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Copper - Environmental Health Criteria 200
(1998)
Copper is a reddish-brown, ductile and malleable metal. It belongs to group IB of the Periodic Table. In compounds found in the environment it usually has a valence of 2 but can exist in the metallic, +1 and +3 valence ...
Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether - Environmental Health Criteria 206
(1998)
Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) is one of several ethers that may be used as fuel additives and is currently by far the dominant one. Ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE), tertiary-amyl methyl ether (TAME), tertiary-amyl ...
Chrysotile Asbestos - Environmental Health Criteria 203
(1998)
Chrysotile is a fibrous hydrated magnesium silicate mineral that has been used in many commercial products. It is widely used in global commerce today. Its physical and chemical properties as a mineral are observed to vary ...
Principles for the Assessment of Risks to Human Health from Exposure to Chemicals - Environmental Health Criteria 210
(1999)
This monograph is an amalgamation of two draft documents "Principles for the Assessment of Risk from Exposure to Chemicals" and "General Principles and Methods for Chemical Safety (Human Health Protection)". Both documents ...
Polybrominated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans - Environmental Health Criteria 205
(1998)
Polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PBDDs) and polybrominated dibenzofurans (PBDFs) are almost planar tricyclic aromatic compounds.
Theoretically, 75 PBDDs and 135 PBDFs are possible. In addition, a large number of mixed ...
Principles and Methods for Assessing Allergic Hypersensitization Associated with Exposure to Chemicals - Environmental Health Criteria 212
(1999)
The role of the immune system may be succinctly stated as the "preservation of integrity". This system is responsible for identifying
what is "self" and what is "non-self". The great complexity of the mammalian system is ...
Selected Non-Heterocyclic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - Environmental Health Criteria 202
(1998)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) constitute a large class of compounds, and hundreds of individual substances may be released during incomplete combustion or pyrolysis of organic matter, an important source of human ...
Selected Chloroalkyl Ethers - Enviromnental Health Criteria 201
(1998)
Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether (BCEE), bis(chloromethyl) ether (BCME) and chioromethyl methyl ether (CMME) are chemicals from
a large class known as chloroalkyl ethers. The three ethers are colourless volatile liquids at room ...
Principles and Methods for the Risk Assessment of Chemicals in Food - Environmental Health Criteria 240
(2009)
The purpose of this monograph is 2-fold: 1) to provide descriptive guidance for JECFA and JMPR to ensure the continuation of transparent and sound expert evaluations of scientific data for risk assessments of chemicals in ...
Biomarkers in Risk Assessment: Validity and Vlidation - Environmental Health Criteria 222
(2001)
The aim of risk assessments is to provide society with estimates of the likelihood of illnesses and injury as a consequence of exposure
to various hazards. Risk assessments are needed when social policy decisions are in ...