Personal Care Products and Human Health
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Personal Care Products and Human Health

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
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Personal Care Products and Human Health

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About This Book

Personal Care Products and Human Health provides background, historical context and the latest research results on personal care products (PCPs) and their impact on human health and the environment. Sections provide an overview of the functions and mechanisms of action of components of personal care products, discuss environmental toxicology, outline the problems of contamination of water systems from increasing use of personal care products and the resulting toxicities to aquatic wildlife, and offer chapters written by specialists on different aspects of concern for the effects of excessive personal care product usage on human health.

This is a comprehensive reference for toxicologists, environment scientists and those interested in learning about the science behind personal care products and current concerns for environmental and human health.

  • Provides an overview of the mechanisms of action of components used in personal care products
  • Reviews environmental contamination arising from increasing use of personal care products
  • Examines concerns for human health arising from increasing use of personal care products

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Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780323996853
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Toxicology

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Section 1. Introduction to the constituents of PCPs and their functions
  8. Section 2. Environmental monitoring and human exposure
  9. Section 3. Human health concerns
  10. Section 4. Regulatory considerations
  11. Index