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Author Riviere, Jim E

Title Chemical Food Safety : a Scientist's Perspective
Published Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2008
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Description 1 online resource (234 pages)
Contents CHEMICAL FOOD SAFETY A Scientist's Perspective; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 ProbabilityThe 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
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 the public perc
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Subject Food contamination.
Food additives -- Toxicology
Health risk assessment.
Food Contamination
Health Status Indicators
Food additives -- Toxicology
Food contamination
Health risk assessment
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780470376584
0470376589
128229105X
9781282291058