Chemicals without harm : policies for a sustainable world / / Ken Geiser
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| Autore: |
Geiser Ken
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| Titolo: |
Chemicals without harm : policies for a sustainable world / / Ken Geiser
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , [2015] |
| ©2015 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 660 |
| Soggetto topico: | Green chemistry |
| Chemicals - Safety measures | |
| Chemical industry - Waste minimization | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | ENVIRONMENT/General |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; 1 The Problem with Chemicals; I Chemical Control Policies; 2 Regulating Hazardous Chemicals; 3 Reassessing Chemical Control Policies; II Reframing Chemical Policies; 4 Considering New Initiatives; 5 Reframing the Chemicals Problem; 6 Understanding the Chemical Economy; III A Chemical Conversion Strategy; 7 Driving the Chemical Market; 8 Transforming the Chemical Industry; 9 Designing Greener Chemistry; IV Safer Chemical Policies; 10 Characterizing and Prioritizing Chemicals; 11 Generating Chemical Information; 12 Substituting Safer Chemicals |
| 13 Developing Safer Alternatives14 Drafting Safer Chemical Policies; V Chemicals without Harm; 15 Reconstructing Government Capacity; 16 Solving the Chemicals Problem; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Today, there are thousands of synthetic chemicals used to make our clothing, cosmetics, household products, electronic devices, even our children's toys. Many of these chemicals help us live longer and more comfortable lives, but some of these highly useful chemicals are also persistent, toxic, and dangerous to our health and the environment. For fifty years, the conventional approach to hazardous chemicals has focused on regulation, barriers, and protection. In Chemicals without Harm, Ken Geiser proposes a different strategy, based on developing and adopting safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals rather than focusing exclusively on controlling them. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Chemicals without harm |
| ISBN: | 0-262-32702-3 |
| 0-262-32701-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815277103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Urban and industrial environments.