Exposure and Risk Assessment of Chemical Pollution - Contemporary Methodology - Couverture rigide

 
9789048123339: Exposure and Risk Assessment of Chemical Pollution - Contemporary Methodology

Synopsis

The book contains the contributions at the NATO Study Institute on Exposure and Risk Assessment of Chemical Pollution - Contemporary Methodology, which took place in Sofia - Borovetz, Bulgaria, July 1-10, 2008. Rapid advances in mathematics, computer science and molecular biology and chemistry have lead to the development in of a new branch of toxicology called Computational Toxicology. This emerging field is addressing the estimation and prediction of exposure risk and effects of chemicals based on experimental data, measured concentration and biological mechanisms and computational models of biological systems. Mathematical models are also being used to predict the fate and transport of substances in the environment. Because this area is still in its infancy, there has been limited application from governmental agencies to regulating controllable processes, such as registration of new chemicals, determination of estimated exposure and risk based limits and maximum acceptable concentrations in different compartments of the environment - ambient air, waters, soil and food products. However, this is soon to change as the ability to collect, analyze and interpret the required information is becoming increasingly more efficient and cost effective. Full implementation of the new processes have to involve education on both part of the experimentalists who are generating the data and the models, and the risk assessors who will use them to better protect human health and the environment.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Exposure and Risk Assessment of Chemical Pollution - Contemporary Methodology 1-10 July 2008 Sofia, Bulgaria

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9789048123346: Exposure and Risk Assessment of Chemical Pollution - Contemporary Methodology

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  9048123348 ISBN 13 :  9789048123346
Editeur : Springer, 2009
Couverture souple