Edition: 1
Publication date: 2000-05-11
Dewey code: 628.92
List Price: $70.95
Price: $53.91
Review Hazardous Materials Response & Operations (Fire Science Series) / Thomson Delmar Learning:Hazardous Materials Response and Operations presents an in-depth look at the response to hazardous materials releases, covering each hazard class of materials, and providing recommendations and guidelines for the protection of responders and victims. The book focuses on a cutting-edge response profile called Risk-Based Response, known for its progressive and aggressive approach to dealing with chemical spills. Risk-Based Response helps HazMat teams work more safely and efficiently, cutting decision times down to minutes, keeping the response to chemical spills simple and, in the end, safer. Also included is a detailed discussion of response strategies to terrorism, giving the user insight into the newest area in the HazMat field. (Keywords: Hazmat).
Authors
- Noel C. Scrivner
- Diane M. Clark
- Marshall Rafal
- Joseph F., Jr. Zemaitis
Dewey code: 541.3746
List Price: $74.50
Price: $58.53
Review Handbook of Aqueous Electrolyte Thermodynamics: Theory & Application / Wiley-AIChE:Expertise in electrolyte systems has become increasingly important in traditional CPI operations, as well as in oil/gas exploration and production. This book is the source for predicting electrolyte systems behavior, an indispensable "do-it-yourself" guide, with a blueprint for formulating predictive mathematical electrolyte models, recommended tabular values to use in these models, and annotated bibliographies. The final chapter is a general recipe for formulating complete predictive models for electrolytes, along with a series of worked illustrative examples. It can serve as a useful research and application tool for the practicing process engineer, and as a textbook for the chemical engineering student.
Publication date: 1999-09-27
Dewey code: 658.382
List Price: $99.95
Price: $35.00
Review Preparing for the Voluntary Protection Programs: Building Your Star Program / Wiley-Interscience:Building Your Star Program A step-by-step guide to the Voluntary Protection Programs The demand for information on the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) is rapidly expanding. Set up to promote excellence in safety and health management, this prestigious government program now boasts more than 400 participating worksites, with gains ranging from increased productivity to reduction in workplace injury and insurance costs. Written by a VPP expert and one of the original developers of the program at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), this timely "how-to" book gives safety and health professionals all the information they need to get into the VPP as well as renew their participation for years to come. The author clearly outlines the benefits of the program, offers advice on how to win support for it from both management and labor, and presents a complete set of tools for building a successful star program—one that meets all of the VPP criteria. Special features include:Step-by-step instructions to the VPP application and post-approval processA comprehensive "VPP Requirements Guide," containing requirements for OSHA and the Department of Energy (DOE) and an appendix detailing state differencesQuick, in-depth tests for assessing a worksite against the VPP requirementsAction checklists to help plan for onsite reviewsFirsthand accounts by successful applicants in participating worksitesInterviews with individuals who review applications and evaluate worksites.
Authors
- Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
- National Research Council
Dewey code: 355.82450973
List Price: $34.00
Price: $34.00
Review Recommendations for the Disposal of Chemical Agents and Munitions / National Academies Press:The U. S. Army's chemical stockpile is aging and gradually deteriorating. Its elimination has public, political, and environmental ramifications. The U. S. Department of Defense has designated the Department of the Army as the executive agent responsible for the safe, timely, and effective elimination of the chemical stockpile. This book provides recommendations on the direction the Army should take in pursuing and completing its Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program.
