Chemical health threats : assessing and alerting

• Other Authors: Duarte-Davidson, Raquel (Editor), Gaulton, Tom (Editor), Wyke, Stacey (Editor), Collins, Samuel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2019]
• Series: Issues in toxicology.
• Subjects: Hazardous substances > Safety measures > International cooperation.; Hazardous substances > Health aspects > Europe.; Hazardous substances > Risk assessment > Europe.; Hazardous substances > Safety regulations > Europe.; Hazardous substances > Government policy > Europe.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781782623687; 178262368X; 9781523122905; 1523122900; 9781782620716; 1782620710
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book examines the European guidelines for the risk assessment and management of serious international public health threats.

Table of Contents:

• Overview of Alerting, Assessing and Responding to Chemical Public Health Threats
• Chemical Regulation at the European Level: Safeguarding Consumer Health and Protecting the Environment
• Medical Management of Mass Intoxications
• Hazardous Exposures to Liquid Laundry Detergents Capsules in Young Children
• Novel Applications of Spatial Mapping to Chemicals or Biological Outbreaks
• Surveillance of Chemical Health Threats
• Responding to New Psychoactive Substances in the European Union: Early Warning, Risk Assessment and Control Measures
• Rapid Public Health Risk Assessments for Emerging Chemical Health Threats
• Review of Risk Management Measures to Mitigate Against Exposures to Household Chemical Consumer Products
• Understanding and Managing Behavioural and Psychological Responses to Chemical Incidents
• Strategic, Technical and Scientific Advice in an Environmental Emergency
• Public Health Preparation and Response to Chemical Incident Emergencies
• Chemical Incident Management: An Overview of Preparedness, Response and Recovery
• Investigating Outbreaks of Unknown Aetiology.