This book introduces readers to the science of risk assesment as applied to food safety and offers relevant, current information on research and statistics, chemicals, biotechnology issues, and emerging diseases that challange the risk assesment strategies of toxicology and microbiology.

Not only does this book investigate the potential of health consequences of pesticides, food additives and drugs, it shows the difference between the real risks and the phantom risk (fallacies in the public perception) by demonstrating how science can be applied to make actual risk assesments.

Features:

• Food security and the world of bioterrorism
• Toxicity of natural compounds and artificial additives in foods
• Toxicology of pesticides in food
• Issues of biotechnology and genetically modified food

Contents:

1. Probability-The Language of Science and Change
2. Dose Makes the Difference
3. The Pesticide Threat
4. Veggie and Fruit Consumption in the Age of the Centenarians
5. Chemicals Present in Natural Foods
6. Risk and Regulations
7. Some Real Issues in Chemical Toxicology
8. Milk is Good for You
9. Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Foods: The Invasion of the Killer Corn or New Veggies to the Rescue
10. Food Security and the World of Bioterrorism
11. The Future

Index

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