Creator: Richard Rogers
Publication date: 1993-07
List Price: $50.00
Price: $133.09
Review Chemical Reaction Hazards-A Guide / Butterworth-Heinemann:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2008-10-30
Dewey code: 658.4013
List Price: $49.95
Price: $35.51
Review Lean Six Sigma for the Office (Resource Management) / CRC:Historically, the integration of manufacturing methodologies into the office environment has proven to be problematic. Part of the difficulty lies in the fact that process workflows tend to be globally dispersed and thus rely heavily on information technology. But in complex service systems that contain a mix of employees, consultants, and technology, standardized protocols have been shown to reduce cycle time and transactional cost as well as improve quality. The successful application of Lean methodologies to improve process workflows is an efficient way to simplify operations and prevent mistakes. In Lean Six Sigma for the Office, Six Sigma guru James Martin presents proven modifications that can be deployed in offices, particularly those offices involved with global operations. Making use of Kaizen and Six Sigma concepts, along with Lean manufacturing principles, this book instructs managers on how they can improve operational efficiency and increase customer satisfaction. Theauthor brings experience gleaned from his application of these methodologies in a myriad of industries to create a practical and hands-on reference for the office environment. Using a detailed sequence of activities, including over 140 figures and tables as well as checklists and evaluation tools, he demonstrates how to realize the rapid improvement of office operations, and how to eliminate unnecessary tasks through value stream mapping (VSM). The book also emphasizes the importance of strategic alignment of Kaizen events and the impact of organizational culture on process improvement activities. Latter chapters in the book discuss key elements of a change model in the context of transitional improvements as they relate to the process owner and local work team. [+]By applying the proven principles found in this book, effective and sustainable organizational change can be accomplished, efficiency can be improved, and mistakes can be eliminated.
Creator: R.J. Buschart
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1991-10-31
Dewey code: 660.2815
List Price: $153.00
Price: $153.00
Review Electrical and Instrumentation Safety For Chemical Processes / Springer:Electrical and instrumentation safety considerations are generally complex and confusing. This practical, comprehensive resource shows chemical, electrical and safety engineers how to design, operate and maintain electrical and process control systems in compliance with national codes and regulations. Featuring a wealth of safety assurance tips and techniques from actual operating facilities, this book presents recommendations for effective documentation, training, audit inspection, accurate risk assessment and accident investigations. It covers issues of dust safety, lightning protection, and static electricity protection, and reviews developing international standards for harmonization and hazards classification. Moreover, the author examines applications of promising techniques such as expert systems, flow metering, critical interlock, intrinsic safety and European hazardous area practice.
Authors
- Ian Hymes; Warren Boydell
Dewey code: 660
List Price: $34.50
Price: $34.50
Review Thermal Radiation 2: The Physiological And Pathological Effects (Major Hazard Monograph) - IChemE (Major Hazard Monograph) / Inst of Chemical Engineers UK:When the human body is exposed to the thermal radiation from fires and fireballs in a major accident, damage ranges from the trivial to the horrendous. This text details what happens and how to mitigate effects.
Creator: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Publication date: 2001-12-05
Dewey code: 660
List Price: $69.95
Price: $69.95
Review List of MAK and BAT Values 2001: Maximum Concentrations and Biological Tolerance Values at the Workplace. Report No. 37 (MAK & BAT Values) / Wiley-VCH:MAK values (Maximum Concentrations at the Workplace) and BAT values (Biological Tolerance Values) promote the protection of health at the workplace. They are an efficient indicator for the toxic potential of chemical compounds. This book contains a list of scientifically recommended threshold limit values for more than 600 chemical compounds. Carcinogens, germ cell mutagens, embryotoxicants, sensitizing substances and those potentially bearing a risk to pregnancy are treated separately. The evaluations are revised annually by a commission of experts. The report is commendable reading for toxicologists, industrial physicians, chemists and for all involved in the establishment of health and safety regulations.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1998-03-28
Dewey code: 363
List Price: $23.99
Price: $74.00
Review Commercial Nuclear Power: Assuring Safety for the Future / BookSurge Publishing:This book provides everything we need to understand nuclear power. Written in easy-to-follow prose, it frankly describes the role that nuclear power could and should play in meeting our electrical energy needs. It disambiguates nuclear controversy from all sides of the nuclear debate and discusses the potential of energy production from other available fuels. It authenticates the energy policy decisions that each nation must make to address reaching the peak of oil supplies, while effectively dealing with societys' increasing energy consumption needs and associated environmental consequences. The authors are very astute at explaining the complexity of nuclear issues and reducing them to general terms for reader comprehension. They examine nuclear plant operations and the potential for accidents, dissect how nuclear accidents have occurred and outline how such events can be avoided in the future. They are well versed in the special problems of nuclear engineering and use their experience and expertise to show us how nuclear energy can be produced safely. They provide the necessary background to really grasp a clear perspective of the potential of nuclear energy and the vital elements of nuclear safety systems that prevent accidents. They discuss radioactive elements, including their decay properties and provide good background information on the basic physics involved in actual practice.
