Health impacts of waste management policies
Subtitle: proceedings of the seminar 'Health Impacts of Waste Management Policies', Hippocrates Foundation, Kos, Greece, 12-14 November, 1998
By: edited by P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati, L. Hens, and C.V. Howard.
Contributors: Nicolopoulou-Stamati, P.; Hens, Luc, 1951-; Howard, Vyvyan.
Series: Environmental science and technology library -- v. 16.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal -- Health aspects -- Congresses; Refuse and refuse disposal -- Government policy -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introductory chapter : Awareness of the health impacts of waste management / P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati ... [et al.]; title: Persistent organic chemical pollution : an introduction / C.V. Howard, G. Staats de Yanes, P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati; title: The challenge to achieve better landfills where only dumps are achieved now : an anthology / P. Rushbrook; title: Waste management : an industrial policy point of view / O. Linher; title: The European Environmental Bureau on the European Commission's proposal on incineration of waste / D. Sotiropoulos-Vardaka; title: Household waste management in the Flemish region of Belgium / L. van Grimbergen; title: Waste-to-energy and waste management : Austrian and EU policy lines / R.L. Lindbauer; title: Policy options for waste management in Greece / C. Dontas; title: Waste management policies in the United States of America / G. Valaoras; title: Background exposure to dioxins and PCB's in Europe and the resulting health effects / J.G. Koppe, G. ten Tusscher, P. de Boer; title: Particulate aerosols, incinerators and health / C.V. Howard; title: Health and environmental impact assessment / L. Hens; title: Can ecological taxes play a role in diminishing the health impacts of waste management? / C. Steenwegen; title: Co-ordinated regional action for the reduction of solid waste pollution in the framework of the Mediterranean action plan / G. Kamizoulis; title: 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; title: Health effects of a household waste incinerator near Wilrijk, Belgium / N. van Larebeke; title: Impacts of inadequate or negligent waste disposal on wildlife and domestic animals : relevance for human health / G. Staats de Yanes, C.V. Howard; title: Towards a precautionary approach for waste management supported by education and information technology / L. Hens ... [et al.]