Ranking Hazardous-Waste Sites for Remedial Action
Ranking Hazardous-Waste Sites for Remedial Action

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1994-02-01

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0309050928

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The United States may not be able to make all hazardous-waste sites as clean as possible. Therefore, priorities must be set for the timing of waste site remediations. This book assesses several of the government's methods of ranking sites for remediation and compares the performance of three such models using input data developed from the same set of waste sites. Because inconsistent methods may be neither effective nor prudent, the book recommends that the government consider developing a unified national approach to setting priorities to replace the current multiple approaches.

Environmental Epidemiology, Volume 1
Environmental Epidemiology, Volume 1

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0309044960

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The amount of hazardous waste in the United States has been estimated at 275 million metric tons in licensed sites alone. Is the health of Americans at risk from exposure to this toxic material? This volume, the first of several on environmental epidemiology, reviews the available evidence and makes recommendations for filling gaps in data and improving health assessments. The book explores: Whether researchers can infer health hazards from available data. The results of substantial state and federal programs on hazardous waste dangers. The book presents the results of studies of hazardous wastes in the air, water, soil, and food and examines the potential of biological markers in health risk assessment. The data and recommendations in this volume will be of immediate use to toxicologists, environmental health professionals, epidemiologists, and other biologists.