Publisher's Synopsis
The Second Edition of The Comprehensive Handbook of Hazardous Materials is the most comprehensive hazardous materials resource. It includes the following new topics: animals in disasters, hazardous materials during natural disasters (i.e. hurricanes, earthquakes, floods), orientation to hazardous materials for hospital personnel and emergency trauma centers. It provides updated material on: regulations, the correct handling of hazardous materials, medical surveillance programs, toxicology, equipment monitoring, respiratory protection, fit testing, emergency planning, drum handling, soil, air, and water sampling and decontamination. This book explains how to reduce risk and ill health for people in the hazardous materials field.
