Environmental Health and Hazard Risk Assessment Principles and Calculations

• Main Authors: Theodore, Louis, Dupont, R. Ryan
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: United States CRC Press 2012; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Ecology; Environmental health; Environmental risk assessment; Hazardous substances; Hazardous substances > Risk assessment; Health risk assessment; Risk assessment; Additional Qualitative Approaches; Cumulative Distribution Function; Risk Characterization; Health Problem Identification; Dilution Ventilation; Title Iii; Exposure Assessment; Event Tree Analysis; Local Exhaust System; Health Risk Assessment; Standard Normal Variable; Slope Factor; Fatal Accident Rate; HSE Program; Hazard Risk Assessment; Risk Based Decision Making; P2 Act; Levee Height; Toxicity Assessment; HSE Manual; Maximum Individual Risk; Vulnerability Zone; Chemical Exposure; Lethal Concentration; Plume Rise
• ISBN: 1439868883; 9781439868881; 1439868875; 9781439868874
• DOI: 10.1201/b12150

With the growth of the chemical and petroleum industries, there has been an increase in related human health problems as well as human, material, and property losses due to fires, explosions, hazardous and toxic spills, equipment failures, and other accidents. This much-needed overview outlines the fundamentals of health, safety, and accident management. Taking a pragmatic approach, it explains how to evaluate and apply environmental health and hazard risk assessment calculations in a variety of real-world settings. The book offers in-depth guidance on human chemical exposure, emergency preparedness and response, regulations, and much more.