Environmental pollutant exposures and public health / editor, R. M. Harrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrison, Roy M., 1948- editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

Series:

Issues in environmental science and technology ; 50.

Issues in environmental science and technology ; 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health.

Environmental toxicology.

Public health--Environmental aspects.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

Preface

Contents

Editor

List of Contributors

Risk Assessment of Chemicals in Food and Feed: Principles, Applications and Future Perspectives

1 Introduction: Principles of Food and Feed Risk Assessment

2 Exposure Assessment: How Much of a Chemical is an Organism Exposed to?

2.1 Occurrence: Measuring the Amount of the Chemical in Food and Feed

2.2 Consumption: How Much of the Food or Feed is Consumed?

2.3 Putting Occurrence and Consumption Together

3 Hazard Identification and Characterisation

3.1 What the Body Does to the Chemical: Toxicokinetics

3.2 What the Chemical Does to the Body: Toxicodynamics

3.3 Toxicological Databases

4 Risk Characterisation: Comparing Exposure and Hazard to Determine Health Risk for the Exposed Population

4.1 Single Chemicals

4.2 Risk Assessment of Multiple Chemicals ''Chemical Mixtures''

5 Widening the Approach to Animal Health and the Environment: Future Perspectives for One Health Approach

References

Chemical Pollution of the Aquatic Environment and Health

1 Introduction

2 Chemicals

2.1 Heavy Metals: Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium

2.2 Agricultural Fertilisers, Nitrates and Pesticides

2.3 Industrial Chemicals, Solvents, Plasticisers, Flame Retardants, Surfactants,

2.4 Chlorination By-products

2.5 Oestrogens and Endocrine Disruptors

2.6 Radioactivity

2.7 Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products and Antibiotics

2.8 Microplastics and Nanoparticles

3 Risk

3.1 Toxic Impact and Factors Affecting It

4 Discussion

4.1 Vulnerable Populations

4.2 Legislation and Unintended Consequences

4.3 Limits of Detection

4.4 Detected Substances as a Marker for Undetected Substances

4.5 Effective Reduction Measures and Interventions in the Source/Pathway/Receptor Chain

5 Conclusion

Microbiological Contamination of Water and Health

1 Introduction: International Management Initiatives and Impacts: The Global Picture

2 Indicators and Pathogens

3 Water and Disease Transmission

3.1 Water-borne Disease and its Control Through Water Quality Standards

4 Conclusions

Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollutant Exposure

1 Sources of Air Pollutants

1.1 Outdoor Air Pollutants and Sources

1.2 Indoor Air Pollutants and Sources (See Also Chapter 5)

2 Characteristics of Outdoor and Indoor Environments

2.1 Outdoor Environment Characteristics

2.2 Indoor Environment Characteristics

2.3 Interaction Between Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollutants

3 Air Pollution Guidelines and Standards: Outdoor and Indoor

4 Air Pollutant Exposure and Pathways

4.1 Exposure Assessment

Acknowledgements

The Effects of Air Pollution upon Public Health

2 Key Concepts Related to Disease Burden Estimation

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 03, 2021).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

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Print version:

ISBN:

1839160438

9781839160448

1839160446

9781839160431

Publisher Number:

99986356739

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