Risk Assessment in Environmental Management: A Guide for Managing Chemical Contamination Problems
Editorial Reviews
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"... systematic and comprehensive in its discussion of the subject matter .... offers a detailed and insightful overview of risk assessment methodologies, covering both human health assessment and environmental assessment." Veerle Heyvaert, Reciel
"This book offers a didactically well-presented, mainly theoretical, systematic and no-nonsense approach to environmental risk assessment. ... This book targets environmental consulting professionals, environmental managers in industry, environmental regulatory officials, public health and environmental health professionals and policy analysts.
Through its scope, its systematic approach and its accessibility for a wide array of environmental specialists, this book could well become a standard reference in its field." Luc Hens,International Journal of Environment and Pollution
...an excellent scholarly and comprehensive document which should be quite valuable for practitioners..." (The Environmentalist, Vol.22, 2002)
Book Description
Provides a concise and comprehensive overview of the many facets/aspects relating to chemical risk assessments. It is a superb introduction for anyone needing to have a knowledge of how to conduct, evaluate or review risk assessment for environmental toxicants.
Environmental contamination issues are a complex problem with worldwide implications. Risk assessment is a tool used to organize structure, and compile scientific information in order to help identify existing hazardous situations or problems, anticipate potential problems, establish priorities, and provide a basis for regulatory controls and/or corrective actions.
This book presents some very important tools and methodologies that can be used to help resolve environmental contamination problems in a consistent, efficient and cost-effective way. It represents a collection and synthesis of the principal elements of the risk assessment process that pertain to environmental contamination problems. It offers an understanding of the scientific basis of risk assessment and its applications in the environmental industry - including a portrayal of how the risk assessment process fits into regulatory policies.
Written for both the novice and experienced professional, this book will serve as a useful reference for anyone encountering risk assessment in environmental management programs.
Risk Assessment in Environmental Management: A Guide for Managing Chemical Contamination Problems
Risk Assessment in Environmental Management: A Guide for Managing Chemical Contamination Problems,D. Kofi Asante-Duah,John Wiley & Sons,0471981478,Chemical Pollution,Earth Sciences - General,Environmental Engineering & Technology,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,Environmental aspects,Environmental management,Environmental monitoring,Environmental risk assessment,Pollution,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Science / Earth Sciences,The Environment
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