Identifying and Reducing Environmental Health Risks of Chemicals in Our Society workshop summary

On November 7-8, 2013, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop to discuss approaches related to identifying and reducing potential environmental public health risks to new and existing industrial chemicals present in societ...

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Main Author: Pool, Robert
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Identifying and Reducing Environmental Health Risks of Chemicals in Our Society (Workshop) (2013, Washington, D.C.)
Other Authors: Rusch, Erin ([rapporteur])
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press 2014, [2014]
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Summary:On November 7-8, 2013, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop to discuss approaches related to identifying and reducing potential environmental public health risks to new and existing industrial chemicals present in society. Industrial chemicals include chemicals used in industrial processes or commercial products, not including those found in food, pesticides, or pharmaceuticals. Identifying and Reducing Environmental Health Risks of Chemicals in Our Society is a summary and synthesis of the presentations and discussions that took place during the two days of the workshop. The workshop examined successes and areas for improvement within current regulatory programs for assessing industrial chemical safety, frameworks for chemical prioritization to inform targeted testing and risk management strategies, concepts of sustainability and green chemistry that support the design and use of safer alternatives, and efforts to reduce the risk of chemicals in our society
Item Description:Title from PDF title page
Physical Description:1 PDF file (xii, 167 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780309301152
0309301157