
Chemicals without Harm : Policies for a Sustainable World.
Title:
Chemicals without Harm : Policies for a Sustainable World.
Author:
Geiser, Ken.
ISBN:
9780262327015
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (457 pages)
Series:
Urban and Industrial Environments
Contents:
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 Alternatives -- 14 Drafting Safer Chemical Policies -- V Chemicals without Harm -- 15 Reconstructing Government Capacity -- 16 Solving the Chemicals Problem -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
A proposal for a new chemicals strategy: that we work to develop safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals rather than focusing exclusively on controlling them.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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