Creator: Peter Brandt
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-07
Dewey code: 664
List Price: $39.95
Price: $34.93
Review Reports on Food Safety 2005: Food Monitoring / Birkhäuser Basel:Food monitoring is a tool to recognize and avoid potential risks to consumers. While the states enforce food law primarily through suspicion and risk-based investigations, food monitoring is a system of repeated representative measurements and evaluations of undesirable substances and contaminants in foods. The food monitoring programme is a joint investigative programme by the German Federal Government and the federal states which is complementary to official food control as carried out by the states. This report provides the results of the analysis in 2005 of more than 5000 samples of 50 foods or food groups of domestic and foreign origin.
Authors
- National Research Council (U. S.)
Dewey code: 620
List Price: $39.75
Price: $35.35
Review Review of Toxicologic and Radiologic Risks to Military Personnel from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat / National Academies Press:Since the 1980s, the U. S. military has used depleted uranium in munitions and in protective armor on tanks. Depleted uranium is a toxic heavy metal and is weakly radioactive. Concerns have been raised about the adverse health effects from exposure to depleted uranium that is aerosolized during combat. Some think it may be responsible for illnesses in exposed veterans and civilians. These concerns led the Army to commission a book, "Depleted Uranium Aerosol Doses and Risks: Summary of U. S. Assessments", referred to as the Capstone Report that evaluates the health risks associated with depleted uranium exposure. This National Research Council book reviews the toxicologic, radiologic, epidemiologic, and toxicokinetic data on depleted uranium, and assesses the Army's estimates of health risks to personnel exposed during and after combat. [+]The book recommends that the Army re-evaluate the basis for some of its predictions about health outcomes at low levels of exposure, but, overall, the Capstone Report was judged to provide a reasonable characterization of the exposure and risks from depleted uranium.
Edition: 6
Publication date: 2008-05-06
Dewey code: 338
List Price: $61.95
Price: $34.98
Review Master Electrician’s Review: Based on the National Electrical Code 2008: 6th Edition (Master Electrician's Review) / Delmar Cengage Learning:The Master Electrician's Review has been greatly expanded and updated to reflect the 2008 edition of the National Electrical Code®. This study-guide provides journeyman electricians with a clear-cut route to acquiring all of the knowledge and professional expertise they need to become licensed master electricians. Realistic practice exams, plus a math refresher to update readers' skills in working with fractions, decimals, square roots and powers, are just the beginning. Each easy-to-understand chapter in this concise, yet comprehensive, study guide invites the reader to examine a specific topic on the master electrician licensing exam in detail-from general wiring methods and branch circuits through special conditions and communications systems. Each chapter also contains a large number of questions - styled like those that appear on actual exams - to lead readers quickly and efficiently to mastery of the content. The Master Electrician's Review study guide is a must-have when preparing for licensing exams as well as a convenient reference that can be used to solve the challenges of today's most complex electrical installations.
Authors
- Janet E. Robinson
- Paul S. Thompson
- W. David Conn
- L. Leon Geyer
Publication date: 1993-02-22
Dewey code: 604.7
List Price: $164.95
Price: $96.05
Review Issues in Underground Storage Tank Management UST Closure and Financial Assurance / CRC:Issues in Underground Storage Tank Management presents a comprehensive description of the many complex facets of hazardous waste management, tank closure, and site assessment. It is also the only book to cover financial assurance of UST remediation. Part I discusses UST closure including regulation, closure techniques, site assessment methods and data interpretation, waste disposal, contracting, and health and safety. The book's site assessment section covers such issues as field screening, analytical techniques, sample collection, and equipment decontamination. Part 2 covers financial assurance addressing UST financial responsibility, EPA financial responsibility regulations, use of insurance, use of state funds, and litigation and common law. Non-technical language is used throughout the book to present information in an easy-to-understand, readable fashion. Issues in Underground Storage Tank Management is an essential guide for UST owners, facility managers, environmental and hazardous waste consultants, federal and state environmental regulatory personnel, groundwater professionals, pollution engineers. It also has useful information for anyone involved in petroleum contamination assessment.
