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Chemical emergencies: Evaluation of guidelines for risk identification, assessment, and management
Abstract In the wake of tragic accidents in Italy, India, Mexico City, and elsewhere, the Council of European Communities, the International Labour Organisation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the World Bank have each issued guidelines for identifying, assessing, and managing risks from major hazards at industrial facilities. These guidelines are examined and compared. All treat the general problem in similar ways. Presence of a specific compound exceeding that thought to present a potential hazard to public health triggers further action. But, there are different “threshold quantities” among these guidelines due to different interpretations about such factors as toxicity and dispersive potential. A problem common to all guidelines is their failure to deal quantitatively with probabilities of accidents. Development of additional screening methods is recommended.
Chemical emergencies: Evaluation of guidelines for risk identification, assessment, and management
Abstract In the wake of tragic accidents in Italy, India, Mexico City, and elsewhere, the Council of European Communities, the International Labour Organisation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the World Bank have each issued guidelines for identifying, assessing, and managing risks from major hazards at industrial facilities. These guidelines are examined and compared. All treat the general problem in similar ways. Presence of a specific compound exceeding that thought to present a potential hazard to public health triggers further action. But, there are different “threshold quantities” among these guidelines due to different interpretations about such factors as toxicity and dispersive potential. A problem common to all guidelines is their failure to deal quantitatively with probabilities of accidents. Development of additional screening methods is recommended.
Chemical emergencies: Evaluation of guidelines for risk identification, assessment, and management
Morris, S.C. (Autor:in) / Moskowitz, P.D. (Autor:in) / Fthnakis, V.M. (Autor:in) / Hamilton, L.D. (Autor:in)
Environmental International ; 13 ; 305-310
06.07.1987
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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