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Hazard Assessment of Chemicals: Current Developments, Volume 2 contains authoritative articles, which provide a comprehensive review and evaluation of important information on chemical spills, and presents case studies that show the applications of methods and approaches to environmental and health...
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York ; Toronto : |
| Publication Dates: | 1983. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123124029 |
| Summary: |
Hazard Assessment of Chemicals: Current Developments, Volume 2 contains authoritative articles, which provide a comprehensive review and evaluation of important information on chemical spills, and presents case studies that show the applications of methods and approaches to environmental and health hazard assessment of chemicals. The book is comprised of five subject reviews and two case studies of chemical spills. Experts tackle subjects on the use of simulation models to determine pollutant behavior and pollutant migration; use of microcosms to assess chemical effects on the properties of aq. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiii, 361 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781483261898 1483261891 |
| Index Number: | T55 |
| CLC: | X327 |
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Front Cover; Hazard Assessment of Chemicals Current Developments; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Contents of Volume 1; Chapter 1. Use of Models for Assessing Relative Volatility, Mobility, and Persistence of Pesticides and Other Trace Organics in Soil Systems; I. Introduction; II. Pathways of Pesticide Loss in Soil; III. Benchmark Properties Needed to Predict Pesticide Loss from Soils; IV. Theory; V. Chemicals and Properties Used in Screening Tests; VI. Results of Screening Tests; VII. Discussion; VIII. Limitations of Screening Model. IX. Application to Other ChemicalsX. Summary and Conclusions; List of Symbols; References; Chapter 2. Microcosms for Assessment of Chemical Effects on the Properties of Aquatic Ecosystems; I. Introduction; II. Measurements of Aquatic Ecosystem Properties; III. Mixed-Culture Microcosms; IV. Pond Microcosms; V. Pelagic Microcosms; VI. Discussion; References; Chapter 3. Disposition of Chemical Contaminants in Maternal-Embryonic/ Fetal Systems; I. Introduction; II. Entrance of Chemicals into Maternal Circulatory Fluids. III. Transfer of Chemicals from Maternal Circulatory Fluids to Other Maternal Tissues and OrgansIV. Elimination of Chemicals from the Maternal Organism; V. Factors Affecting Transfer of Chemicals from Maternal Plasma to Embryonic/Fetal Tissues; VI. Disposition of Chemicals in the Embryo and Fetus; VII. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. Epidemiologie Approaches to Chemical Hazard Assessment; I. Introduction; II. Developing Clues to Chemically Related Disease: Descriptive Approaches; III. Testing Etiologic Hypotheses: An Overview of Analytic Approaches. IV. Crucial Aspects of Environmental Study DesignV. Relating Measures of Dose to Measures of Response; VI. Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. The National Toxicology Program's Research and Testing Activities; I. Introduction; II. Program Components and Resources; III. Oversight and Review; IV. Program Organization and Management; V. Toxicology Research and Testing; VI. Chemical Nomination and Chemical Selection; VII. Information Generation and Dissemination; VIII. Future Directions; Selected References. Chapter 6. Accidental Release of Vinyl Chloride: The Train Derailment near MacGregor, ManitobaI. Introduction; II. Chronology of the Accident; III. Sequence of Events. Analysis Based on the Physical/Chemical Properties of Vinyl Chloride; IV. Vinyl Chloride Toxicity; V. Analysis of Vinyl Chloride; VI. Guidelines Concerning Instructions for Action in the Event of an Accident; VII. GUIDELINES CONCERNING COMMUNICATIONS IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT; VIII. Conclusion; References; Chapter 7. Anatomy of a TCDD Spill: The Seveso Accident; I. Introduction; II. Chronology of the Accident. |