Acrolein

This book evaluates the risk to human health and the environment posed by exposures to Acrolein. Acrolein is a clear, colorless liquid with an intensively acrid odor. It is released to the atmosphere as a product of fermentation and ripening processes. It is also emitted by forest fires as a product of incomplete combustion. In Canada acrolein is used mainly as an aquatic herbicide in irrigation canals and as a microbiocide in water produced during oil exploration. Based upon studies conducted primarily in laboratory animals, adverse health effects associated with exposure to acrolein are mostly confined to the tissue of first contact (i.e. the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts after inhalation and ingestion respectively), and are concentration related.Gomes, R. is the author of 'Acrolein', published 2002 under ISBN 9789241530439 and ISBN 924153043X.