Nontoxic Products: Interdisciplinary Approach to Materials Alternative Analysis

By Oladele A Ogunseitan

The textbook presents an interdisciplinary perspective ofrationale, methods and applications of alternative assessment as aframework for making decisions regarding less-toxic consumerproducts.

The book is organized according to three broad themes. The firsttheme focuses on methodology, including LCA as a tool forgenerating comparative indicators of chemical and material impactson human health and environmental quality, and multi-criteriadecision analysis approaches to interpret and integrate dataspanning different material properties. This section also includesexamples of protocols developed by private and public organizationsfor conducting alternative assessments. The second theme focuses oncurrent national and international chemical regulatory policiesthat include alternative analysis. These include thoseMassachusetts and California, the federal Environmental ProtectionAgency's Design for the Environment program, Europeanregulations such as REACH and the United Nation's EnvironmentProgram's POPs treaty. The third section focuses on casestudies of chemicals in consumer products that have been subjectedto ad hoc or systematic alternative assessment, including BPA andphthalates in plastics, lead in gasoline, paint electronics, andbrominated flame retardants in furniture, electronics, and otherproducts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119008433
• ISBN13: 9781119008439
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 320 Pages