Chemical food safety : a scientist's perspective / Jim Riviere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riviere, J. Edmond (Jim Edmond)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food contamination.

Food additives--Toxicology.

Food additives.

Health risk assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ames, Iowa : Iowa State Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chemical Food Safety: A Scientist's Perspective introduces readers to the science of risk assessment as applied to food safety and offers relevant, current information on research and statistics, chemicals, biotechnology issues, and emerging diseases that challenge the risk assessment strategies of toxicology and microbiology. Riviere investigates the potential health consequences of pesticides, food additives and drugs, demonstrating how science can be applied to make risk assessments. He differentiates between "real risks" and "phantom risks," unearthing numerous fallacies in th

Contents:

CHEMICAL FOOD SAFETY A Scientist's Perspective; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Probability-The Language of Science and Change; 2 Dose Makes the Difference; 3 The Pesticide Threat; 4 Veggie and Fruit Consumption in the Age of the Centenarians; 5 Chemicals Present in Natural Foods; 6 Risk and Regulations; 7 Some Real Issues in Chemical Toxicology; 8 Milk Is Good for You; 9 Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Foods: "The Invasion of the Killer Corn" or "New Veggies to the Rescue"; 10 Food Security and the World of Bioterrorism; 11 The Future; A Toxicology Primer

B Selected Readings and NotesIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-198) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612291050

9781282291058

128229105X

9780470791578

0470791578

9780470376799

0470376791

9780470376584

0470376589

OCLC:

232611813