Author: Richard P. Pohanish
Edition: 6
Publisher: William Andrew
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1437778690
Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens, Sixth Edition
For more than a quarter century, Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens has proven to be among the most reliable, easy-to-use and essential reference works on hazardous materials. Medical books Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens, Sixth Edition. Sittig's 5th Edition remains the lone comprehensive work providing a vast array of critical information on the 2,100 most heavily used, transported, and regulated chemical substances of both occupational and environmental concern.
Information is the most vital resource anyone can have when dealing with potential hazardous substance accidents or acts of terror. Sittig's provides extensive data for each of the 2,100 chemicals in a uniform format, enabling fast and accurate decisions in any situation. The chemicals are presented alphabetically and classified as a carcinogen, hazardous substance, hazardous waste, or toxic pollutant Medical books .
Medical Book Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens, Sixth Edition
Sittig's 5th Edition remains the lone comprehensive work providing a vast array of critical information on the 2,100 most heavily used, transported, and regulated chemical substances of both occupational and environmental concern.
Information is the most vital resource anyone can have when dealing with potential hazardous substance accidents or acts of terror. Sittig's provides extensive data for each of the 2,100 chemicals in a uniform format, enabling fast and accurate decisions in any situation. The chemicals are presented alphabetically and classified as a carcinogen, hazardous substance, hazardous waste, or toxic pollutant. This new edition contains extensively expanded information in all 28 fields for each chemical (see table of contents) and has been updated to keep pace with world events. Chemicals classified as WMD have been included in the new edition as has more information frequently queried by first responders and frontline industrial safety personnel.
- Sittig's Handbook is a globally recognized reference source, providing full listings of the 2,000 most common hazardous chemicals - making it the essential handbook for first-line response to chemical spills and day-to-day chemical plant reference.
- Entries have a full range of synonyms for each chemical, including trade names, to avoid confusion and enable quick and accurate location of the right information.
- Authoritative and frequently updated, Sittig provides a fully accurate source of information that engineers and emergency response services look to as a highly dependable reference both for emergencies and day-to-day engineering decisions.
Excerpt from the Preface of Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens, Sixth Edition
"Commercial chemical incidents occur tens of thousands of times each year, often with devastating and exorbitantly expensive consequences. They are indiscriminate in their effects. Workers, companies, the public, emergency response organizations, and all levels of government pay the figurative and literal price. Yet, until now and with few exceptions, chemical incidents have been invisible. Perhaps it is due to their pervasiveness, or to the common tendency to overlook what is taken for granted." This quote is from the highly publicized 600K Report prepared by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-legislative US government agency. The CSB described our nation's lack of definitive knowledge of the "big picture" surrounding chemical incidents as "...the industrial equivalent of two 737 airplanes 'crashing' year after year, killing all passengers (256 people) without anyone seeming to notice. Read a sample section about the exposure risks and appropriate first aid responses for chemicals from Bacitracin to Barium sulfate (PDF).
"Commercial chemical incidents occur tens of thousands of times each year, often with devastating and exorbitantly expensive consequences. They are indiscriminate in their effects. Workers, companies, the public, emergency response organizations, and all levels of government pay the figurative and literal price. Yet, until now and with few exceptions, chemical incidents have been invisible. Perhaps it is due to their pervasiveness, or to the common tendency to overlook what is taken for granted." This quote is from the highly publicized 600K Report prepared by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-legislative US government agency. The CSB described our nation's lack of definitive knowledge of the "big picture" surrounding chemical incidents as "...the industrial equivalent of two 737 airplanes 'crashing' year after year, killing all passengers (256 people) without anyone seeming to notice. Read a sample section about the exposure risks and appropriate first aid responses for chemicals from Bacitracin to Barium sulfate (PDF).
