| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 285 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Contents; List of abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Authors; Contributors; chapter 1: The challenge of identifying, assessing, and regulating PBTs; chapter 2: PBT determinations : Science and standard procedures; chapter 3: PBT determinations : Weight of evidence approaches and the number of PBTs in commerce; chapter 4: International and regional PBT policies; chapter 5: National PBT policies in Asia and North America; chapter 6: Subnational and private sector PBT policies; chapter 7: PBT determinations and policies : Findings and recommendations; Appendix; Back Cover |
| Summary |
Developed from the efforts of a multiyear, international project examining how persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals are evaluated and managed, Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Chemicals: Technical Aspects, Policies, and Practices focuses on improving the processes that govern PBTs. Incorporating science and policy literature-as well as interviews and panel discussions featuring experts from around the world-this book provides you with an international perspective of PBT policies (centering on Europe, Asia, and North America), and reveals major findings and recomme |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Persistent pollutants -- Environmental aspects
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Persistent pollutants -- Bioaccumulation
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Persistent pollutants -- Toxicology
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Environmental Pollutants -- toxicity
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Environmental Exposure
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- General.
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Persistent pollutants -- Bioaccumulation
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Persistent pollutants -- Environmental aspects
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Persistent pollutants -- Toxicology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Graham, John D., author
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Royer, Todd V., author
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| ISBN |
9781482298789 |
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1482298783 |
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