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Why the dose matters : assessing the health risk of exposure to toxicants / Urs A. Boelsterli.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xv, 236 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781003346661
  • 1003346669
  • 9781000861419
  • 1000861414
  • 9781000861402
  • 1000861406
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why the dose mattersLOC classification:
  • RA1213 .B64 2023
Online resources:
Contents:
<P>1. Introduction. <STRONG>Part I The Concepts: Hazard and Exposure</STRONG> 2. What Does "Toxic" Mean? 3. Paracelsus Reloaded-The Dose Concept. 4. Exposure-The Key Determinant in Risk Assessment. 5. Natural and Synthetic Chemicals. 6. What Our Body Does to a Chemical. 7. What a Chemical Does to Our Body. 8. Defense Shields. 9. Correlation and Causality. <STRONG>Part II The Chemicals</STRONG> 10. Pesticides-Killers with a License. 11. Toxic Food. 12. Dietary Supplements -- The More The Better? 13. Significant Risks: Persistent and Widespread. 14. Drugs. <STRONG>Part III The Risk </STRONG>15. Safety Assessment. 16. Acceptable Limits, Tolerance, and Red Lines. 17. Risk Assessment. 18. Gauging the Risk Against the Benefit. 19. Risk Communication. <STRONG>Part IV The Future </STRONG>20. Toxicological Challenges. 21. Conclusions and Outlook.</P>
Summary: "This book describes a rational basis for gauging the risk of chemicals, setting a contrast to sensational, often irrational, and even hysterical reports about poisonous compounds that highlight the hazard while ignoring the actual risk"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book describes a rational basis for gauging the risk of chemicals, setting a contrast to sensational, often irrational, and even hysterical reports about poisonous compounds that highlight the hazard while ignoring the actual risk"-- Provided by publisher.

<P>1. Introduction. <STRONG>Part I The Concepts: Hazard and Exposure</STRONG> 2. What Does "Toxic" Mean? 3. Paracelsus Reloaded-The Dose Concept. 4. Exposure-The Key Determinant in Risk Assessment. 5. Natural and Synthetic Chemicals. 6. What Our Body Does to a Chemical. 7. What a Chemical Does to Our Body. 8. Defense Shields. 9. Correlation and Causality. <STRONG>Part II The Chemicals</STRONG> 10. Pesticides-Killers with a License. 11. Toxic Food. 12. Dietary Supplements -- The More The Better? 13. Significant Risks: Persistent and Widespread. 14. Drugs. <STRONG>Part III The Risk </STRONG>15. Safety Assessment. 16. Acceptable Limits, Tolerance, and Red Lines. 17. Risk Assessment. 18. Gauging the Risk Against the Benefit. 19. Risk Communication. <STRONG>Part IV The Future </STRONG>20. Toxicological Challenges. 21. Conclusions and Outlook.</P>

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