Derivation and use of environmental quality and human health standards for chemical substances in water and soil [electronic resource]
- edited by Mark Crane ... [et al.].
- Pensacola, Fla. : SETAC ; Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2010.
- Physical description
- xxiii, 140 p. : ill.
- Crane, Mark, 1962-
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction, Mark Crane, Martien Janssen, Peter Matthiessen, Steve Maund, Graham Merrington, Paul Whitehouse Setting Environmental Standards within a Socio-economic Context, Andrew Farmer, Robert Lee, Stefania Loutseti, Kieron Stanley, Jacqui Warinton, Paul Whitehouse How Should an Environmental Standard be Implemented? Mark Crane, Bernard Fisher, Chris Leake, Paul Nathanail, Adam Peters, Bill Stubblefield and Tony Warn. Water and Sediment EQS Derivation and Application, Peter Matthiessen, Marc Babut, Graeme Batley, Mark Douglas, John Fawell, Udo Hommen, Thomas H. Hutchinson, Martien Janssen, Dawn Maycock, Mary Reiley, Uwe Schneider, and Lennart Weltje Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Groundwater and Soil, Graham Merrington, Sandra Boekhold, Amparo Haro, Katja Knauer, Kees Romijn, Norman Sawatsky, Ilse Schoeters, Rick Stevens and Frank Swartjes Workshop Conclusions and Recommendations, Mark Crane, Dawn Maycock, Graham Merrington.
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- Publisher's Summary
- A balanced, comprehensive overview of Environmental Quality Standards (EQS), Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil addresses the selection and prioritization of substances for standard derivation. With integrated content and up-to-date information on assessment of regulations that affect the derivation and use of EQS, it examines the derivation of these standards and their implementation to protect human health and the environment. The book is based on contributions from thirty-five scientists, regulators, and policy makers from eleven countries with individual expertise across disciplines such as risk assessment, environmental, health, economic, and social sciences. These scientists summarize current knowledge on aquatic and terrestrial environmental quality standards, placing these standards in a wider socioeconomic and regulatory context. The book explains how to derive environmental standards that are defensible from a scientific and socioeconomic perspective. Using multidisciplinary techniques applicable to water, sediments, and soils; the text demonstrates how to select the best form and derivation method relative to individual environmental standards. The book presents an in-depth examination of when, where, and how to implement environmental standards based on the social and economic context. It includes detailed coverage of technical approaches that shed light on the derivation and implementation of EQSs. It also identifies future research that will help to underpin the science of environmental and human health standards.
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- Publication date
- "A CRC title."
- Also available in print edition.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- 1439803455 (electronic bk.)
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- 1439803447 (hardcover : alk. paper)