Best Practices in the Agrochemical Industry

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.* Coverage of agrochemical residues and their health impacts, and mitigation strategies* Includes extensive data tables covering USA and international regulatory requirements (EPA, NIOSH, OSHA, WHO and ACGIH)* Details safer manufacturing processes and procedures to limit pollution

Nicholas P Cheremisinoff is the Director of Clean Technologies and Pollution Prevention Projects at PERI (Princeton Energy Resources International, LLC, Rockville, MD). He has led hundreds of pollution prevention audits and demonstrations for both public and private sector clients throughout the world. He has contributed extensively to the literature of this field as author and editor of 150 technical reference books. Paul E. Rosenfeld, Ph.D. is an environmental chemist with over twenty years of experience, focusing on fate and transport of environmental contaminants, risk assessment, and ecological restoration. Dr. Rosenfeld has served as a remedial project manager with the U.S. Navy Base Realignment and Closure Program and currently teaches environmental health at the UCLA School of Public Health.