Superfund Risk Assessment in Soil Contamination Studies

Superfund Risk Assessment in Soil Contamination Studies
Author: Keith B. Hoddinott
Publisher: ASTM International
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1992
Genre: Hazardous waste sites
ISBN: 0803114451

Proceedings of an ASTM symposium held in New Orleans in January 1991. Papers were selected in the categories of site characterization; fate and transport; toxicity, exposures, and receptors; risk characterization and case studies; and establishing cleanup levels. The authors discuss the current modi

Hazardous Waste Risk Assessment

Hazardous Waste Risk Assessment
Author: Kofi Asante-Duah
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2021-01-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 100011502X

Hazardous Waste Risk Assessment provides a concise yet comprehensive examination of concepts and techniques in risk assessment that can be applied to hazardous waste problems. The book emphasizes the use of health risk assessment to support management decisions on hazardous waste disposal and site remediation programs. Methods discussed include those for developing strategies for health and environmental assessment and site restoration tasks, evaluating corrective action programs, determining the effects of risk assessment results on risk management decisions in hazardous waste programs and general risk management and prevention programs, and performing safety evaluations of hazardous waste facilities. Step-by-step numerical case evaluations are used to help present the book in an easy-to-follow, realistic manner. Features

Lead and Public Health

Lead and Public Health
Author: Paul Mushak
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 991
Release: 2011-10-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0444515542

Pt. 1. Lead in the human environment -- pt. 2. Lead exposure in human populations -- pt. 3. Lead toxicity in humans -- pt. 4. Human health risk assessment -- pt. 5. Regulatory approaches to control.

Advances in Environmental Measurement Methods for Asbestos

Advances in Environmental Measurement Methods for Asbestos
Author: Michael E. Beard
Publisher: ASTM International
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1999
Genre: Asbestos
ISBN: 0803126166

This comprehensive new volume focuses on the latest research advances in measurement methods, monitoring strategies, data interpretation, and quality assurance for asbestos in bulk building materials, as well as ambient, indoor and workplace air, water, and settled dust. [Ed]