Title Toxicants in food packaging and household plastics exposure and health : exposure and health risks to consumers / Suzanne M. Snedeker, editor

Published London : Humana Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Molecular and integrative toxicology Molecular and integrative toxicology. Contents Human Health Effects of Bisphenol A -- Phthalates in Food Packaging, Consumer Products, and Indoor Environments -- Brominated Flame Retardants and Their Replacements in Food Packaging and Household Products -- Uses, Human Exposure, and Health Effects -- Nanoparticles in Polymer Nanocomposite Food Contact Materials -- Uses, Potential Release, and Emerging Toxicological Concerns -- The Alkylphenols Nonylphenol and Octylphenol in Food Contact Materials and Household Products -- Exposure and Health Risk Considerations -- Benzophenone UV-Photoinitiators Used in Food Packaging -- Potential for Human Exposure and Health Risk Considerations -- Perfluorinated Compounds in Food Contact Materials -- Antimony in Food Contact Materials and Household Plastics -- Uses, Exposure and Health Risk Considerations -- Lead in Household Products -- Methylnaphthalene in Food Packaging and Cadmium in Food Packaging and Household Items -- Overview of Exposure, Toxicology, Regulatory Aspects, and Research Needs -- Food Contact Materials: Practices, Agencies and Challenges. Summary This book serves as a comprehensive resource on toxicants that can be released from food packaging materials and household plastics. Chapters include sources and levels of chemical exposure, known and suspected health effects and the identification of data gaps with recommendations for further research Analysis endocrinologie endocrinology voedselwetenschappen food sciences farmacologie pharmacology toxicologie toxicology chemische proceskunde chemical engineering biomedische wetenschappen biomedicine neoplasms gezondheid en milieu environmental health Medicine (General) Geneeskunde (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Plastics -- Toxicology Food -- Packaging -- Toxicology MEDICAL -- Pharmacology. Plastics -- Toxicology Form Electronic book Author Snedeker, Suzanne Mary, editor. ISBN 9781447165002 1447165004

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