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Hazardous substances and their disposal

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  • Environmental Site Assessment Phase Iby Kathleen Hess-Kosa

    Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 139.95

    Extensively 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 Burnby Thomas Shevory

    University of Minnesota Press 2007; US$ 60.00

    Toxic 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 Sitesby Michael D. Annable; Maria Teodorescu; Petr Hlavinek; Ludo Diels

    Springer 2008; US$ 219.00

    Soil 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 Sitesby Antonio Marcomini; Glenn Walter Suter; Andrea Critto

    Springer 2008; US$ 99.99

    Addresses 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 Hostsby Ian W. Donald

    Wiley 2010; US$ 180.00

    The 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 Chemicalsby Thomas E. Higgins

    CRC Press 2010; US$ 94.95

    Written 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 Aspectsby Obaid M. Faroon

    World Health Organization 2003; US$ 21.00

    This 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 Laboratoryby George Lunn; Eric B. Sansone

    Wiley 2012; US$ 125.00

    The 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 Risksby Francis O. Adeola

    Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 95.00

    The 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 Managementby Robert Jaffin

    CRC Press 2012; US$ 99.95

    It 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...