Waste Incineration and Public Health
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Waste Incineration and Public Health

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eBook - ePub

Waste Incineration and Public Health

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About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2000
eBook ISBN
9780309174589
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
  3. COMMITTEE ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF WASTE INCINERATION
  4. BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY
  5. COMMISSION ON LIFE SCIENCES
  6. OTHER REPORTS OF THE BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY
  7. Preface
  8. Contents
  9. Executive Summary
  10. 1 Scope of the Committee’s Effort
  11. 2 Waste Incineration Overview
  12. 3 Incineration Processes and Environmental Releases
  13. 4 Environmental Transport and Exposure Pathways of Substances Emitted from Incineration Facilities
  14. 5 Understanding Health Effects of Incineration
  15. 6 Regulation Related to Waste Incineration
  16. 7 Social Issues and Community Interactions
  17. 8 Uncertainty and Variability
  18. References
  19. Appendixes
  20. List of Abbreviations
  21. Index