Chemical alternatives assessments

Chemical alternatives assessments / edited by R.M. Harrison and R.E. Hester.

Chemicals are an essential part of everyday life and all too-often taken for granted, yet often portrayed negatively in the media. Concern over the deleterious effects of chemicals to the environment and human health have prompoted governments in the developed world to establish screening programmes...

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Other Authors: Harrison, R. M., Hester, R. E. (Ronald E.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, ©2013.
Series:Issues in environmental science and technology ; 36.
Subjects:
Chemicals > Risk assessment.
Chemicals > Safety measures.
Chemistry.
Pollution control.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > General.
Chemicals > Safety measures
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Table of Contents:
  • Tools for Selecting Less Hazardous Chemicals; European Initiatives for Selecting Sustainable Flame Retardants; MBDC Cradle to Cradle® Product Evaluation and Certification Program; China's Implementation of Alternatives Assessment in the Building Industry: GIGA; A Collaborative Industry and University Alternative Assessment of Plasticizers for Wire and Cable; Chemical Hazard Assessment and the GreenScreen"!for Safer Chemicals; Hewlett Packard's Use of the GreenScreen"!for Safer Chemicals; DSM's Sustainability journey towards Proactive Ingredient Policy for gaining effectiveness in the design of better Products; US Environmental Protection Agency's Design for the Environment (DfE) Alternatives Assessment Program; NGO Initiatives in the EU
  • Identifying Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) and Driving Safer Chemical Substitutes in Response to REACH; Alternatives Assessment in Regulatory Policy: History and Future Directions.

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