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Environmental Site Assessment Phase I
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 139.95Extensively updated to reflect the most recent changes to the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule (the "Rule") and the ASTM Environmental Site Assessment Standard (the "Standard"), Environmental Site Assessment Phase 1, Third Edition provides a valuable guide to the techniques of performing Phase 1 site assessment. Promoting a better... more...
Toxic Burn
University of Minnesota Press 2007; US$ 60.00Toxic Burn is a gripping account of the activist movement against the imposing WTI incinerator in the rust belt town of East Liverpool, Ohio. Thomas Shevory tells the story of building, maintaining, and resisting the incinerator and shows that the actions of determined citizens are essential to developing new environmental models and saving the lives... more...
Methods and Techniques for Cleaning-up Contaminated Sites
Springer 2008; US$ 219.00Soil and groundwater pollution caused by contaminants including petroleum hydrocarbons, represents a serious threat to the environment in NATO and NATO Partner countries. Solutions are needed that represent practical alternatives to costly remedial strategies yet still yield benefits to site managers. This publication comprises the presentations made... more...
Decision Support Systems for Risk-Based Management of Contaminated Sites
Springer 2008; US$ 99.99Addresses decision making in environmental risk management for contaminated sites, focusing on the potential role of decision support systems in informing the management of chemical pollutants and their effects. This book provides an analysis of the main steps and tools for the development of decision support systems. more...
Waste Immobilization in Glass and Ceramic Based Hosts
Wiley 2010; US$ 180.00The safe storage in glass-based materials of both radioactive and non-radioactive hazardous wastes is covered in a single book, making it unique Provides a comprehensive and timely reference source at this critical time in waste management, including an extensive and up-to-date bibliography in all areas outlined to waste conversion and related technologies,... more...
Toxic Chemicals
CRC Press 2010; US$ 94.95Written to help readers understand the relative toxic impacts of chemicals used in creating and maintaining consumer and industrial products, this reference proposes a program to modify the existing toxics inventory program to better quantify the risks. It also advocates a program that would help to prioritize and reduce the toxicity of chemicals used.... more...
Polychlorinated Biphenyls: Human Health Aspects
World Health Organization 2003; US$ 21.00This book evaluates the effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) on human health. PCBs are synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds that have been produced and used in plasticizers surface coatings inks dielectric fluids and so on. Since PCBs accumulate in the food-chain and persist in the environment they are designated by the Stockholm Convention... more...
Destruction of Hazardous Chemicals in the Laboratory
Wiley 2012; US$ 125.00The book describes practical procedures for the destruction of hazardous chemicals and biological agents in the laboratory in which they are used. The book is a continuation and expansion of “Destruction of Hazardous Chemicals in the Laboratory.” It follows the same general approach as the first and second editions but includes a number... more...
Hazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters, and Environmental Health Risks
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 95.00The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline with an increasing volume of empirical research by scholars. Francis O. Adeola focuses this book on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent adverse health effects among exposed... more...
Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) Life Cycle Management
CRC Press 2012; US$ 99.95It is well known that fluorescent light bulbs and consumer appliances such as televisions, computers, and monitors contain mercury, dangerous chemicals, and other harmful components. The existing literature on hazardous materials addresses the risks attached to specific materials and emphasizes compliance and personal protective equipment (PPE)-but... more...









