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Record Nr.

UNISA996197310303316

Autore

Riviere J. Edmond (Jim Edmond)

Titolo

Chemical food safety [[electronic resource] ] : a scientist's perspective / / Jim Riviere

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Iowa State Press, 2002

ISBN

1-282-29105-X

9786612291050

0-470-79157-8

0-470-37679-1

0-470-37658-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Disciplina

363.192

Soggetti

Food contamination

Food additives - Toxicology

Health risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CHEMICAL FOOD SAFETY A Scientist's Perspective; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Probability-The Language of Science and Change; 2 Dose Makes the Difference; 3 The Pesticide Threat; 4 Veggie and Fruit Consumption in the Age of the Centenarians; 5 Chemicals Present in Natural Foods; 6 Risk and Regulations; 7 Some Real Issues in Chemical Toxicology; 8 Milk Is Good for You; 9 Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Foods: "The Invasion of the Killer Corn" or "New Veggies to the Rescue"; 10 Food Security and the World of Bioterrorism; 11 The Future; A Toxicology Primer

B Selected Readings and NotesIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Chemical Food Safety: A Scientist's Perspective introduces readers to the science of risk assessment as applied to food safety and offers relevant, current information on research and statistics, chemicals, biotechnology issues, and emerging diseases that challenge the risk assessment strategies of toxicology and microbiology. Riviere investigates the potential health consequences of pesticides, food additives and drugs, demonstrating how science can be applied to



make risk assessments. He differentiates between "real risks" and "phantom risks," unearthing numerous fallacies in th