Creator: Organization for Economic Cooperation &
Publication date: 1993-05-15
Dewey code: 363.1929
Price: $19.00
Review Safety Evaluation of Foods Derived by Modern Biotechnology: Concepts and Principles / Organization for Economic Cooperation & Devel:Modern biotechnology broadens the scope of the genetic changes that can be made to food organisms, as well as the range of possible sources of food. This book elaborates scientific principles to be considered in making evaluations of new foods or food components based on a comparison with foods that have a safe history of use. The OECD Group of National Experts on Safety in Biotechnology has agreed that the most practical approach to determining the safety of foods derived by modern biotechnology is to consider whether they are "substantially equivalent" to analogous traditional food products. The case studies in this report illustrate the application of the concept of substantial equivalence.
Edition: 4
Publication date: 2004-01-01
Dewey code: 660.2995
List Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00
Review Hazards of Nitrogen and Safe Handling of Catalysts (Bp Process Safety Series) - IChemE / Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE):A member of the BP Process Safety Series developed as a complement to safety training, this text makes the perfect reference tool and training aid. The book increases the awareness, of operators within the chemical and process industries, to the hazards of nitrogen and potential hazards of using catalysts. It begins by describing nitrogen and the use of catalysts, its uses and properties, before pointing out the potential hazards. Using case studies of actual accidents to highlight the potential threats and explain the possible causes, it raises the knowledge and awareness of operators to the dangers of nitrogen and of using catalysts, enabling them to spot hazards before accidents occur. The book concludes with a self-test section allowing readers to test their understanding of the information presented. An excellent introduction to the topic for students.
Publication date: 2002-06-17
Dewey code: 615.951
List Price: $145.00
Price: $41.00
Review The Complete Book of Pesticide Management: Science, Regulation, Stewardship,and Communication / Wiley-Interscience:Pesticides provide myriad benefits but present a variety of risks. With definitive policies and requirements for pesticide review before a product enters the marketplace, with clear and precise labeling, and with good consumer education, however, pesticides can play an important role in maintaining the quality of life we enjoy. The Complete Book of Pesticide Management describes the step-by-step process by which industry and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency reach a consensus on the relative risk that pesticides pose to people, wildlife, and water. While most books only skim the risk assessment process or are too technical for practical application, The Complete Book of Pesticide Management is at once technically sound and easy to understand. Fred Whitfords authoritative text links scientific information developed from pesticide testing programs with the safety and precautionary language commonly found on product labels. It describes how to communicate pesticide benefits and risks to the public and provides information on how to select pesticides and protect the professionals handling these chemicals. Risk assessment and risk communication are emphasized throughout. Contents include:The Evolution of Pesticide Regulations: The Shift from Benefits to RisksEpidemiology: Validating Human Risk AssessmentsPesticide Labels: The Convergence of Science, Public Policy, and User ResponsibilityEnvironmental Site Assessments: Managing the Facility Against ContaminationPlanning for Emergencies: Preventing and Reacting to Emergencies in the WorkplaceEducating the Community and the Workforce About Hazardous ChemicalsEngineers, scientists, toxicologists, industrial hygienists, and extension and commercial application industry professionals, as well as students of these fields, will find The Complete Book of Pesticide Management to be an indispensable resource.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-08-06
Dewey code: 338
List Price: $60.95
Price: $37.00
Review Study Guide for the Firefighter Interview / Delmar Cengage Learning:The goal of this insightful book is to prepare aspiring and current firefighters for effective and professional fire department entrance interviews. Practical topics such as recommended attire, language choice, and appropriate responses prepare you for presenting in an interview, while topics such as formulating an answer, developing alternatives and options, and avoiding common interview errors help you face the challenges of the question and answer session. The book describes the importance of interview preparation and outlines several areas that require background knowledge and research. It also provides a framework to structure your overall preparation in order to avoid canned answers and emphasize your unique qualifications, leading to success in acquiring the job.
