This guide, written in an accesible narrative style, covers chemicals by key classes such as solvents, pesticides, and metals. It also covers chemicals by key industries such as drugs, food additives, plastics, cosmetics, detergents, and soaps. This guide not only covers current standards, but also contains information on toxins to help regulatory bodies develop new protocols.

Chapters include information on:

• Heavy Metals
• Industrial Solvents
• Industrial Gases and Fumes
• Drugs
• Target Organ Toxicity
• Disposal of Hazardous Chemicals
• Guidance to Students and Workers
• Good Laboratory Practices

Industrial Guide to Chemical and Drug Safety explains the beneficial and harmful aspects of a broad range of materials to which students, trainees, skilled workers, managers, and personnel associated with regulatory agencies are exposed, with the purpose of helping them avoid the illness associated with the misuse of chemicals and drugs.

Contents

1. Introduction to Chemical and Drug Safety
2. Principles of Toxicity and Safety
3. Heavy Metals
4. Organochlorine Pesticides
5. Organphosphorous Pesticides
6. Herbicides and Fungicides
7. Carbamates andf Other Pesticides
8. Fumiants and Rodenticides
9. Industrial Solvents
10. Food Additives, Colors and Pigments
11. Industrial Gases and Fumes
12. Drugs: Discovery and Development
13. Drugs and Human Diseases
14. Non-MedicalUse of Drugs
15. Drugs and Pharmaceuticals: Safety Aspects
16. Target Organ Toxicity
17. Disposal of Hazardous Chemicals
18. Good Laboratory Practice
19. Safety Evaluation: Methods and Procedures
20. Guidance to Laboratory Students, and Occuational Workers

Index

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