Environmental risk assessment a toxicological approach

• Main Author: Simon, Ted (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 2014
• Subjects: Risk Assessment; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollutants > toxicity; Toxicity Tests
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 The purpose of risk assessment is to support science-based decisions about how to solve complex societal problems. The problems we face in the twenty-first century have many social, political, and technical complexities. Environmental risk assessment in particular is of increasing importance as a means of seeking to address the potential effects of chemicals in the environment in both the developed and developing world. Environmental Risk Assessment: A Toxicological Approach examines various aspects of problem formulation, exposure, toxicity, and risk characterization that apply to both human health and ecological risk assessment. The book is aimed at the next generation of risk assessors and students who need to know more about developing, conducting, and interpreting risk assessments. It delivers a comprehensive view of the field, complete with sufficient background to enable readers to probe for themselves the science underlying the key issues in environmental risk