Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production Vol. 3: 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.




Readership

Environmental Scientists and Engineers, Agrochemical Industry, Government and policy makers.


Contents


Chapter 1. Industry and Products


Chapter 2. Pollution and Pollution Prevention


Chapter 3. Toxic and Dangerous Properties


Chapter 4. Atrazine


Chapter 5. 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (Tcp)


Chapter 6. Ddt And Related Compounds


Chapter 7. Agent Orange


Chapter 8. Pesticide Residue in Foods


Chapter 9 EPA Screening Levels and Pesticide Status


Author Information
By Nicholas P Cheremisinoff, Consulting Engineer, Ph.D. (Ch.E.). Consulting engineer