edited by Uri Zoller

Handbook of Detergents deals with the potential environmental impact of detergents–including surfactants, builders, sequestrants, chelating and bleaching agents, plus other components of detergent formulations–as a result of their production, formulation, usage, consumption, and disposal.

This volume constitutes a comprehensive treatise of the multidimensional issues involved and emphasizes the alignment of scientific knowledge with the relevant contemporary data and methodologies in toxicology, ecotoxicology, and environmental risk assessment.

Partial Contents

• Sustainable Relationships: Raw Materials–Surfactant/Detergent
• Production/Formulation–Usage/Consumption–Environment: A Systemic Challenge for the New Millennium
• Detergents and the Environment: Historical Review
• Distribution, Behavior, Fate, and Effects of Surfactants and Their Degradation Products in the Environment
• Relevance of Biodegradation Assessments of Detergent/Surfactants
• Toxicology and Ecotoxicology of Detergent Chemicals
• Generation and Use of Data to Predict Environmental Concentrations for Use in Detergent Risk Assessments
• Life Cycle Assessment: A Novel Approach to the Environmental Profile of Detergent Consumer Products
• Biodegradability and Toxicity of Surfactants
• The Biodegradability of Detergent Ingredients in an Environmental Context: A Practical Approach
• Environmental Risk Assessment of Surfactants: Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationships for Aquatic Toxicity
• Environmental Impacts of Detergent Packaging: The Case of Plastic Bottles
• European Environmental Safety Legislation on Detergents
• The Application of Environmental Risk Assessment to Detergent Ingredients in Consumer Products

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