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and environmental damage, thus maintaining and increasing public confidence in
the chemical and process industry. Society highly benefits from chemical products
in all areas of life, but will only continue to accept them when the highest standards
are applied. This book lays the foundation for protecting people and the environment
by preventing damage from chemical products and processes.
I thank Professor Hungerbühler, the coauthors, and all contributors from the ETH
Zurich Safety and Environmental Technology Group for this invaluable textbook,
and I hope that it will help attain the goal of educating the next generations of
professionals on how to design safe and environmentally responsible chemical
products and processes for the benefit of society.
Group Chief Officer
Dr. Peter Schnurrenberger
Safety, Security, Health, and Environmental Protection
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
4002 Basel, Switzerland
January 2021
Foreword
and environmental damage, thus maintaining and increasing public confidence in
the chemical and process industry. Society highly benefits from chemical products
in all areas of life, but will only continue to accept them when the highest standards
are applied. This book lays the foundation for protecting people and the environment
by preventing damage from chemical products and processes.
I thank Professor Hungerbühler, the coauthors, and all contributors from the ETH
Zurich Safety and Environmental Technology Group for this invaluable textbook,
and I hope that it will help attain the goal of educating the next generations of
professionals on how to design safe and environmentally responsible chemical
products and processes for the benefit of society.
Group Chief Officer
Dr. Peter Schnurrenberger
Safety, Security, Health, and Environmental Protection
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
4002 Basel, Switzerland
January 2021