T. S. S. Dikshith & Prakash V. Diwan 
Industrial Guide to Chemical and Drug Safety 

Exposure to a wide variety of chemicals and drugs has become common
in industrial, laboratory, and even household environments.
Fortunately, global understanding and consequently global safety
standards regarding the management of toxic and hazardous
substances are fast approaching uniformity. The methods of
handling, use, transportation, storage, and disposal in particular
are moving toward standardization. As these protocols involving
chemicals and drugs continue to cross international borders,
students and professionals need a reliable resource to ensure they
observe appropriate safety standards. The Industrial Guide to
Chemical and Drug Safety covers not only current standards, but
also a wealth of information on toxins to help regulatory bodies
develop new protocols.

Written in an accessible narrative style, the Guide covers
chemicals by key classes such as solvents, pesticides, and metals,
and also by key industries such as drugs, food additives, plastics,
cosmetics, detergents, and soaps. The book explains the beneficial
and harmful aspects of a broad range of materials to which
students, trainees, skilled workers, managers, and personnel
associated with regulatory agencies are exposed, with the purpose
of helping them avoid the illnesses associated with the misuse of
chemicals and drugs. Chapters include:

-Heavy Metals

-Pesticides

-Industrial Solvents

-Industrial Gases and Fumes

-Drugs

-Target Organ Toxicity

-Disposal of Hazardous Chemicals

-Guidance to Students and Workers

-Good Laboratory Practice

Table of Content

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction to Chemical and Drug Safety.

Principles of Toxicity and Safety.

Heavy Metals.

Organochlorine Pesticides.

Organophosphorus Pesticides.

Herbicides and Fungicides.

Carbamates.

Synthetic Pyrethroids, Fumigants, and Rodenticides.

Industrial Solvents.

Food Additives and Food Contaminants.

Industrial Gases and Fumes.

Drugs: Discovery and Development.

Drugs and Human Diseases.

Nonmedical Use of Drugs.

Drugs and Pharmaceuticals: Safety Considerations.

Target Organ Toxicity.

Disposal of Hazardous Chemicals.

Good Laboratory Practice.

Safety Evaluation: Methods and Procedures.

Guidance for Laboratory Students and Occupational
Workers.

Appendices.

Glossary.

Index.

About the author

Turuvekere Subrahmanya Shanmukha DIKSHITH, Ph D, was the head of The
Pesticide Toxicology Division, Industrial Toxicology Research
Centre, (CSIR), Lucknow, and later director of the Toxicology
Research Laboratory, VIMTA Labs Ltd., Hyderabad, India. He is
presently the Consultant, Pharmacology Division, Indian Institute
for Chemical Technology (CSIR), Hyderabad, India. He is a member of
the World Health Organization Task Group on Environmental Health
Criteria Documents and the International Program on Chemical
Safety. He is also the editor of Toxicology of Pesticides in
Animals, and author of Safety Evaluation of Environmental
Chemicals.

PRAKASH V. DIWAN, Ph D, is the Deputy Director, Pharmacology
Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR),
Hyderabad, India. He has been elected as a Fellow of the Andhra
Pradesh Academy of Sciences.