Identifying and reducing environmental health risks of chemicals in our society : workshop summary

Identifying and reducing environmental health risks of chemicals in our society workshop summary

"On November 7-8, 2013, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop to discuss approaches related to identifying and reducing potential environmental public health risks to new and existing industrial chemicals present in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (author)
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.), author (author), Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, issuing body (issuing body), Identifying and Reducing Environmental Health Risks of Chemicals in Our Society (Workshop) (-)
Other Authors: Pool, Robert, author (author), Pool, Robert, reporter (Reporter), Rusch, Erin, reporter
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press 2014.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Hazardous wastes > Environmental aspects.
Hazardous wastes > Risk assessment.
United States.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622060706719
Table of Contents:
  • The challenge : chemicals in today's society
  • Current regulatory approaches to dealing with industrial chemicals
  • Models for environmental risk assessment and exposure science
  • Approaches to prioritizing chemicals for risk assessment and risk management
  • Current efforts to reduce the risk of chemicals in our society
  • Reflections on the workshop and concluding remarks
  • Appendixes. A : Glossary
  • B : Agenda
  • C : Speaker biosketches.

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