Regulating Chemical Accumulation in the Environment
Subtitle: The Integration of Toxicology and Economics in Environmental Policy-making
Contributors: Timothy M. Swanson (Editor); Marco Vighi (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521593106
Subjects: Environmental chemistry; Pollution & threats to the environment; Environmental toxicology; Environmental Science; Political Science; Environmental Studies; Nature/Ecology; Public Affairs & Administration; Science / Environmental Science; Environmental Policy; Economic aspects
First sentence: In July 1980 the European Commission issued a Directive on drinking-water quality (80/778/EEC) setting a maximum admissible concentration for 71 distinct parameters.