Coal Tar Creosote

Coal Tar Creosote
Author: C. Melber
Publisher: WHO
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2004
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

On cover: IPCS International Programme on Chemical Safety. Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization, and produced within the framework of the Inter-organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC)

Toxicological Profile for DDT/DDD/DDE (Update)

Toxicological Profile for DDT/DDD/DDE (Update)
Author: Obaid Faroon
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2010-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1437930670

DDT is a pesticide that was once widely used to control insects. Both DDD and DDE are breakdown products of DDT. This profile includes: (1) The examination, summary, and interpretation of available toxicologic info. and epidemiologic evaluations on DDT/DDD/DDE to ascertain the levels of significant human exposure for the substance and the associated chronic health effects; (2) A determination of whether adequate info. on the health effects of DDT/DDD/DDE is available to determine levels of exposure that present a significant risk to human health of chronic health effects; and (3) Identification of toxicologic testing needed to identify the types or levels of exposure that may present significant risk of adverse health effects in humans. Illus.