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A contribution to the ongoing debate about how to manage the growing risks of anthropogenic chemicals in the environment, **Essentials of Toxic Chemical Risk** weaves together coverage of the science that underlies toxic chemical risk assessment, the physiological and molecular bases of chemical toxicity, the process of assessing toxic chemical risk to human health and the environment, and the strategies employed in managing it. The book links toxic chemical risk to the real world of people and communities confronted with the vexing problem of how to deal with products that make their lives better but that also harbor a potential for harm. The book introduces the basics of toxicology from a risk assessment perspective, using a jargon-free, journalistic style that makes scientific concepts accessible to a wide audience without ''dumbing down'' the science. It covers the fate and transport of chemicals in the environment, dose-effect, animal toxicity testing, human epidemiology, the uptake, distribution, and elimination of toxic chemicals including first-order rate constants and calculations of body burdens, and the cellular basis of cancer and other diseases that can be caused by to

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Author

Stephen Penningroth

Publisher

CRC Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415248518

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Engineering, Mathematics