their
questions or serendipitously locate useful knowledge they were not
originally aware they needed. Among the many timely topics
receiving increased emphasis are disaster preparedness,
nanotechnology, -omics, risk assessment, societal implications such
as ethics and the precautionary principle, climate change, and
children's environmental health.
This book serves as a comprehensive introductory guide to the
practical aspects of risk assessment. Chapters include clearly
defined objectives and summaries. The book includes: hazard
identification, dose-response, exposure assessment, risk
characterization, chemical mixtures, epidemiology, emerging issues
and global perspectives with accessible language. The book
concludes with a set of hypothetical case studies. Toxicological
Risk Assessment for Beginners aims not to create an expert, but
rather to provide readers with their first understanding of the
risk assessment topic. This book was designed with the student in
mind. We simplify a complex process for beginners and balance
theory with practical aspects, but remain fluid enough to increase
difficulty with case studies. By incorporating an action based,
step by step approach to learning the risk assessment process, this
book provides its readers with an elementary understanding of how
the risk assessment process is initiated, developed and finished,
making it a valuable guide for graduate students, post-doctoral
fellows and early career scientists in industry.
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