The Search for Safer and Greener Chemical Solvents in Surface Cleaning

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Contents of Book

• The Problem (How Clean Is Clean?) and The Hypothesis (Will a New Tool Assist Cleaning Practioners?)
• The Evolution, Exposure Consequences and Regulation of Cleaning Solvents
• No-Clean Surfaces and Non-Volatile Organic and Water-Based Cleaners
• Designing Test Forms and Using Surface Inspection Techniques
• Designing Test Protocols and Scaling-Up Cleaning Processes
• Non-Aqueous Cleaning Alternatives: Blasting and Extracting Methods
• The Role of Existing Databases and Standards
• The Proposed Tool for Environmental Decision-Making: A New, Interactive Web-Based Matrix
• The Future of Industrial Cleaning and Related Public Policy-Making: Topics Range from Ionic Liquids and Hormesis to Endocrine Disruption and the Precautionary Principle
• About the Author and this Ph.D. Thesis, Completed for Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands in Conjunction with the University of Massachusetts Lowell's Toxics Use Reduction Institute

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