Hazardous Substances: Risks and Regulations

✍ Scribed by Thomas Schupp

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 390
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This title presents a detailed overview on the full range of hazard categories and the associated risks of chemicals. It provides a basic introduction into toxicology, ecotoxicology and environmental behavior and enables all who perform precise chemical analysis to handle substances according to their intrinsic properties such as physical-chemical, environmental, ecological and toxicological hazards.

• Covering workplace safety and the responsible handling of hazardous substances
• Holistic view on physical-chemical, toxicological and ecotoxicological aspects in isolation and in combination
• Introduces toxicology and ecotoxicology

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Physical and chemical properties of substances
3. Basics in toxicology
4. Basics in ecotoxicology and environmental behavior
5. Dose–response in toxicology and ecotoxicology
6. Classification, labeling and packaging of chemicals
7. A brief view on the classification and labeling of dangerous goods
8. Regulations concerning notification and marketing of substances in the European Union
9. Workplace safety
10. Storage of hazardous substances and mixtures
11. Properties of selected hazardous substances
12. Appendix 1: solutions to the exercises
Appendix 2
References
Index