Duane G Levine

Management of Hazardous Agents: Volume 1: Industrial and Regulatory Approaches Duane G Levine

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.;v. 1. Industrial and regulatory approaches -- v. 2. Social, political, and policy aspects. Publisher Marketing: This book, along with its companion volume, discusses the research needs, institutional modifications, and legislative changes that must be addressed to deal more effectively with the risks of hazardous materials. Prominent among the research needs is the necessity to assess the health effects of low-level exposure to toxicants. For none of these agents (lead, mercury, radiation, PCDDs, dioxins, PCBs, pesticides) is the existing toxicological data sufficient to define unambiguously the dose-effect relationship in the low-dose domain. Another uncertainty is our ignorance of how individuals within the human population may vary in their susceptibility to the agents because of differences in genetic background, age, sex, diet, health status, and exposure to extraneous environmental influences. Also identified among the research needs are methods for improving the technology of waste disposal, waste reduction, and waste recycling.

Contributor Bio:  Levine, Duane G Duane G. LeVine is Manager of Science and Strategy Development, Environment and Safety, Exxon Corporation. Contributor Bio:  Upton, Arthur C ARTHUR C. UPTON, MD is formerly Professor of Environmental Medicine, and Director of the Institute of Environmental Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine. LeVine and Upton have edited Management of Hazardous Agents: Industrial and Regulatory Approaches (Praeger, 1992), and Management of Hazardous Agents: Social, Political and Policy Aspects (Praeger, 1992).