Creator: Richard P. Pohanish
Edition: 4th
Publication date: 2002-06-18
Dewey code: 615.902
List Price: $495.00
Price: $199.93
Review Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens 2 Volume Set (Sittig's Handbook of Toxic & Hazardous Chemicals & Carcinogens) (v. 1) / Noyes Publications:The fourth edition of this classic reference by Marshall Sittig presents concise chemical, health, and safety data for over 1,500 chemicals in the plastics, pharmaceutical/biotechnology, energy, cleaning solvents, agriculture and other industries. The chemicals are presented alphabetically and classified as a carcinogen, hazardous substance, hazardous waste, or toxic pollutant. Chemical data cover description, exposure limits, harmful effects, first aid, and storage among the other important information included to make appropriate response decisions. Highlights of the expanded information include:.
Creator: Emille Cole
Publication date: 2002-04-04
Dewey code: 639.8
List Price: $127.50
Price: $45.00
Review Public, Animal, and Environmental Aquaculture Health Issues / Wiley-Interscience:Aquaculture–farming aquatic plants and organisms–is one of the fastest growing sectors of agriculture, yet attention to aquaculture health concerns has not been equal to the rate of the industry’s expansion. Public, Animal, and Environmental Aquaculture Health Issues serves as a valuable guide to new enterprises, regulatory agencies, and government agencies that are concerned with safe, controlled aquaculture development. The majority of aquaculture products pose no significant health risk; however, like traditional farming operations, aquaculture has associated risks to employees, animals, the environment, and the consumer. This book addresses potential unanticipated risks from the perspectives of both industrialized and nonindustrialized countries, as well as how to mitigate these risks. Chapters include: - Status of World Fisheries and the Role of Aquaculture - Aquaculture Associated Public, Animal, and Environmental Health Issues in Nonindustrialized and Industrialized Countries - Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point and Aquaculture - Aquaculture and International Trade Regulations - Future Considerations of Global Aquaculture Aquaculture business owners, managers, producers, manufacturers, research and academic scientists, government officials, consultants, and food safety specialists will find Public, Animal, and Environmental Aquaculture Health Issues to be a valuable addition to their professional libraries.
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Hazardous Materials Response & Operations (Fire Science Series), Handbook of Aqueous Electrolyte Thermodynamics: Theory & Application, Preparing for the Voluntary Protection Programs: Building Your Star Program, Recommendations for the Disposal of Chemical Agents and Munitions, Chemical Reaction Hazards-A Guide, Lean Six Sigma for the Office (Resource Management), Electrical and Instrumentation Safety For Chemical Processes, Thermal Radiation 2: The Physiological And Pathological Effects (Major Hazard Monograph) - IChemE (Major Hazard Monograph), List of MAK and BAT Values 2001: Maximum Concentrations and Biological Tolerance Values at the Workplace. Report No. 37 (MAK & BAT Values), Commercial Nuclear Power: Assuring Safety for the Future, Reports on Food Safety 2005: Food Monitoring, Review of Toxicologic and Radiologic Risks to Military Personnel from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat, Master Electrician’s Review: Based on the National Electrical Code 2008: 6th Edition (Master Electrician's Review), Issues in Underground Storage Tank Management UST Closure and Financial Assurance, Safety Evaluation of Foods Derived by Modern Biotechnology: Concepts and Principles, Hazards of Nitrogen and Safe Handling of Catalysts (Bp Process Safety Series) - IChemE, The Complete Book of Pesticide Management: Science, Regulation, Stewardship,and Communication, Study Guide for the Firefighter Interview, Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens 2 Volume Set (Sittig's Handbook of Toxic & Hazardous Chemicals & Carcinogens) (v. 1), Public, Animal, and Environmental Aquaculture Health IssuesTop headlines: Panda attacks zoo visitor for third time: For the third time, Gu Gu the panda has attacked someone who climbed into its space, prompting officials at the Beijing Zoo to consider changes to keep visitors away from 240-pound animal. ›13:30 Burmese Battle Spiritual and Economic Ills: Businesses are struggling, prices are rising and residents are facing a spiritual crisis. 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