Re-evaluation of Some Organic Chemicals, Hydrazine and Hydrogen Peroxide
Title | Re-evaluation of Some Organic Chemicals, Hydrazine and Hydrogen Peroxide PDF eBook |
Author | IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Carcinogens |
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Some Organophosphate Insecticides and Herbicides
Title | Some Organophosphate Insecticides and Herbicides PDF eBook |
Author | IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans |
Publisher | World Health Organization |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Carcinogens |
ISBN | 9789283201502 |
This volume of the IARC Monographs provides evaluations of the carcinogenicity of some organophosphate insecticides and herbicides, including diazinon, glyphosate, malathion, parathion, and tetrachlorvinphos. Diazinon acts on a wide range of insects on crops, gardens, livestock, and pets, but most uses have been restricted in the USA, Canada, and the European Union since the 1980s. Glyphosate is the most heavily used agricultural and residential herbicide in the world, and has been detected in soil, air, surface water, and groundwater, as well as in food. Malathion is one of the oldest and most widely used organophosphate insecticides, and has a broad spectrum of applications in agriculture and public health, notably mosquito control. The insecticide parathion has been largely banned or restricted throughout the world due to toxicity to wildlife and humans. Tetrachlorvinphos is banned in the European Union, but continues to be used in the USA and elsewhere as an insecticide on animals, including in pet flea collars. The IARC Monographs Working Group reviewed epidemiological evidence, animal bioassays, and mechanistic and other relevant data to reach conclusions as to the carcinogenic hazard to humans of these agents.
Value Sensitive Design
Title | Value Sensitive Design PDF eBook |
Author | Batya Friedman |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2019-05-21 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 0262039532 |
Using our moral and technical imaginations to create responsible innovations: theory, method, and applications for value sensitive design. Implantable medical devices and human dignity. Private and secure access to information. Engineering projects that transform the Earth. Multigenerational information systems for international justice. How should designers, engineers, architects, policy makers, and others design such technology? Who should be involved and what values are implicated? In Value Sensitive Design, Batya Friedman and David Hendry describe how both moral and technical imagination can be brought to bear on the design of technology. With value sensitive design, under development for more than two decades, Friedman and Hendry bring together theory, methods, and applications for a design process that engages human values at every stage. After presenting the theoretical foundations of value sensitive design, which lead to a deep rethinking of technical design, Friedman and Hendry explain seventeen methods, including stakeholder analysis, value scenarios, and multilifespan timelines. Following this, experts from ten application domains report on value sensitive design practice. Finally, Friedman and Hendry explore such open questions as the need for deeper investigation of indirect stakeholders and further method development. This definitive account of the state of the art in value sensitive design is an essential resource for designers and researchers working in academia and industry, students in design and computer science, and anyone working at the intersection of technology and society.
Styrene, Styrene-7,8-oxide, and Quinoline
Title | Styrene, Styrene-7,8-oxide, and Quinoline PDF eBook |
Author | IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans |
Publisher | |
Pages | 345 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | |
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This volume of the IARC Monographs provides evaluations of the carcinogenicity of quinoline, styrene, and styrene-7,8-oxide. Quinoline and styrene are present in air pollution and in tobacco smoke. Quinoline also occurs in the processing of petroleum and shale oil, and is found in groundwater and soil at sites contaminated by coal tar and creosote. Quinoline and styrene are high production volume chemicals. Quinoline is used to produce various drugs and dyes. Styrene is primarily used in the production of polystyrene polymers. Styrene-7,8-oxide is primarily used to produce epoxy resins. Styrene-7,8-oxide is the primary metabolite of styrene in humans. Styrene and styrene-7,8-oxide are found in workplace air, particularly in the reinforced plastics industry and the rubber industry. Exposure to these agents may occur in the general population as well as in various occupational settings. An IARC Monographs Working Group reviewed epidemiological evidence, animal bioassays, and mechanistic and other relevant data to reach conclusions as to the carcinogenic hazard to humans of environmental or occupational exposure to these agents.
Outdoor Air Pollution
Title | Outdoor Air Pollution PDF eBook |
Author | IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans |
Publisher | IARC Monographs on the Evaluat |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9789283201472 |
"This publication represents the views and expert opinions of an IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk to Humans, which met in Lyon, 8-15 October 2013."
National Bureau of Standards Monograph
Title | National Bureau of Standards Monograph PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Bureau of Standards |
Publisher | |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | Physics |
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NIST Monograph
Title | NIST Monograph PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 904 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Physics |
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