MCGRAW-HILL PROFESSIONAL Genium's Handbook of Health, Safety & Environmental Data

Product Description Now for the first time health and safety professionals can get the quickest source on chemicals from McGraw-Hill, the leader in handbook publishing. Better than the more expensive Sax's "Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials", the more affordable "Genium's" focuses on the 5,600 chemicals most commonly referred to and recognized as hazardous. "Genium's" easy-to-use features include alphabetized entries for each chemical with synonyms, physical properties, and uses. Also included are extensive data regarding human health hazards, ectoxicity, carcinogenity, exposure limits, odor thresholds, pH values and regulations, and methods for cleanup disposal and analysis. Synopsis Now for the first time health and safety professionals can get the quickest source on chemicals from McGraw-Hill, the leader in handbook publishing. Better than the more expensive Sax's "Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials", the more affordable "Genium's" focuses on the 5,600 chemicals most commonly referred to and recognized as hazardous. "Genium's" easy-to-use features include alphabetized entries for each chemical with synonyms, physical properties, and uses. Also included are extensive data regarding human health hazards, ectoxicity, carcinogenity, exposure limits, odor thresholds, pH values and regulations, and methods for cleanup disposal and analysis. From the Back Cover The ULTIMATE Environmental, Health, and Safety Reference. this indispensable Handbook is the fast, authoritative source of information on dangerous chemicals that professional in EH&S need. Covering more than 4,500 of the most common hazardous materials, it puts both environmental and health & safety data at your fingertips. The Handbook's six indices help you quickly locate the desired chemical profile. The chemical profile contains pictographic quick references and a detailed compilation of hard-to-find data, organized into five easy-to-read sections. It quickly provides the information needed to answer questions and meet compliance requirements. The Handbook gives you: A comprehensive health, safety, and environmental profile for 4,500+ hazardous chemicals. Index to chemicals by 87,000 material names, as well as indices by chemical formula, CAS, RTECS, DOT, and EINECs numbers. Quick-read pictograms of health and physical hazards. Ecotoxicity data. cleanup and disposal methods. Respirator recommendations. Regulation listings. And much more. Replacing tedious searches through multiple scattered databases and cumbersome, expensive, incomplete printed references, the Handbook puts in your hands the answers you need, right now. This essential reference for health, safety, and environmental professionals is a tool for our time, and for the future. About the Author The Genium Company is a world leader in publishing environmental health and safety information. For this Handbook, Genium collected information from the world's most up-to-date, authoritative references and databases.