04233nam 22007694a 450 991097103270332120251017110102.09786612081446978030917458903091745899781282081444128208144697803095044610309504465(CKB)110986584753512(EBL)3375357(SSID)ssj0000285391(PQKBManifestationID)11235499(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285391(PQKBWorkID)10278560(PQKB)11436532(MiAaPQ)EBC3375357(Au-PeEL)EBL3375357(CaPaEBR)ebr10038630(CaONFJC)MIL208144(OCoLC)923255812(Perlego)4734244(DNLM)968912(BIP)47416110(EXLCZ)9911098658475351220000607d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWaste incineration & public health /Committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Pressc20001 online resource (364 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780309063715 030906371X Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Scope of the Committee�s Effort""; ""2 Waste Incineration Overview""; ""3 Incineration Processes and Environmental Releases""; ""4 Environmental Transport and Exposure Pathways of Substances Emitted from Incineration Facilities""; ""5 Understanding Health Effects of Incineration""; ""6 Regulation Related to Waste Incineration""; ""7 Social Issues and Community Interactions""; ""8 Uncertainty and Variability""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""""APPENDIX A Biographical Information on the Committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration""""APPENDIX B Off-Normal Operations of Six Facilities""; ""List of Abbreviations""Incineration has been used widely for waste disposal, including household, hazardous, and medical waste--but there is increasing public concern over the benefits of combusting the waste versus the health risk from pollutants emitted during combustion. Waste Incineration and Public Health informs the emerging debate with the most up-to-date information available on incineration, pollution, and human health--along with expert conclusions and recommendations for further research and improvement of such areas as risk communication. The committee provides details on: Processes involved in incineration and how contaminants are released. Environmental dynamics of contaminants and routes of human exposure. Tools and approaches for assessing possible human health effects. Scientific concerns pertinent to future regulatory actions. The book also examines some of the social, psychological, and economic factors that affect the communities where incineration takes place and addresses the problem of uncertainty and variation in predicting the health effects of incineration processes.Waste incineration and public healthHazardous wastesIncinerationHealth aspectsHealth risk assessmentIncinerationHealth aspectsMedical wastesIncinerationPollution preventionHazardous wastesIncinerationHealth aspects.Health risk assessment.IncinerationHealth aspects.Medical wastesIncineration.Pollution prevention.363.72/87National Research Council (U.S.).Committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971032703321Waste incineration & public health879578UNINA