Substitutes for Hazardous Chemicals in the WorkPlace
Author: Per Filskov
The only way to completely eliminate the health effects associatedwith hazardous materials is to eliminate the material. How and when should dangerous chemical products be replaced with safer products? Substitutes for Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace answers this question and others, including:
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A set of guidelines and a survey of experiences compiled by the Danish Occupational Health Services in 1989, and published in German in 1992. Explains the process of substituting less for more hazardous chemicals in a variety of workplaces, and tools for assessing the toxicity of both the current and the proposed substitute chemicals, then details 162 examples of successful and unsuccessful substitutions. The conditions and regulations described are Danish, and many advances have been made since 1989, but the principles and at least some of the specific information could still be useful to managers and workers. Indexed only by occupation discussed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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