Environmental Risk Assessment: A Toxicological Approach

This book introduces the science of risk assessment; covers problem formation and the development of exposure factors; explains how human epidemiology and animal testing data are used to determine toxicity criteria; provides environmental sampling data for practice assessments; examines in vitro and 'omics testing; describes the political and social aspects of today's science-based decisions; and includes fully worked examples, case studies, discussion questions, and links to legislative hearings. Readers learn how to execute site-specific risk assessments and how science is used in deciding environmental regulations.

Author: Ted Simon
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 11/16/2016
Pages: 406
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9781138033832

About the Author

Ted Simon, DABT earned advanced degrees in biology, including a Ph.D from Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA. After college, he held post-doctoral and teaching positions before serving as senior toxicologist in the Waste Management Division at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 4, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. His critically successful novel, A Lost Gun, was published under the nom de plume Wix Simon. He is currently working on another crime novel featuring an environmental poisoning situation inspired by his twelve years at the EPA. He also provides toxicology consulting and scientific support as principal/owner of Ted Simon LLC, Winston, Georgia, USA.