Emerging Chemical Risks in the Work Environment

The book will provide the tools for occupational risk assessment for chemical agents and measures to protect human health and reduce chemical hazards at the workplace. Increased awareness about new emerging risks related to chemical agents will result in the reduction of several illnesses such as cancer, abnormal child development, and diabetes.

Mägorzata Po-niak, PhD is head of the Department of Chemical, Aerosol and Biological Hazards in the Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute. She graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy, specializing in pharmaceutical technology at the Medical University of Warsaw. She is an expert of Polish Interdepartmental Commission for MAC and MAI Values, an expert of Group for Chemical Agents, editor of "Principles and Methods of Assessing the Working Environment" and associated editor of International Journal of Occupational Safety. She is also a member of the Chromatographic Analysis Commission of the Polish Academy of Sciences and an expert of chemical agents in European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Nanomaterials in the Work Environment Chapter 3 Reprotoxic and Endocrine Substances Chapter 4 Carcinogenic and Mutagenic Substances Chapter 5 Assessment of Chemical Risk in the Work Environment Chapter 6 Control of Occupational Risks