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This book provides a summary of the state-of-art knowledge on nanomaterials and nanoparticles. It examines toxicological issues, risk assessment and control measures, public participation and educational/ethical issues, as well as institutional mechanisms and status reports from various countries. Coverage also details collaborations in the field of nanotechnology regarding safe application and development.

Provides an advanced level of study of industrial hygiene engineering situations with emphasis on the control of exposure to occupational health hazards. Primary attention is given to ventilation, noise and vibration control, heat stress and industrial illumination. Other topics include industrial water quality, solid waste control, handling and storage of hazardous materials, personal protective equipment, and costs of industrial hygiene control.

Drugs and the workplace just don't mix. Yes, most users of illicit drugs are employed adults and there's a high correlation between levels of stress, income and alcohol abuse amongst professional and managerial employees. But the risks associated with drug use and abuse in the workplace have been well defined. Addiction at Work enables you to understand the background and extent of the problem: the cost of drug abuse to your organization; the role your own organizational culture may have in enc...

Over the last fifty years the nature of work and work injury has changed dramatically. Since the 1980s, workers’ compensation claims have grown steadily and insurance institutions are feeling the crunch. In Injury and the New World of Work, Terrence Sullivan emphasizes the precarious line between the expansion of needs-based justice and the preservation of work-based prosperity. The contributors to the book represent the fields of public health, sociology, anthropology, epidemiology, nursing, p...

This peer-reviewed series promotes theory and research in the expanding area of occupational stress, health and well-being. Each volume of this series focuses on a particular topic, allowing authors and readers in that area to critically explore the cutting edge work from their discipline. Interest in organizational demography spans several decades (e.g., Pfeffer, 1983). However, in much of the contemporary research on occupational stress and well-being, demographic factors such as gender, age,...

The purpose of this book is review a number of novel techniques recently developed in plant breeding and plant biotechnology. The emphasis is on newer methods for the genetic modification of plants rather than on the more traditional areas but the aim is to integrate advances with established knowledge in plant breeding. Chapters present reviews of a number of general methodologies, and breeding for specific resistance characteristics - to pests, pathogens and physiological stresses - although t...

Public safety work is dangerous, and the link between fitness and remaining injury-free has been well established by research. Designing the Fitness Program examines the physical demands on public safety officers, as well as an array of related health and safety issues. In proposing that each public safety organization implements a fitness program for its personnel, the author provides a variety of options for ensuring that the standards and test regimens adopted by a department are suitable, bo...

The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. From the Space Shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA’s new space capsule, Mary Roach takes us on the surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth.

Exposure to a wide variety of chemicals and drugs has become common in industrial, laboratory, and even household environments. Fortunately, global understanding and consequently global safety standards regarding the management of toxic and hazardous substances are fast approaching uniformity. The methods of handling, use, transportation, storage, and disposal in particular are moving toward standardization. As these protocols involving chemicals and drugs continue to cross international borders...

As scientists continue to uncover the existence of previously unsuspected hazards in the workplace, it is increasingly apparent that many illnesses once thought to be "ordinary diseases of life" are in fact traceable to conditions of employment. This book clearly establishes that the existing system of workers' compensation in the United States is inadequate to meet the needs and claims of workers who suffer severe disabilities caused by contact with pesticides, vinyl chloride, asbestos, and a h...

Covers the basics that safety and health professionals need to understand in order to control hazards and losses and to protect the health and lives of workers.

The possibility that computer screens can damage the health of their users has been the subject of much research in recent years. Suggestions that regular use can be linked to eye strain, cataracts, mental stress, postural discomfort, skin disorders, pregnancy disorders, birth defects, etc., have aroused international concern. The aim of the WWDU Conferences is to concentrate and coordinate international research efforts, making it possible to define and solve problems; and to inspire interdisci...