Advances in Environmental Control Technology: Health and Toxicology. Advances in Environmental Control Technology Series

A reference for engineers, scientists, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, and environmental health and safety managers on human physiological responses to various forms of pollution. Includes discussions on asbestos, carcinogenic and mutagenic poisons, poison inhalation hazards, and a wide range of industrial poisons. International standards are driving companies to be more aggressive in dealing with environmental and health and safety issues. The topics include biological markers of early health effects in assessing the risk of cancer in people exposed to environmental carcinogens, asbestos exposure and the risk of lung cancer in urban populations, benzene toxico-kinetics in humans, the effects of acid precipitation on the environment and on human health, the genetic evaluation of pesticides in different short-term tests, cause of artifacts in sorption studies with trace elements, and the bio-accumulation of surfactants. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Content: Contributors to this volume , Pages vii-ix About the editor , Page x Preface , Page xi , Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff Chapter 1 - Environmental risk factors on cancer and their primary prevention , Pages 1-46 , J.W. Dobrowolski Chapter 2 - Respiratory function changes from inhalation of polluted air , Pages 47-52 , Shieh-Ching Yang, Sze-Piao Yang Chapter 3 - Biological markers of early health effects in the assessment of the risk of cancer in people exposed to environmental carcinogens , Pages 53-65 , Janusz A. Indulski, Waldemar Lutz Chapter 4 - Sick building syndrome , Pages 67-92 , Peter Dingle Chapter 5 - Respiratory findings of construction workers exposed to asbestos dust , Pages 93-126 , Isamu Ebihara, Mamoru Hirata, Naomi Hisanaga, Eiji Shibata, Kiyoshi Sakai Chapter 6 - Asbestos exposure and the risk of lung cancer in urban populations , Pages 127-136 , Anti Karjalainen, Anttila Sisko Chapter 7 - Emphysema and lung mineral content in coalworkers , Pages 137-169 , J. Leigh, T. Driscoll, B. Cole Chapter 8 - Sinonasal cancer and wood dust exposure , Pages 171-189 , A. Leclerc, D. Luce Chapter 9 - Chromium accumulation of chromate workers' bronchi , Pages 191-205 , Yuichi Ishikawa, Eiju Tsuchiya Chapter 10 - Benzene toxicokinetics in humans , Pages 207-218 , Frederic Yves Bois Chapter 11 - Fluorometry of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in biological systems , Pages 219-249 , Kuang-pang Li, Ping Chiang, Ruixia Song Chapter 12 - Occupational exposure to organic solvents during paint stripping and painting , Pages 251-305 , Marc Charretton, Raymond Vincent Chapter 13 - Occupational exposure to metallic cobalt , Pages 307-328 , G. Mosconi, M. Bacis, P. Leghissa, C. Sala Chapter 14 - Climate and chronic respiratory disease , Pages 329-354 , Paul Beggs, Peter Curson Chapter 15 - Effects of acid precipitation on the environment and on human health , Pages 355-364 , Lars Gerhardsson, Staffan Skerfving, Agneta Oskarsson Chapter 16 - Toxic effect of tannery effluent on the biochemical constituents in organisms , Pages 365-375 , G. Varadaraj, M.A. Subramanian Chapter 17 - Bladder cancer and water disinfection methods , Pages 377-394 , Michael A. McGeehin, John S. Reif Chapter 18 - Metal-induced developmental toxicity in mammals , Pages 395-414 , José L. Domingo Chapter 19 - Genetic evaluation of pesticides in different short-term tests , Pages 415-432 , Patrizia Hrelia Chapter 20 - Pesticide residues in food , Pages 433-451 , Peter Dingle, Adrian Strahco, Peter Franklin Chapter 21 - Biological monitoring by means of urinary samples and problems concerning concentration-dilution of spot urine , Pages 453-460 , Andrea Trevisan Chapter 22 - Causes of artifacts in sorption studies with trace elements , Pages 461-492 , Lorenzino Giusti Chapter 23 - Bioaccumulation of surfactants , Pages 493-500 , J. Tolls, D.T.H.M. Sijm Index , Pages 501-508 To evaluate the influence of the quality of human environment on public health (including cancer incidence), it is imperative to perform interdisciplinary case studies involving epidemiological surveys supported by the application of new, highly sensitive methods of multi-factorial analyses of the natural environment, including the food chain. This work is designed to provide an extensive overview and reference on human physiological responses to various forms of pollution. Extensive discussions can be found on asbestos, carcinogenic and mutagenic poisons, poison inhalation hazards and a wide range of industrial poisons. This addition to the Advances in Environmental Control Technology Series contains 23 chapters designed to provide an extensive overview and reference on human physiological responses to various forms of pollution.