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Calculated Risks : Understanding the Toxicity and Human Health Risks of Chemicals in Our Environment by Joseph V. Rodricks is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Calculated Risks : Understanding the Toxicity and Human Health Risks of Chemicals in Our Environment about?

Public concern regarding environmental pollution and chemicals present in foods, consumer products, and the work place are at an all time high. While there is widespread awareness, confusion still reigns, aggravated by conflicting reports concerning carcinogens in food and drinking water, or about chemicals present in medicines and household products that may cause birth defects. The central purpose of this book is to describe how scientists come to understand the toxic properties of such chemicals and the health risks they may pose. Rather than attempting to expose governmental and corporate ignorance, negligence or corruption, this book explores the underlying scientific issues

Author

Joseph V. Rodricks

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521423311

Subjects

Medical, Medicine