The Chemical Scythe Lessons of 2, 4, 5, 6 and Dioxin: Lessons of 2,4,5-T and Dioxin - Rilegato

Hay, Alastair

 
9780306409738: The Chemical Scythe Lessons of 2, 4, 5, 6 and Dioxin: Lessons of 2,4,5-T and Dioxin
Rilegato
ISBN 10: 0306409739 ISBN 13: 9780306409738
Casa editrice: Plenum Pub Corp, 1982

Sinossi

The Chemical Scythe is the first book in a projected series to be published by Plenum Press in association with the International Disaster Institute. The aim of the series, Disaster Research in Practice, is to provide scientific and readable accounts on the most urgent areas of disaster research. It is fitting, therefore, that Dr. Hay's investigation into the nature and effects of dioxins heralds the new series. The problem of chemical hazards is one that we will have to learn to live with in future decades. Dr. Hay's book is an authoritative account of the chemistry and proven and potential effects of dioxins, and of the impli­ cations for safety planning. He concludes with a cautious, yet optimistic note-that indeed we can learn to live with such hazards, providing that we are prepared to understand and plan for the unexpected. The accident at Seveso in 1976 alerted the world to an imperfectly un­ derstood but immensely alarming environmental hazard. Public debate and argument as to the implications of dioxins and, indeed, the use of herbicides as aggressive weapons in Vietnam, rage on. And yet it is only through the painstaking research exemplified in this book that it will eventually be pos­ sible to promote the vital accountability on the part of industrialists and governments.

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Contenuti

1. Chemistry and Occurrence of Dioxins.- 2. Toxicology of Dioxins.- 3. Hexachlorophene.- 4. 2,4,5-T, Trichlorophenol, Pentachlorophenol, and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans.- 5. Chloracne.- 6. Industrial Accidents in Trichlorophenol Manufacture.- 7. Vietnam and 2,4,5-T.- 8. 2,4,5-T in Cambodia and Laos.- 9. Seveso.- 10. Love Canal.- 11. Where Do We Go from Here?.

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Book by Myers Walter Dean

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Editore
Plenum Pub Corp
Data di pubblicazione
1982
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0306409739
ISBN 13 
9780306409738
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
284
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9781489903419: The Chemical Scythe: Lessons of 2,4,5-T and Dioxin

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  1489903410 ISBN 13:  9781489903419
Casa editrice: Springer, 2013
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