Hazardous waste incineration: evaluating the human health and environmental risks

Incineration: no other form of hazardous waste disposal has matched its efficiency at volume reduction, & the permanent destruction of organic wastes. That convenience may come at a price, as questions & concerns continue to surround the potential human health impacts & ecosystem effects allegedly caused by incineration. Hazardous Waste Incineration: Evaluating the Human Health & Environmental Risks addresses those concerns by summarizing recent research. Commissioned in part by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, this volume compiles reports & observations from specialists throughout the United States. Fourteen chapters respond to the key questions posed by the researchers: *What is known about existing hazardous waste incinerators, & their impacts on human health? *Can the impacts of a proposed facility be evaluated before it is built, & if so, how? *What is the regulatory compliance record of existing commercial hazardous waste incinerators? *What methods can be used to monitor a facility‘s impacts after it is built? Their response: the most complete treatment of the subject-a timely & controversial topic.