Environmental Technologies Handbook

Environmental Technologies Handbook
Author: Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff
Publisher: Government Institutes
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2005
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780865879805

Environmental Technologies Handbook provides environmental, health and safety professionals with a straightforward, easy-to-use reference guide to new and emerging pollution prevention and control technologies that will help them to meet regulatory obligations, increase sustainability, and ensure social responsibility. An international array of experts explain emerging and proven technologies for multi-media pollution and how they work, allowing readers to evaluate and choose technologies based on their needs and the technologies' cost and labor requirements. This book focuses on recent technology successes, including gasification, pyrolysis, electrochemical processes, photocatalysis, and advanced wastewater treatment technologies. Readers will find extensive coverage of the concepts of risk assessment to environmental media and the impact of advanced concepts of dose-response exposures to risk reduction practices. They will also find an explanation of the methodology and computation methods available for life cycle costing analyses and proper environmental cost accounting.

Phosphogypsum

Phosphogypsum
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2004
Genre: Phosphogypsum
ISBN:

2-methoxyethanol

2-methoxyethanol
Author: Canada. Environment Canada
Publisher:
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2002
Genre: Science
ISBN:

2-methoxyethanol is a glycol ether used in such applications as paints, inks, cleaners, polishes, solvents, and chemical intermediates. This report presents information related to the assessment of 2-methoxyethanol as a toxic substance under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Topics covered include its production, importation, & uses; sources & releases of the substance into the environment; environmental fate & concentrations in Canada; ecotoxicology; and effects on health of animals & humans. The last section details the environmental & human health risk assessment of 2-methoxyethanol leading to its designation as toxic.

Ethylene Glycol

Ethylene Glycol
Author: R. Gomes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2002
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

This book evaluates the risk to human health of ethylene glycol. Ethylene glycol is a colorless, odorless, sweet-tasting, relatively non-volatile liquid. It is used in the manufacture of poly-ethylene terephthalate, in natural gas processing, and as an antifreeze agent. Available data from acute poisoning cases (humans) and repeated-dose toxicity studies (experimental ani-mals), indicate that the kidney is a critical organ for the toxicity of ethylene glycol in both humans and experimental animals.

Exposure to Contaminants in Drinking Water

Exposure to Contaminants in Drinking Water
Author: Stephen S Olin
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000141144

Exposure to Contaminants in Drinking Water: Estimating Uptake through the Skin and by Inhalation examines the current state of science in this field by identifying and reviewing the available information resources; evaluating various models and approaches; and demonstrating the feasibility of developing estimates of the distribution of absorbed doses of contaminants in drinking water through contact with the skin and by inhalation. This book, the product of a fifteen-member expert working group convened by the Risk Science Institute of the International Life Sciences Institute under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water, includes contributions from experts in exposure modeling and measurement; water chemistry; time-activity patterns; dermal and respiratory uptake; and the use of probability distributions in characterizing exposures.