The use of chemicals in any workplace in the developed world is governed bystringent health safety and environmental legislation and companies spendsignificant ... » 

The use of chemicals in any workplace in the developed world is governed bystringent health safety and environmental legislation and companies spendsignificant amounts of time and money assessing the risks associated with thehandling and use of chemicals. In practice those risk assessments aregenerally carried out by a range of competent people be it the corporatesafety manager the RD chemist or the manufacturing unit manager. This bookwill guide those personnel in the understanding interpretation and applicationof toxicological and ecotoxicological information supplied on a materialsafety data sheet when planning the safe handling and use of chemicals.This volume is directed at corporate health safety officers and safetymanagers RD chemists process chemists and engineers and manufacturing unitmanagers supervisors in the pharmaceutical industry and the bulk fine andspecialty chemicals industries. «