This third edition updates and expands the material presented in the best-selling first and second editions
of Basic Hazardous Waste Management. It covers health and safety issues affecting hazardous waste workers, management and regulation of radioactive and biomedical nfectious wastes, as well as current trends in technologies. While the topics have been completely revised, the author employs the same
practical approach that made the previous editions so popular. Chapters are structured to first outline the issue, subject, or technology, then to describe generic practice, and then to conclude with a summary of the statutory or regulatory approach.
Blackman introduces fundamental issues such as human health hazards; the environmental impacts of toxic, reactive, and ignitable materials; the mobility, pathways and fates of released hazardous materials; and the roles of science, technology, and risk assessment in the standards-setting process. He explores hazardous waste site remediation technology, and the application of federal statutes, regulations, programs, and policies to the cleanup of contaminated sites. This text provides an introductory framework-which can serve as the foundation for a program of study in traditional as well as modern hazardous waste management-or a component of a related program. Its overview format provides
numerous references to more detailed materials to assist the student or instructor in expansion on specific topics.
By:
William C. Blackman Jr.
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 900g
ISBN: 9781566705332
ISBN 10: 1566705339
Pages: 488
Publication Date: 26 June 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
The Hazardous Waste Perspective. Definition of Hazardous Waste. Pathways, Fates, and Disposition of Hazardous Waste Releases. Toxicology and the Standard-Setting Processes. Hazardous Waste Sources/Generators. Transportation of Hazardous Wastes. Treatment and Disposal Methods and Processes. Pollution Prevention, Waste Minimization, Reuse, and Recycling. RCRA Permits, Compliance and Enforcement. Assessment Techniques for Site Remediation. Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety. Glossary. Index.
