This handbook provides the tools necessary to create and maintain a safe work environment. It provides a starting point for any chemical safety study, from providing information on proper chemical and equipment handling to guidance on purchasing, storage, use and disposal. The safe use of specialized equipment is outlined, and answers to both simple and complex questions related to workplace and environmental laws and regulations will help keep you in compliance. Each of the 86 entires contains its own bibliographical references for further study. Recommended.

From the Preface: “This Handbook was planned to be the most complete and comprehensive resource in the field of chemical health and safety. It will be the single most useful text on issues related to chemical safety...In addition to the traditional topics covered in a chemical safety text, the Handbook includes industrial hygiene issues, radiation safety practices, safe laboratory and facility design criteria, biosafety issues, ergonomics, and much more...”

Target Audience: All professionals responsible for managing chemical health and safety.

Brief Table of Contents:

Safety Management and Policy

Risk Management

Emergency Management

Laboratory Equipment

Chemical Management

Radiological and Biological Safety

Laboratory Design

Environmental Management

Index