Chemicals in household products: Problems with solutions

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 889-901

  Glegg, Gillian A ^a   Richards, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemicals regulation; Environmental pollution; Green consumer; Household products; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GREEN CONSUMERS; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

EUROPEAN UNION; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGULATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; POLLUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; WATER QUALITY;

AWARENESS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOCUS GROUPS; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 36549010020     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-007-9022-1     Document Type: Article

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