Most people associate fluoride with the practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies for the prevention of tooth decay. However, fluoride can also enter public water systems from…

Summarizes a September 2003 workshop where leaders from academia, government and industry came together to discuss the state of scientific understanding on quantifying direct human-induced change in terrestrial carbon stocks…

From the use of personal products to our consumption of food, water, and air, people are exposed to a wide array of agents each day-many with the potential to affect…

Besides accidental atmospheric releases from industrial sites, energy facilities, and vehicles transporting hazardous materials, communities also worry about the terrorist threat of the intentional use of chemical, biological, and nuclear…

Recognising the possibility and consequences of intentional threats directed at US agriculture, this book feels such attacks could come from foreign or domestic terrorists and use biological, chemical, or radiological…

The Committee on Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) was charged with monitoring work and experimental results related to the Dosimetry System 1986 (DS86) used by RERF to…

Risk assessment has become a dominant public policy tool for making choices, based on limited resources, to protect public health and the environment. This book embeds various concepts and conduct…

Theory is an integral part of all biological research. By examining how theory can help biologists answer questions like ‘What are the engineering principles of life?’ or ‘How do cells…