Book description
The book describes practical procedures for the destruction of
hazardous chemicals and biological agents in the laboratory in which
they are used. The book is a continuation and expansion of “Destruction
of Hazardous Chemicals in the Laboratory.” It follows the same general
approach as the first and second editions but includes a number of new
chapters including one on using advanced oxidation techniques as a
general means of degrading chemicals. All the monographs from the second
edition are incorporated in this volume and are revised and extended as
necessary. A number of new monographs describing procedures for the
destruction of hazardous chemicals have also been added.
The destruction of many pharmaceuticals is also described in this
book. This subject has become of increasing importance with recent
reports of the detection of pharmaceuticals in the water supply.
Finally a new addition is the chapter “General Methods for the
Destruction of Hazardous Chemicals in the Laboratory.” This chapter
describes recent advanced oxidation methods that should be generally
applicable to all organic compounds. The methods use commonly
available laboratory equipment and reagents.
George Lunn, PhD, has been working as a review chemist for the
FDA's Office of New Drug Quality Assessment since 1996. Previously, he
was a senior research scientist in the Environmental Control and
Research Program at the NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development
Center. He has written nine books and over sixty papers and review articles.
Eric B. Sansone, PhD, was the director of the Environmental
Control and Research Program at the NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and
Development Center until his retirement. He has also worked as a
consultant in industrial hygiene and air pollution control for a
widely diversified group of industries, law firms, universities, and
governmental agencies. He has published many articles on the
assessment of risk in cancer research.
