Environmental Exposure - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Work to save dose: contrasting effective dose rates from radon exposure in workplaces and residences against the backdrop of public and occupational regulatory limits.

30 Aug 2009 Office workers are exposed to radon while at work and at home. Though there are a multitude of studies reporting radon concentrations and potential lung and effective doses associated with radon progeny exposure in homes, similar studies in non-mine ... Read more...

Dental devices: classification of dental amalgam, reclassification of dental mercury, designation of special controls for dental amalgam, mercury, and amalgam alloy. Final rule.

2 Aug 2009 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule classifying dental amalgam into class II, reclassifying dental mercury from class I to class II, and designating a special control to support the class II classifications of these two ... Read more...

Formaldehyde in China: production, consumption, exposure levels, and health effects.

7 Jul 2009 Formaldehyde, an economically important chemical, is classified as a human carcinogen that causes nasopharyngeal cancer and probably leukemia. As China is the largest producer and consumer of formaldehyde in the world, the Chinese population is ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Environmental Exposure - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Work to save dose: contrasting effective dose rates from radon exposure in workplaces and residences against the backdrop of public and occupational regulatory limits. 30 Aug 2009
• Dental devices: classification of dental amalgam, reclassification of dental mercury, designation of special controls for dental amalgam, mercury, and amalgam alloy. Final rule. 2 Aug 2009
• Reach and the obligations of the chemical industry. 30 Jul 2009
• A sickening situation. 11 Jul 2009
• Formaldehyde in China: production, consumption, exposure levels, and health effects. 7 Jul 2009
• Federal environmental legislation in the U.S. for protection of wildlife and regulation of environmental contaminants. 26 Jun 2009
• Healthy communities: reducing cancer risks. 30 May 2009
• Radiation regulation changes advised. 29 Apr 2009
• A systematic review of US state environmental legislation and regulation with regards to the prevention of neurodevelopmental disabilities and asthma. 24 Mar 2009
• Better living through chemistry. 27 Feb 2009
• Contamination versus preservation of cosmetics: a review on legislation, usage, infections, and contact allergy. 30 Jan 2009
• Collegium Ramazzini statement on the control of pesticides in the European Union: a call for action to protect human health. 30 Jan 2009
• [System of biocide products control in Poland] 30 Dec 2008
• [Consequences of changed regulations on the protection of the environment against the influence of the 50 Hz magnetic field] 30 Dec 2008
• The concentration of no toxicologic concern (CoNTC) and airborne mycotoxins. 30 Dec 2008
• Home smoking bans and secondhand smoke exposure in Mexico and the US. 23 Dec 2008
• Lead contamination of inexpensive seasonal and holiday products. 15 Dec 2008
• Letter to the editor in response to Forristal et al.: Improving the quality of risk assessments in Canada using a principle-based approach, regulatory toxicology and pharmacology 50 (2008) 336-344. 8 Dec 2008
• Protective values for soil lead with respect to child health: a critique of UK guidelines. 29 Nov 2008
• REACH, non-testing approaches and the urgent need for a change in mind set. 23 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Environmental Exposure'

Definition: The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals.

Descriptor UI: D004781

Alternative terms: Environmental Exposure; Exposure, Environmental; Environmental Exposures; Exposures, Environmental;

Related Mesh Headings: Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollutants; Occupational Exposure; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity; Environmental Illness; Persian Gulf Syndrome;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; analysis; classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; standards; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N06.850.460.350;

History Note: 74(67)

Technical Notes: may or may not result in a disease; coord IM with specific substance (IM); DF: ENVIR EXPOSURE