Evaluation of health effects from hazardous waste sites

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:7058546

Andelman, J B; Underhill, D W

This information and data for evaluating health effects from hazardous waste sites stems from the efforts of specialists representing leading research centers, hospitals, universities, government agencies and includes consultant as well as corporate viewpoints. The work evolved from the Fourth Annual Symposium on Environmental Epidemiology sponsored by the Center for Environmental Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh and the U.S. EPA. Contents-One: Scope of the Hazardous Wastes Problems. Evaluating Health Effects at Hazardous Waste Sites. Historical Perspective on Waste Disposal. Two: Assessment of Exposure to Hazardous Wastes. Chemical Emissions Assessment for Hazardous Waste Sites. Assessing Pathways to Human Populations. Methods of Defining Human Exposures. Three: Determining Human Health Effects. Health Risks of Concern. Expectations and Limitations of Human Health Studies and Risk Assessment. Four: Case Studies. Love Canal. Hardeman County, Tennessee. Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania. Five: Defining Health Risks at Waste Sites. Engineering Perspectives from an Industrial Viewpoint. Role of Public Groups. Integration of Governmental Resources in Assessment of Hazards.

• OSTI ID: 7058546
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
POPULATIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT