UID:
almafu_9958065559602883
Format:
1 online resource (159 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-59124-422-6
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1-84755-184-X
Series Statement:
Issues in environmental science and technology, 9
Content:
This book provides a detailed and wide-ranging review of the many aspects of risk assessment and risk management which have excited so much debate and controversy in recent times.
Note:
Includes index.
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Risk Assessment And Risk Management -- Contents -- Isolation or Integration? The Relationship between Risk Assessment and Risk Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Review -- 3 Risk Assessment in Siting Decisions -- 4 Risk Ranking and Site Prioritization in the Management of Contaminated Land -- 5 The Development of Operator and Pollution Risk Appraisal (OPRA) -- 6 Using Risk Assessment as a Means to Derive National Policy Objectives -- 7 Conclusions -- The Use of Risk Assessment in Government -- 1 Risk and Government -- 2 Problems -- 3 Solutions -- 4 Adopting Quality Regulation -- 5 Establishing Networks for Achieving More Effective Liaison between Departments -- 6 Improving Systems for Communicating Risk Information to the Public -- 7 Strengthening the Links with Industry, Non-Governmental Organizations and Academic Institutions -- 8 Concluding Remarks -- Pollution Risk Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Potable Water Risk Management -- 3 General Environmental Risk Management -- 4 Major Accident Risk Management -- 5 The Future -- Quantitative Cancer Risk Assessment-Pitfalls and Progress -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Early History -- 3 Regulatory Practice -- 4 Major Criticisms and Controversies -- 5 Advances and New Approaches for Cancer Risk Assessment -- 6 Conclusions -- 7 Acknowledgements -- Environmental Risk Assessment and Management of Chemicals -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Detergent Surfactant Biodegradability -- 3 OECD/ISO/EU Test Methods -- 4 OECD/EU Environmental Risk Assessment -- 5 Environmental Risk Management -- 6 Conclusions and Summary -- Assessment of Risks to Human Health from Landfilling of Household Wastes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hazard Identification -- 3 Release and Transport of Contaminants -- 4 Exposure Assessment -- 5 Toxicity Assessment -- 6 Risk Estimation, Evaluation and Control -- 7 Case Study -- 8 Summary.
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9 Acknowledgements -- 10 Appendix -- Aquatic Risk Assessment and Risk Management for Pesticides -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Effects Assessment -- 3 Exposure Assessment -- 4 Risk Characterization -- Subject Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-85404-240-7
Language:
English
