Hazardous Waste Incineration Evaluating the Human Health and Environmental Risks

About this book

Hazardous Waste Incineration: Evaluating the Human Health and Environmental Risks summarizes recent research by experts in the United States. Commissioned in part by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, this volume compiles reports and observations from specialists of various fields. Fourteen chapters respond to the key questions posed by the researchers: What is known about existing hazardous waste incinerators, and their impacts on human health? Can the impacts of a proposed facility be evaluated before it is built, and if so, how? What is the regulatory compliance record of existing commercial hazardous waste incinerators? What methods can be used to monitor a facility's impacts after it is built?

Contents

Fundamentals of Hazardous Waste Incineration.- Characterization of Potential Emissions from Hazardous Waste Incinerators and Related Facilities.- Physical, Chemical and Toxicological Characteristics of Emissions from Hazardous Waste Incinerators and Related Facilities.- Modeling the Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Waste Incinerator Emissions.- Methods for Health Risk Assessment of Combustion Mixtures.- Ecological Risk Assessment for Hazardous Waste Incineration .- Evaluation of the Literature Regarding Ecological Effects of Hazardous Waste Incinerators and Related Facilities.- Risk Assessment for Hazardous Waste Incineration: A Case Study.- Environmental Monitoring for Effects of Hazardous Waste Incineration.- Evaluation of Epidemiologic Studies on the Human Health Effects Associated With Hazardous Waste Incineration Facilities.- The Role of Epidemiology in Evaluating Potential Public Health Consequences of Hazardous Waste Incineration.- Medical Monitoring for Human Health Impacts from Hazardous Waste Incineration.- Quantitative Uncertainty Analysis. Regulatory Compliance Within the U.S. Commercial Hazardous Waste Incineration Industry.-

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