scholarly journals Legislative, Liability and Economic Strategies for Controlling Risks at Existing Hazardous Waste Facilities, and the Role and Use of Risk Assessment in a Preventive Program

1989 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-206
Author(s):  
Richard C Fortuna
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Preventive Program ◽  
Economic Strategies ◽  
Hazardous Waste Facilities

Evaluating Risk After a Hazardous Waste Treatment Plant Released Persistent Organic Pollutants. Part 1. Background and Policy Issues

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tee L. Guidotti
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Treatment Plant

On 16 October 1996, a malfunction at the Swan Hills Special Waste Treatment Center (SHSWTC) in Alberta, Canada, released an undetermined quantity of persistent organic pollutants to the atmosphere. An ecologically based, staged health risk assessment was conducted to evaluate the human health risk, the findings of which are presented in Part 2, on Ecotoxicology and Human Health Risk. The incident resulted in the largest fine for an environmental infraction in Alberta history up to that time. Despite the incident, the province of Alberta has continued to subsidize the facility and has kept it in operation, with changes in management. The policy rationale is that if the facility were not available, accumulation and possible diversion of hazardous waste into illegal disposal alternatives would threaten the environment much more than operation of the plant. This case study illustrates an ecological approach to risk assessment and an attempted culturally sensitive approach to risk management. Incidents in which people are exposed to toxic substances do not occur in a social vacuum. Risk management strategies must be adapted to groups with different cultural values and expectations. Community and individual responses to such incidents, and the development of health advisory messages, may depend on presenting information on exposure and risk in terms consistent with cultural patterns among subpopulations in the community.

scholarly journals Hydraulic properties of dune sand–bentonite mixtures of insulation barriers for hazardous waste facilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.K. Gueddouda ◽  
I. Goual ◽  
B. Benabed ◽  
S. Taibi ◽  
N. Aboubekr
Keyword(s):  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Hydraulic Properties ◽  
Dune Sand ◽  
Hazardous Waste Facilities

A review of polymeric geosynthetics used in hazardous waste facilities

1995 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.Dale Ortego ◽  
Tejraj M. Aminabhavi ◽  
Sujata F. Harlapur ◽  
Ramachandra H. Balundgi
Keyword(s):  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Hazardous Waste Facilities
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