The Handbook of Cleaner Production comprises a series of reference guides to cleaner production methods, technologies, and practices for key industry sectors.
Each volume covers, for each industry sector:
Manufacturing technologies
Waste management
Pollution control and remediation
Methods for estimating and reporting emissions
Treatment and control technologies
Health risk exposures for workers and the wider community
Cost data for pollution management
Cleaner production and prevention options
Safe chemical handling practices
Best Practices in the Agrochemical Industry includes coverage of pollution of drinking water (atrazine, trichloropropane and DBCP and the risks associated with them, such as miscarriages and infertility), pesticide residues in food, a case study of worker pesticide exposure and cancer, contaminants in organic food, etc.
Extensive data is provided regarding regulatory limits for exposure to pesticides according to EPA, NIOSH, OSHA, WHO and ACGIH.
- ISBN13 9780128102282
- Publish Date 30 October 2017 (first published 30 July 2009)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country US
- Imprint William Andrew Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English