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Hazardous waste management and health risks / edited by Gabriella Marfe & Carla Di Stefano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marfe, Gabriella, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hazardous wastes--Management.
- Hazardous wastes.
- Hazardous wastes--Health aspects.
- Hazardous waste sites--Management.
- Hazardous waste sites.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Bentham Science Publishers Pte Ltd., [2020]
- Summary:
- Hazardous Waste Management and Health Risks presents a systematic overview of evaluating solid and hazardous waste management practices. The book introduces readers to the basic principles of hazardous waste management and progresses into related topics that allow managers to assess environmental quality. These topics include heavy metal pollution, reproductive biomarkers as signals of environmental pressure and health risks, and environmental contamination in an international perspective. With an emphasis on sustainable development throughout the text, a zero-waste strategy as an alternative way to manage hazardous waste is suggested in a dedicated chapter. This reference book is intended as an introductory guide for managers taking waste management training courses and students involved in degree courses related to environmental engineering and management.
- Contents:
- Hazardous Waste Management and Health Risks
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789811454745
- 9811454744
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