Title: Health impacts of waste management policies : proceedings of the seminar 'Health Impacts of Waste Policies' Hippocrates Foundation, Kos, Greece, 12-14 November, 1998 /
Authors: Hens, Luc, 1951-; Howard, Vyvyan; Nicolopoulou-Stamati, P.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Public Policy; Environmental Pollution prevention & control; Waste Management; Waste Management legislation & jurisprudence; Public Health; Refuse Disposal; Refuse and refuse disposal Government policy Congresses.; Refuse and refuse disposal Health aspects Congresses.
Contents: Introductory chapter : Awareness of the health impacts of waste management / P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati [and others] -- Persistent organic chemical pollution : an introduction / C.V. Howard, G. Staats de Yanes, P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati -- The challenge to achieve better landfills where only dumps are achieved now : an anthology / P. Rushbrook -- Waste management : an industrial policy point of view / O. Linher -- The European Environmental Bureau on the European Commission's proposal on incineration of waste / D. Sotiropoulos-Vardaka -- Household waste management in the Flemish region of Belgium / L. van Grimbergen -- Waste-to-energy and waste management : Austrian and EU policy lines / R.L. Lindbauer -- Policy options for waste management in Greece / C. Dontas -- Waste management policies in the United States of America / G. Valaoras -- Background exposure to dioxins and PCB's in Europe and the resulting health effects / J.G. Koppe, G. ten Tusscher, P. de Boer -- Particulate aerosols, incinerators and health / C.V. Howard -- Health and environmental impact assessment / L. Hens -- Can ecological taxes play a role in diminishing the health impacts of waste management? / C. Steenwegen -- Co-ordinated regional action for the reduction of solid waste pollution in the framework of the Mediterranean action plan / G. Kamizoulis -- A local increased incidence of orofacial clefts in Amsterdam : the result of open combustion of chemicals? / G.W. ten Tusscher, G.A. Stam, J.G. Koppe -- Health effects of a household waste incinerator near Wilrijk, Belgium / N. van Larebeke -- Impacts of inadequate or negligent waste disposal on wildlife and domestic animals : relevance for human health / G. Staats de Yanes, C.V. Howard -- Towards a precautionary approach for waste management supported by education and information technology / L. Hens [and others].