Waste Incineration and Public Health

National Research Council, Commission on Life Sciences, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

334 Seiten

2000
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-06371-5 (ISBN)

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Provides details on topics such as processes involved in incineration and scientific concerns pertinent to regulatory actions. This book examines some of the social, psychological, and economic factors that affect the communities where incineration takes place and addresses the problem of predicting the health effects of incineration processes.

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Executive Summary
Scope of the Committee's Effort
Waste Incineration Overview
Incineration Processes and Environmental Releases
Environmental Transport and Exposure Pathways of Substances Emitted from Incineration Facilities
Understanding Health Effects of Incineration
Regulation Related to Waste Incineration
Social Issues and Community Interactions
Uncertainty and Variability
References
Appendix A: Biographical Information on the Committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration
Appendix B: Off-Normal Operations of Six Facilities
List of Abbreviations
Index

Committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 Scope of the Committee's Effort; 4 Waste Incineration Overview; 5 Incineration Processes and Environmental Releases; 6 Environmental Transport and Exposure Pathways of Substances Emitted from Incineration Facilities; 7 Understanding Health Effects of Incineration; 8 Regulation Related to Waste Incineration; 9 Social Issues and Community Interactions; 10 Uncertainty and Variability; 11 References; 12 Appendix A: Biographical Information on the Committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration; 13 Appendix B: Off-Normal Operations of Six Facilities; 14 List of Abbreviations; 15 Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.10.2000
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	0-309-06371-X / 030906371X
ISBN-13	978-0-309-06371-5 / 9780309063715
Zustand	Neuware