Calculated Risks: Understanding the Toxicity and Human Health Risks of Chemicals in our Environment, by Joseph V. Rodricks [Review]

Abstract

Public concern regarding environmental pollution and chemicals present in foods, consumer products, and the work place is at an all time high. Whilst there is widespread awareness, confusion still reigns, aggravated by conflicting reports concerning carcinogens in food and drinking water, or about chemicals present in medicines and household products that may cause birth defects. The effort to understand how these pollutantsand chemical products may harm human health is led by scientists in the disciplines of toxicology, epidemiology and risk assessment.