•Explains how risk analysis can help you make more responsible decisions about nanotechnology product development •Describes what is known and what needs to be learned about the behavior of nanomaterials and nano-enabled products •Discusses the potential risk for occupational, c…
Viruses can be highly infectious and can cause widespread disease outbreaks. The dangers of viral pathogens in food and waterborne illness are increasingly being recognized and viruses transferred by these vectors are currently important areas of research. The editor and contrib…
The sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st century. It integrates cutting-edge material from the physical and social sciences to illustrate how natural and human …
Climate change is the single largest threat to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and sustainable development. Addressing climate risk is a challenge for all. This book calls for greater collaboration between climate communities and disaster development …
This book has 20 chapters divided into 5 sections providing information on the background and history of pest risk analysis and key components of pest risk analysis and their applications in regulatory plant protection. The use of qualitative and quantitative methods, economic a…
Plant molecular biology came to the fore in the early 1980s and there has been tremendous growth in the subject since then. The study of plant genes and genomes and the development of techniques for the incorporation of novel or modified genes into plants eventually lead to the…
Fish on Prozac. Drugs found in drinking water. India's drug problem. Chances are you've seen these headlines. Human pharmaceuticals represent environmental contaminants of emerging concern, and receive unprecedented attention from the scientific, regulatory and public sectors.¡ …
Wiley Series in Biotechnology and bioengineering. Anurag S. Rathore, Series Editor. Quality by Design for Biopharmaceuticals. Principles and Case Studies. Edited by. Anurag S. Rathore. Rohin Mhatre. The concepts, applications, and practical issues of Quality by Design. Quality b…
Traces of bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical used in plastics production, are widely detected in our bodies and environment. Is this chemical, and its presence in the human body, safe? What is meant by safety? Who defines it, and according to what information? "Is It Safe" narrates…
Every day we hear about terrorism, war and apocalypse. But the real risk of these events happening to us is about as likely as winning the lottery. Dan Gardner explains our risk perception through our brain's two simultaneous responses to risk - the ancient 'fight or flight' ins…
This book is devoted to the effects toxic microalgae and their poisonous products exert on living systems and how they may affect human activities. The most advanced information regarding the molecular mechanisms of action of major groups of toxins is presented, to frame for the…
This report is a preliminary evaluation of new and existing data and research on acrylamide. The report provides a range of recommendations for further information and new studies to better understand the risk to human health posed by acrylamide in food. The report also provides…
Flood risk management is presented in this book as a framework for identifying, assessing and prioritizing climate-related risks and developing appropriate adaptation responses. Rigorous assessment is employed to determine the available probabilistic and fuzzy set-based analytic…
by United Nations Environment Programme, International Program on Chemical Safety, Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals, International Labour Organisation, World Health Organization
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by United Nations Environment Programme, International Program on Chemical Safety, Foster, Paul M. D., International Labour Organisation, World Health Organization
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The proliferation of chemical substances in commerce poses significant scientific and philosophical problems. The scientific challenge is to develop data, methodologies and techniques for identifying and assessing toxic substances before they cause harm to human beings or the en…
